Influence
May 24, 2010 at 5:26 am | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: academia, advertisement, America, ancestors, ateasetees, Bible, blasphemy, cabinets, car, CD, character, Christian, Christmas, church, clothes, complacent, compromise, computer, credit cards, days, death, debt, desensitize, doctrine, El, Eli, Elohim, Elvis, encourage, entertain, enticement, evangelism, evil, evolution, exclusivity, fact, faith, false, Fear Factor, feel, giveaways, glory, God, gospel, grace, hate, hear, hell, herd mentality, history, holy, homosexual, hope, house, idolatry, immorality, influence, interest, Islam, Israel, iTunes, Jesus, judgment, lackluster, law, lawn, life, love, lyrics, magazine, manicure, marriage, mercy, mock, money, morality, movies, murder, name, New Testament, Old Testament, one night stand, party, pastor, peace, Pharisees, prayer, preacher, radio, rape, repent, sacrifice, salvation, science, scripture, secular, see, seeker sensitive, set apart, sin, smell, song, sports, stats, study, stunts, swimwear, taste, teams, ten commandments, theology, tights, toys, Trinity, truth, TV, unsaved, violence, vulgarity, watery, weak, weight loss, world, worldview, wrath, writing, Yahweh
Whether we realize it or not, we are influenced by many things. We see an advertisement for the newest car, the latest way to lose weight, or the fastest way to make money and we have the opportunity to be influenced. The more we see the ad, the more likely we are to be influenced to purchase the product. It happens for cars, houses, grocery items, toys (think about all the ads you see at Christmas), and movies. We see people happy with the new product or service and we can’t help but think that it may be the same way for us. We see the newest TV shows with the hottest stars and our interest is piqued. We see the latest summer blockbuster with the most amazing special effects and we have to see it. The chart topping hits play on our favorite radio station, we can’t get the song out of our head, and the next thing we know, we’re buying the CD or iTunes download.
The influence of music, movies, advertising, and other media forms has become so pervasive that we hardly even notice it anymore. We have become desensitized to it. We hardly realize that we are not making the choices anymore. Add to this the “herd mentality” where friends and family are acting on this influence and it becomes even stronger. We seem to be in full control of our decisions, and fail to recognize the influence that the environment around us – the things we see, hear, smell, taste and feel – has such a profound influence on what we say and do. Continue Reading Influence…
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