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Avoid all apearances of evil?
Date: Jan 23rd, 2006 1:37:35 am - Subscribe
Mood: thoughtful


Avoid all appearances of evil. Sounds good at first, doesn't it? I was thinkin about it the other day tho. To "avoid all appearances of evil" means to avoid everything that looks like it could be evil, right? I don't think that is the best thing to do. If you avoid everything that might be evil, how are you supposed to really know if it's good, evil, or both? Take drums for example. Most radical baptists believe that if you listen to any other type of music other than hyms, it is a sin. Why do they believe this? Because they avoid everything that looks like it could be evil. I dunno about you guys, but there are some pretty amazing songs that have changed my life, even tho they had a verse, chorus, and a drum beat. My life would have never been changed, or even influenced by those awesome songs if I would have avoided all appearances of evil, and I would not be the same person I am today. I'm not saying that you should dive head first into evil things trying to figure out if they're evil or not. I'm saying you should find out information about it, pray about it, and follow God. Running from something to avoid it because you don't know if it's right or wrong doesn't help a thing. What if you ever get in a situation where you can't avoid it? It'd be better to know where you stand on the issue until waiting until you're tempted to decide where to draw the line. Somehow I think that if you know where you stand on the issue, the line will be drawn a little further back. That's just my opinion though . . .
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