Just A Friendly Reminder About What Defiles & What Doesn't As Per the Lord's Words
Just A Friendly Reminder About What Defiles & What Doesn't As Per the Lord's Words
I'm not pretending I'm spiritually invincible nor do I think I am. On the contrary, I tend to think I'm more spiritually vulnerable than I actually am (gee, thanks, scrupulosity!).
Nor am I saying that we shouldn't be careful about what we let into our minds.
However, Our Lord said, "Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile." (Mark 7:14-23)
Here's an example from my own experience: I've seen both of the recent Dune movies and I am aware that the author of the Dune novels conveyed the following message in them: Don't blindly follow a charismatic leader. He created a religious order, the Bene Geserit, for those books and made Paul Atreides a false Messiah character for a reason.
And yet I am still a God-fearing and church-going Catholic even after watching the two recent Dune films.
However, for my brothers and sisters who are lukewarm in your faith, don't watch movies like Dune.