{"id":2003931,"date":"2023-08-17T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youre-not-stuck-youre-allowed-to-be-better\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:00:06","slug":"youre-not-stuck-youre-allowed-to-be-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youre-not-stuck-youre-allowed-to-be-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t feel trapped. Strive for improvement."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyoure-not-stuck-youre-allowed-to-be-better%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003931&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Social Media and Society: Amplifying Existing Problems<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes I wonder \u200bwhether social media is making \u200bour society worse or if it\u200c is just amplifying our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-radical-democrat-proposals-you-may-have-missed-this-year\/\" title=\"Four Radical Democrat Proposals You May Have Missed This Year\">existing problems<\/a>. \u200bWe see actors, actresses, musicians,\u2063 and celebrities go from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youre-not-stuck-youre-allowed-to-be-better\/\" title=\"Don't feel trapped. Strive for improvement.\">wearing odd outfits<\/a> to acting in extremes as\u2064 they \u200bshow more skin and\u2063 less clothes. Then the extremes become even more extreme. It\u2019s as if they \u200bbelieve once they\u2019ve embarked on these extreme paths, they\u2019re somehow locked into them.<\/p>\n<h3>The Voice of Temptation<\/h3>\n<p>You don\u2019t need to\u2064 be religious to understand the point Venerable Fulton\u200d Sheen (1895-1979) made about this\u2062 very topic years ago because his teaching applies across a cultural context today as well. \u2063He essentially \u2064said that before \u2063you sin the first time,\u2064 God prompts you to \u200drefrain. \u200dMeanwhile, Satan\u200d takes the exact \u200copposite approach. Venerable Sheen says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i>But how does \u200bSatan say \u2064or\u2063 talk when we are about to sin? Oh, don\u2019t be silly. We don\u2019t believe those things anymore.\u200c Times have changed. Are you still a virgin?\u200b You mean you\u2019ve never \u2062had a smoke of marijuana? \u2062Listen, everybody\u2019s doing it.\u2064 Don\u2019t pay\u2062 attention to those doctors who tell you that it will hurt your \u2064brain cells. You\u2019ve got to\u2063 live! You have to be yourself. You haven\u2019t committed adultery? Everybody\u2019s doing \u200dit\u200b now. These views of strict morality were all right\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-legislature-introduces-first-in-nation-resolution-to-protect-against-democrat-court-packing\/\" title=\"Arizona Legislature Introduces First-In-Nation Resolution To Protect Against Democrat 'Court Packing'\">100 years ago<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-votes-yes-to-repeal-bidens-federal-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Senate Votes 'Yes' to Repeal Biden's Federal Vaccine Mandate\">500 years ago<\/a>, but this is\u2064 a new world.\u2063 I\u2019ve got to be me. I\u2019ve got to be free. That\u2019s the way the devil talks. He\u2019s\u2064 on our side. \u200cBefore we sin, Christ seems to \u2064be the accuser. Before \u200cwe sin, the devil \u200dis our\u200d defender.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His words are timeless. Satan says, \u201cYou\u2019ve \u2064got to\u2063 live!\u201d so that you will say, \u201cI\u2019ve got to be free!\u201d This is the same message \u200dwe hear today \u2014 that life should be\u2064 about freedom and being the <i>real<\/i> you. This turns into \u200dpeople embracing and committing sins. But\u2063 then what happens?<\/p>\n<h3>The Role \u2062Reversal<\/h3>\n<p>After we sin, the roles reverse. Venerable Sheen \u200cexplains\u2064 that\u200c God \u2062is on our side\u2064 and tells us that though we have\u2064 sinned, we can become better. We\u2062 can change ourselves. God wants us to know we are allowed to \u2064transform. Opposite that,\u200b the devil becomes the ultimate accuser saying, \u201cYou\u2019ve already done the bad thing. What\u2019s \u2062the problem? Just keep at it because there\u2019s no redemption. You can\u2019t come back from this.\u201d But the idea that transformation\u200d is \u2063not possible leads to despair. \u200cVenerable Sheen specifically discusses Judas\u2062 at this point, saying that because he was a traitor, Judas believed he could not\u200c transform \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-report-warned-of-extremist-plot-to-attack-congress-on-january-6-but-capitol-security-was-not-increased-to-meet-threat\/\" title=\"FBI Report Warned of Extremist Plot to Attack Congress on January 6, But Capitol Security Was Not Increased to Meet Threat\">committed suicide<\/a>. We see this in our own society today when people become gripped by despair, falsely believing they cannot change or transform. People feel hopeless. It\u2019s why suicide rates continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>For people who believe \u2064provocative behavior is true freedom, they also hear a \u200cdevilish voice urging them on, \u2064telling them\u200c there\u2019s nothing\u2062 left for them anyway. The same thing happens on social media when a 16-year-old \u200bsends \u2064a tweet that is\u2062 dug up\u2063 10 years later, \u200cwhich is followed by \u200bcrowds claiming they aren\u2019t fit to be accepted. The \u2062message is: You\u200b cannot\u2064 be transformed. \u200dEven if they wanted to go to church on Sunday, \u2062have faith, \u200dand not be the \u200cperson they once were, they become trapped, thinking they\u200d will be accused of being a fraud, of not being serious.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, when you try \u200dto change and do better, people will accuse you of being fake. This has even happened to me. I used to\u2062 be \u2064more liberal, \u200deven though I was \u2064never a Democrat. I just thought\u200b feminism was \u2064cool, and liberalism sounded fun when I was young. To this day, \u200bpeople still say I \u2064am\u2063 a grifter\u200d \u2014 that I only became a Republican because\u200c there\u200b were \u2063more opportunities and money with it. People think I \u2064can\u2019t change \u200bthe ideas I had from the time I was 17-years-old to now. That is the society we live in. They tell you that you are stuck permanently \u200cas the same \u200bindividual.<\/p>\n<p>But you are not \u2062stuck. \u2063You can wake up, and you can change\u2063 your mind. You \u200dcan have sinned yesterday, and you \u200bcan decide to be a better person today. You may have been a horrible individual, a drug addict, an internet troll,\u200d or devoted \u2063sinner for ten years straight \u2014\u2063 but you\u2063 are allowed to change. You are\u2062 not stuck with evil and stuck in wickedness.<\/p>\n<p>The world \u200dhas become\u2063 so unforgiving. But don\u2019t believe in\u200c false permanence. Be \u200bbetter because you\u2019re <i>allowed<\/i> to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I ponder if social media worsens society or merely magnifies existing issues. Celebrities transition from eccentric attire to extreme behavior, revealing more skin and wearing less. 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