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Bloodmoney: Violence Excused in the Name of Entertainment

The modern Western world is a postmodernist one, one which absolutely rejects the belief in any truth. It redefines truth which has lead to the politicisation of morality. As a result, morality is defined according personal self-interests. Anything which opposes or even questions one’s self-interests is abhorred as ‘immoral’ or ‘unethical’. It is no wonder the modern sociological definitions of violence have not been far from controversy. The very word ‘violence’ is enough to stop the heartbeat of the modern-minded person. The modern-minded person, upon hearing the word violence thinks immediately of violence against women or religious violence. Almost never do people think of violent high-impact sports as violence in itself. They acknowledge that such sports may be violent or may turn violent, but never do they call it for what it is: violent bloodlust. Very rarely does the modern mind think of violence to be suffered by those in the most highly celebrated sports such as rugb...

Mammon is behind all Envy, Strife and Dissention and WARS

Mammon is feeds flesh because it seduces people into serving themselves and the things of this world. He is behind money, the epitome of all earthliness. All earthliness is of the flesh, which mammon feeds off, and everything that is of the carnal flesh seeks earthliness.   The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,  impurity and debauchery;   idolatry and witchcraft; hatred , discord, jealousy , fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions   and envy ; drunkenness, orgies, and the like (Galatians 5:19-21). Since the flesh is absolutely unable to seek God or submit to Him, mammon manipulates it by seducing it with the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and pride of life (1 John 2:16) as satan did to Jesus to tempt Him into worshipping him. Satan told Jesus he would give him bread, protection from death, and all the kingdoms of the world (Matthew 4). The bread is promised to appeal the lust of the flesh, the protection from death appeals to lus...