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WHAT THE RESEARCH HAS UNCOVERED:

Media exposure has
become America's most
widespread and serious
addiction.
-George Barna

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AMERICA IS BAPTIZED IN ENTERTAINMENT

Kids aged 2-5 now spend more than 32 hours
a week on average in front of a TV screen.
Ages 8-18:

4:54

per day watching TV/movies

2:31 listening to music.

The average young person racks up 10,000

hours of video gaming by the age of 21.
5

million gamers in the U.S are spending more than

40 hours a week playing video games.

AMERICA IS BAPTIZED IN ENTERTAINMENT

Average College Age Boy: 8 hours a week

watching televised sports (if of them watch
sports, thats 16 hours per week!)

Total screen time for the average American child is

over 53 hours per week (nearly 8 hours per day!).
The average child will spend more time watching
TV by the age of six than he will spend in
conversation with his father in his entire life.

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WHAT ABOUT ADVENTIST YOUTH?

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PART 1: TV AND YOUR BRAIN

The Good News

Do not be conformed
to the pattern of this
world, but be
transformed by the
renewing of your
mind.
Romans 12:2

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THE FRONTAL LOBE

Spirituality, morality, the will

Reason and conscience
Judgment and decision making
Prayer and worship
Discerning spiritual truth
Empathy
Altruism

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THE FRONTAL LOBE

Come let us reason

together (Is. 1:18)
The fruit of the spirit
isself control (Gal 5:2223)
Love your neighbor as
yourself (Mark 12:31)

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THE LIMBIC SYSTEM

Lizard brain (lower

nature, base passions)

Fight or flight
Appetite for food and sex

Fear, stress, lust,

impulses, worry, anxiety,
anger, irritability,
negativity, aggression

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THE LIMBIC SYSTEM

their god is their

stomach (Phil 3:19)
the desires of the
flesh or the sinful
nature (Gal 5:17)
to be carnally minded
is deaththe carnal
mind is enmity against
God (Rom 8:6-7)

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SHORT-TERM EFFECT OF TV ON THE BRAIN

Theatrical-style television is
designed to produce a limbic
impulse of some kind:

Frontal lobe almost

completely shuts down
within minutes into the
viewing of entertainment
television.

Anger
Fear
Aggression
Lust
Sadness
Amusement where youre not
supposed to think about it.

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LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF TV ON THE BRAIN

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For the one who sows

to his own flesh will
from the flesh reap
corruption, but the
one who sows to the
Spirit will from the
Spirit reap eternal
life.
Galatians 6:8

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LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF TV ON THE BRAIN

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TV VIEWING

Is a Major Cause of
Depression
Decreases Academic
Achievement
Inhibits Speech Development
Decreases Reading
Comprehension
Increases the Likelihood of
children developing ADHD
Decreases Creativity &
Imagination
Decreases Ability to Succeed

Causes Vision Problems

Makes you Less Likely to Exercise
Causes Emotional Problems
including PTSD
1980s households that acquired
cable TV => Increased risk of
autism
Makes you Eat More
Makes you Crave Sugary Foods
Causes Obesity
Increases Childrens Changes of
Becoming Alcoholics Later in Life

TV VIEWING

Makes Men Feel Less in Love

with Their Partners
Makes Women Feel Less
Deserving of Being Loved
Makes Families Spend Less
Time Together
Increases Divorce Rate
Increases Negative Moods
Increases Copycat Suicides
Lowers Self-Esteem and
Confidence
Increases Desire for
Cosmetic Surgical
Procedures
Even the news!

Reduces Athletic Performance

Causes Alzheimer's Disease
Stresses the Body
Causes Sleep Deprivation
Has doubled the murder rate
in western societies
Stunts the Development of
Childrens Brains
Damages the Brains of both
Children and Adults
Decreases your Lifespan 22
minutes for each hour of TV
watched.

WHAT ABOUT THE MORALITY?

200,000 acts of violence by age 18 (especially
common in PG- and G-rated material)
6,588 Beer Commercials by age 18

(316,239

alcohol product placements in 2009)

Between ages 8 and 18: 13,250 hours of

programming containing sexual content
an average of once every 10 minutes
= 79,500 scenes of a sexual nature

THE DISCOVERY OF MIRROR NEURONS

What they discovered:
Whatever we see with our
eyes is interpreted by the
brain as if we are doing it,
ourselves!

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BY BEHOLDING WE BECOME CHANGED

2 Corinthians 3:17-18

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THIS IS WHY
Increased exposure to media violence has been
shown to result in:
More aggressive behavior
More aggressive thoughts
More angry feelings
Less empathy
Fewer helping behaviors
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THIS IS ALSO WHY

More TV viewing leads to:
Increased sexual promiscuity
Increased use of substances
Lower levels of commitment.

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IT DOESNT AFFECT ME
if thats somewhat true,
youre in a VERY
dangerous place!
1 Tim. 4:2
seared their
consciences.

RE-SENSITIZE!
the mature,by constant
use have trained
themselves to distinguish
good from evil Heb. 5:14

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If anyone loves the

world, love for the
Father is not in
them.
1 John 2:15

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"He who stops his

ears from hearing
about bloodshed And
shuts his eyes from
looking upon evil
Isaiah 33:15

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Satans work is to lead

men to ignore God, to
so engross and absorb
the mind that God will
not be in their
thoughts. The
education they have
received has been of a
character to confuse
the mind and eclipse
the true light.

