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So many people nowadays are looking for easy answers. They search out those who will tell them what they want to hear. They're not interested in sacrifice or self-discipline. They don't want to be bothered with religion or reminded about the reality of sin.
They're constantly making excuses for themselves and others. They want to have their cake and eat it too, i.e., they want to live any way they would like and still have everything come out hunky dory. And don't even try to broach the subject of personal responsibility while in their presence.
That's why some facts are so unpopular today. However, just because they are unpopular doesn't make them any less true. Here are some of today's most out-of-favor truths:
The only real way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more.
The surest way to avoid debt is to live within or below your means.
The only guaranteed method of birth control is sexual abstinence.
AIDS and other venereal diseases would eventually be wiped out if everyone practiced heterosexual monogamy and postponed sex until marriage, or simply lived a celibate life.
Success requires hard work and perseverance.
The crime rate is lowest among those who attend a house of worship on a regular basis.
Government handouts create a sense of entitlement and promote laziness, which leads to an increase in both poverty and crime.
Minorities make up the majority of prison inmates in the U.S. – because they commit the majority of violent crimes in the U.S.
When people stopped being so "judgmental," immoral behavior began to flourish.
No one could ever become an alcoholic without taking that first drink.
It is impossible to become addicted to illegal drugs without first experimenting with them (and therefore breaking the law).
The credit card companies do not force anyone to buy anything.
The devil doesn't make anyone do it.
The most efficient way for a woman to remain free of the ‘hassles' of childbirth is to avoid pregnancy.
Where there is a casual attitude toward violence, blood is frequently shed.
Upon entering a country illegally, one becomes a criminal (if he or she wasn‘t one already).
Those who believe they were created in the image of God generally place more value on human life than those who believe they share ancestors with apes.
Parents can decrease the likelihood that their children will smoke or drink by not smoking or drinking.
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