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Oh but it is promoted as something to be desired. I heard a comedian once say that Single is an acronym that stands for stay intoxicated nightly get laid everyday, and the audience laughed, imagining that would really happen and they would enjoy it.Exactly. Being single and celibate is so much more fulfilling than being stuck in a lustful "relationship."
Sin dulls the mind and promotes hatred for God in those that commit it. They imagine that God wishes to deprive them of pleasure, but sin isolates the soul and he is hungry for more validation, so they sin more to show that it’s fun and win the approval of men, but the more they do it, the more lonely they become.
Take the example of Bon Scott, the singer for AC/DC, who famously sang that he was on a “Highway to Hell”. He thought that he would be with his friends in hell. The lyrics read as follows:
Don't need reason
Don't need rhyme
Ain't nothin' that I'd rather do
Goin' down
Party time
My friends are gonna be there too
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
No stop signs
Speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel
Gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me around
Hey satan
Payin' my dues
Playin' in a rockin' band
Hey mumma
Look at me
I'm on the way to the promised land
What happened to him? Did he have fun? He thought he did, but he went out with who he thought were friends, and he became overly intoxicated and died alone in the back of a car. Was it alcohol poisoning, carbon monoxide, hypothermia? We don’t know, but all those friends left him alone to die
The demons are the same way. They can influence your emotions and will give you a profound sense of fun while you sin mortally, but in the end, you die alone and in hell they are no longer your friends but will torment you for eternity
The demons also like to portray the saints as the no fun league. We do have fun and enjoy the life God has given us, but we sacrifice it to show our love for Him. Pleasure is fleeting, no more fleeting than an instant.
The just man has intense pleasure in the marital act, he does not view it as dirty or disgusting, but is has its proper place in building a marriage and a family.
It is more pleasurable to obey God and have bliss for eternity. God gives good gifts to His children and does not lead us to misery as falsely charged. Sure the Christian life is hard and you will be hated and scorned. That does not feel good, but God promises to strengthen you to see the futility of sin and persevere to the end to reach the beatific vision. Unlike Satan, God will not abandon you
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