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Social Media
Neither shall you
allege the example of the many
as an excuse for doing wrong. |
— Exodus 23:2
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core aspect of Christianity is the family, and
a core aspect of the family is prayer. If families pray together morning, evening, and night,
and if they pray and eat together at meals, and if they pray and play together for recreation,
then the children will experience a place of security and a true sense of belonging to others
and to God.
In the past, the Church flourished in this way.
But in today’s world, most families have been stained
with divorce and dysfunction. Traditional family security has been
shattered. And children, rather than basking in prayer and a sense of belonging to God, have
become lost souls wandering in a wasteland. Thus they turn to the social world around them to
find a sense of “belonging.”
And yet, what can be found in the social world
today but myriads of lost souls, devoid of prayer, devoid of God, and enslaved to the nefarious
subversion of all things holy.
As popular as they may be in contemporary
culture, most social media have only one psychological purpose: to brainwash users who seek
approval and acceptance from other lost souls and to send them into the hands of the diabolical
agents of cultural insanity. Thus, if you, in your desperation for acceptance from others,
enter into the world of social media, you are drawn into a dark breeding ground for pride and
lust, as well as for lies, fraud, illegal censorship, hate, anger, rudeness, hostility, insult,
and bullying. Having been exposed to these defilements of traditional modesty, reverence,
and morality, you will be duped into believing these defilements are normal and socially
acceptable, and then you will be in a state of
unrepentant mortal sin.
Although mainly benign in their early development, most mainstream social media have now
become as spiritually dangerous as “playing” with a Ouija board.
Still, despite the warnings, most
Catholics refuse to listen.
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“What’s wrong with these
things?”
“They corrupt your mind and lead
it astray by opening it to demonic influence—and
you won’t even be aware that it’s occurring.”
“That’s ridiculous. I use social media all
the time, and I don’t see anything wrong with it!”
“That’s what I just told
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So, do you get it? We’re all in
danger of having our minds snatched by
evil, and most of us don’t even realize
it—even those who have already been snatched.
Still, you might say, “Oh, but I use social
media only to communicate with family and friends. I don’t engage in political hate and
bullying.” But by using these corrupt media even “innocently” you are bolstering their
membership count, and their membership count increases their advertising revenue.
Consequently, even your “innocent” use of these media increases their power to work evil
in the world. This amounts to your condoning sin, and condoning sin is a mortal
sin.
So, are you willing to listen to the warning?
Well, most Catholics aren’t willing.
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Protestants believe that
the great spiritual battle against evil must be fought with
politics. Real Catholics know that the battle must be fought
with prayer of the heart and a holy lifestyle. |
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And there’s the problem. Our culture has been
infested with diabolical powers of atheism and evil, and these
malicious forces cannot be fought merely with politics. There is
no crime that is “beneath the dignity” of a demon, and even politics is corrupted with
diabolical crimes. The only force that can overcome demons is mystical love for God manifested
in lives of spiritual purity, and that’s true for every Catholic—lay
and religious, traditional Latin, Novus Ordo, and Byzantine Catholic.
But how can you fight evil if you are feeding
it through social media?
Mystical love must be the primary weapon on
the battleground against evil, and only with that weapon can anyone recognize the fraud
and the lies that assault us constantly and that, to save our souls, we must resolutely
be willing to resist.
Sadly, those who are willing to fight such a
battle today are few and far between; the smoke of Satan has not only been wafting about
the world, but it has also been infiltrating the Church, making it lukewarm and filling it
with hypocrisy, heresy, and apostasy.
Even many priests today are incapable of engaging in battle against this evil—that is, they
are either ignorant of it or afraid and unwilling to face it. The world is on the slippery
slope to doom, and only those who wield the spark of truth in the darkness can avoid being
snatched by demons.
So, are you willing to listen to the warning?
Well, most Catholics today aren’t willing. Most Catholics today don’t want to find their
identity in God; they want to find their
identity
in getting acceptance and approval from others. And that is a great wound to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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