Caught in a snare??? You mean Satan tricks me into betraying god simply because I watched a cartoon?
Look, human behavior is a lot more complex than monkey see monkey do. I saw a murder mystery the other day, so does that mean I'm now going to go kill my neighbor in similar fashion?
Your viewpoint is one of self righteous enlightenment. Only "you" can see the truth and the rest of us are just easily controlled knuckle dragging mouth breathers easily duped by hidden messages...
there will be no meeting of the minds here.
If you think the only kind of snare is if you murder someone after watching a murder mystery then that's unfortunate. The issue becomes normalcy. The more certain ideas are presented the more normal they become "tell someone something enough times they'll eventually believe it". I think that you might think that Satan just does a quick trick and as long as you don't fall for it you're all good. the best cons are always the long cons. Satan is always all about the long con. So the question is "is it really THAT bad?" It should be "what is this leading to? What is this the next step to?"
Not asking that question is what creates the overly used but accurate "frog in a pot of boiling water" example. Slow and subtle wins the race... Satan might not be able to get you... but if he works slow and methodically enough, he'll get you're decedent's through gradual deception.
Think about what is on TV now versus when TV originally aired. You think all the messed up junk sprung up overnight? At first no foul language.. then maybe they said "damn" for the first time. That would have created an uproar with some people, while others would have said "well maybe it's not that bad", then they said "ass".. well maybe it's not that bad and slowly graduates to all the disturbing things we now hear on prime time TV.
The first kiss on TV.... remember that? I don't, cause I'm too young, but I know about it... it was a big deal.. that's something that was taken seriously.. slowly longer kisses, clothes started to come off, and now it's basically porn on prime time. If you would have asked someone back before the first kiss if they thought there would be all the stuff on TV that there is now, they said "no way, you're paranoid and self righteous for actually trying to decipher what is going on in this world. Let me melt my brain in peace and you mind your own business".
How about when the Beatles said "we're bigger than Jesus"? Uproar, people tossed their records, they were banned from the radio... they had to make a formal public apology... look at all the stuff that people can say against Jesus now... happened overnight?
Before you start calling people self righteous because they refuse to put their heads in the sand for their own sake and the sake of others. Maybe, just maybe, you should check to see if you're being self righteous by saying that the people who feel lead to discernment (which God tells us to do in everything by the holy spirit) are in the wrong and are being self righteous.
No where did I even say that you shouldn't watch it. Or you're doomed if you do. I'm simply saying to be careful of what you're putting into your mind. Is that really any different than what the Bible says?
