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<blockquote data-quote="MBell" data-source="post: 1433627" data-attributes="member: 21288"><p>Having lived in both a larger urban area and a more suburban setting, I have noticed that a more subtle indicator of spiritual degeneracy and overall degradation was the presence of astrology and new age stores. It was common to see such establishments in a city but I noticed one day that they were springing up in my local town. I was in college and I heard how my friend&#039;s mother was regularly using a psychic for advice to make life decisions. Some friends whom I considered to be religious also talked about reading their horoscopes every morning before class. On a visceral level, this stuff has always made me uncomfortable. Growing in my faith has helped me to see how evil can sneak in gradually through various guises and overtake a community with its poisonous influence. In my experiences, demonic influence gained a foothold through a seemingly benign interest in psychics and astrology in my community.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="MBell, post: 1433627, member: 21288"] Having lived in both a larger urban area and a more suburban setting, I have noticed that a more subtle indicator of spiritual degeneracy and overall degradation was the presence of astrology and new age stores. It was common to see such establishments in a city but I noticed one day that they were springing up in my local town. I was in college and I heard how my friend's mother was regularly using a psychic for advice to make life decisions. Some friends whom I considered to be religious also talked about reading their horoscopes every morning before class. On a visceral level, this stuff has always made me uncomfortable. Growing in my faith has helped me to see how evil can sneak in gradually through various guises and overtake a community with its poisonous influence. In my experiences, demonic influence gained a foothold through a seemingly benign interest in psychics and astrology in my community. [/QUOTE]

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