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Technology Violence Student Violence
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Oct 17, 2009 3:57 am
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You can not tell me that violent video games, violent movies, where violence is glorified so that the heroes are the most violent of the pack is not affecting our kids? How can any reasonable person believe that filling our minds with image and sound and thoughts of extreme violence day after day does not set in motion our students to follow suit?
It happened again. This time its near Mrytle Beach in northeast South Carolina. A 16 year old student of Carolina Forest High School, yesterday, is dead after stabbing the high school's resource police officer who shot him in defense.
Before this it was Chicago where black students beat to death another innocent black student. Next, four black students set on fire a white student. What is our responsibility as Christians? I feel we are duty bound by Jesus to witness. By this I mean show a difference. Our society is now desperate for a visible difference. If we Christians can not show a difference, then we are worthless to the world. I believe we can. But, we are going to have to clean it up and stop fighting among ourselves and stop acting like the world. I am not talking about preaching holier than thou, but walking our talk more. This requires more of Jesus in us and less of us in Jesus. It's not our help that Jesus needs. It is our humility He needs so His spiritual maturity can grow in us. He is the big Boss. The less we try to be little bosses to the world and respect His leadership in our individual lives the more the world will see a noticeable difference in us. Perhaps then more of the world will come our way and this will diffuse the violence at least somewhat.
What is your solution?
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