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More Signs o l the Times In II Timothy, Chapter 3, we read, "In the last days perilous times shall come. Men will be lovers o f their own selves'. . . intem perate and loose in morals and con du ct. . . lovers o f sensual pleasures and vain amusements” (A N T Version). Today even the secular press is taking up the cry against the unspeakably vile moral condi tion the virulence o f which increases daily in our society. Right- minded people everywhere are decrying the terrifying growth in immorality, social drinking and drunkenness, pornography, sadism and brutality. This applies to the glamorization o f sex and licen tiousness in the motion-picture industry and in many other forms o f sinful and soul-destroying amusements conjured up by the w ick ed heart o f mankind. An appreciable percentage o f earnest, Bible-believing, spiritual ly-minded Christians have always taken their stand against the trends o f the moving-picture industry from its earliest beginnings. Nobody is against moving-pictures as such. Many outstanding mis sionary films and documentary films carry a tremendous spiritual and intellectual impact. It is the moving-picture industry which has done as much or more to corrupt the minds and destroy the souls o f children and young people than any other one feature o f today’s normal pattern o f living. Unfortunately, all too many Prot estant ministers are themselves devotees o f the moving picture theater. They claim to be selective in their choices o f films and perhaps they are. But their example o f movie-going is invariably followed by their parishioners and their children many o f whom are wittingly or unwittingly ignorant o f such principles o f selectivity. They attend whatever shows their fancy dictates, and point to the pastor as one who "goes regularly.” Several months ago, there appeared in the nationally-syndicated magazine, This Week, an article entitled, "What Shall We D o About The Crisis In Movie Morals?” A sub-head stated: "Parents every where are protesting Hollywood’s increasing emphasis on sex and brutality.” The Secondary School Teachers’ Association o f New York presented a petition to New York C ity’s Mayor and the Gov ernor o f the State, claiming that "violence, brutality and sadism shown in movies are a contributing force to juvenile delinquency in
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