That’s the point. Did it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe, what everyone does is nonsense? Did it ever occur to you that what everyone does is wrong? Or maybe you don’t like it? Or years ago you enjoyed that but you don’t enjoy it anymore? Did it ever occur to you that you should probably stop and think about what are you doing? What are you thinking about it?
I like this thought very much. Nowadays, I just have to take a look around and see how many people are lost in their ways imitating other people. They don’t know why they have to do it, but they do anyway. It’s sad, very sad. People say to me that I was brainwashed because I believe in unbelievable things, well, I'm perfectly happy and I understand what I'm doing with my life, but what about you? Aren't you doing the same thing like everyone else when you are drinking alcohol like everybody around the table? Or running to that parade on Holy Week, just because everybody is in there when you don’t even believe in God? Aren’t you going to the cinema for watching that movie that you don’t even like but it’s trendy for your friends? How many things are you doing just because everyone does and you didn’t stop to think about what you want to do?
Maybe you realize that drinking alcohol is wrong and too many tests about it are right.
Maybe you realize that a figure carved with man’s hands is not God.
Just maybe you would prefer going to the cinema and enjoy that movie you really want to see.
Maybe you realize that a figure carved with man’s hands is not God.
Just maybe you would prefer going to the cinema and enjoy that movie you really want to see.
Think about it, for not what everyone does is the right thing. If everyone does, it doesn’t have to be normal.
It is not normal to watch drunken teenagers on the streets every weekend.
It is not normal all those girls getting pregnant with 13, 14, 15 years old.
It is not normal that the children spent more time watching tv than playing out with friends or with their parents.
It is not normal all those girls getting pregnant with 13, 14, 15 years old.
It is not normal that the children spent more time watching tv than playing out with friends or with their parents.
It is not normal throwing a party on the streets after midnight and don't let the rest of the people in their houses sleep just because is a holiday.
There are too many things that it’s not normal nowadays, even when everyone does.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
[Romans 12:2]
Yeah, I absolutely agree with you. It's a great problem of this society, we are used to generalize and tag things and people. And we are used to think that what everybody does is the correct and only thing to do. But not everybody is the same. Not everybody has to do the same things. And likes are like colors, there are infinite of them.
ReplyDeleteAlas, people are used to consider normal the worst things (like drinking, watching bad TV programs, or eating unhealthy stuff). Maybe some people should thintk that staying at home on Saturday night reading a book is not as bad as going to a pub to drink, to be exposed to certain dangers, and not to sleep.
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