Satan does not wish the

people to have a
knowledge of God; and if
he can set in
operationtheatrical
performances that will so
confuse the senses of the
young that human beings
will perish in darkness
while light shines all
about them, he is well
pleased.
{R&H, March 13, 1900}
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There is no influence in
our land more
powerful to poison
the imagination, to
destroy religious
impressions, and to
blunt the relish for
the tranquil
pleasures and sober
realities of life than
theatrical
amusements.

The love for these

scenes increases with
every indulgence, as
the desire for
intoxicating drink
strengthens with its
use.
--Testimonies, Vol. 4, pp.
652-653.
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And there is nothing

more calculated to
energize the mind,
and strengthen the
intellect, than the
study of the Word of
God. No other book
is so potent to elevate
the thoughts, to give
vigor to the faculties,
as the

broad, ennobling truths

of the Bible. If Gods
word were studied as
it should be, men
would have a breadth
of mind, a nobility of
character, and
stability of purpose,
that is rarely seen in
these times.
(R&H, 7/17/1888)
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WHATS COMING THIS WEEK?

Part 2: Meet the high priests of a new religion
Part 3: Music and the last-days deception
Part 4: Addicted and Immersed
Part 5: The End of Boredom
Part 6: Preparing the brain for the final controversy

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PART 2: MEET THE HIGH PRIESTS OF

A NEW RELIGION

See to it that no one

takes you captive
through hollow and
deceptive philosophy
Col 2:8
Take every thought
captive
2 Cor 10:5

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MASS MEDIA MANIPULATION

EDWARD BERNAYS

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MASS MEDIA MANIPULATION

If we understand the mechanism and motives
of the group mind, is it not possible to control
and regiment the masses according to our will
without their knowing about it?
Propaganda, p. 71

EDWARD BERNAYS

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MASS MEDIA MANIPULATION

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of
the organized habits and opinions of the masses
is an important element in democratic society.
Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of
society constitute an invisible government, which
is the true ruling power of our country. We are
governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed,
our ideas suggested, largely by men we have
never heard of.
Propaganda, p. 37

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MASS MEDIA MANIPULATION

In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in
the sphere of politics or business, in our social
conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated
by the relatively small number of persons...who
understand the mental processes and social
patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the
wires which control the public mind
Propaganda, p. 10

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Through the channel

of mesmerism,
Satan comes more
directly to the people
of this generation and
works with that
power which is to
characterize his
efforts near the close
of probation.
ST Nov 4, 1884
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21ST CENTURY METHODS OF HYPNOSIS

Light and sound do the work for deep
relaxationin a fraction of time of traditional
methods.
by using specific frequencies of audio and
visual input.
The Use of Light and Sound Technology with Hypnosis,
By Dr. Steven M. Freitag, Psychologist and Certified Neurotechnical Specialist
http://www.robertottohypnosis.com/resources/articles/UseLightandSound.pdf

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BRAIN WAVE FREQUENCIES

Beta Waves: Critical Thinking,

Moral Filter, Self-Control
Alpha Waves: New Age
Meditation, Highly Suggestible,
Dreamy, Hypnotic
http://www.tvsmarter.com/documents/brainwaves3.html

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Psychophysiologist Thomas Mulholland found

that after just 30 seconds of watching television
the brain begins to produce alpha waves, which
indicates torpid (almost comatose) rates of
activity. Alpha brain waves are associated with
unfocused, overly receptive states of
consciousness I should note that the goal of
hypnotists is to induce slow brain wave states.
Alpha waves are present during the light
hypnotic state used by hypno-therapists for
suggestion therapy. viewers automatically
enter a trance state while watching television.
Wes Moore, Journal of Cognitive Liberties
2001, Vol. 2, Issue No. 2 pages 59-66
http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/5jcl/5JCL59.htm

MADISON AVENUES OBJECTIVE

"We've taken a page from Satan's book. Find a
point of weakness and lust in every man,
woman, and child, and target that weakness to
make them want to buy the product."
Youth Culture 101, Walt Meuller

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BERTRAND RUSSELL
But perhaps the most important of all the
modern agents of propaganda is the
cinema leading to almost world-wide
uniformity. The great majority of young
people in almost all civilized countries
derive their ideas of love, of honour, of the
way to make money, and of the importance
of good clothes, from the evenings spent in
seeing what Hollywood thinks good for
them. I doubt whether all the churches
and schools combined have as much
influence as the cinema on the opinions of
the youngThe producers of Hollywood are
the high priests of a new religion.

THE SCIENTIFIC DICTATORSHIP

[T]he result is that any defects in the status
quo become known only to those who are willing to
spend their leisure time otherwise than in
amusement; these are, of course, a small minority,
andare at most times negligible. There is, however,
a certain instability about the whole system. In the
event of unsuccessful war it might break down, and
the population, which had grown accustomed to
amusements, might be driven by boredom into
serious thought.
The Scientific Outlook, p. 142-143

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THE POWER OF HOLLYWOOD

If I could control the
medium of the American
motion picture, I would
need nothing else to
convert the entire world to
Communism.
- Joseph Stalin

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PAUL SHRAEDER, SCREENWRITER

We are there to thumb our
nose at your values. We
don't care if you like us.
We don't like you.
People think that
Hollywood has principles,
morals, and values. It
doesn't.
Quoted in False System of Worship, Little Light Studios

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DAVID PUTTNUM, MOVIE PRODUCER

"Movies are powerful.
Good or bad, they tinker
around inside your
brain. They steal up on
you in the darkness of
the cinema to form or
conform social
attitudes.. In short,
cinema is propaganda.
Al Cronkite, The Covenant News ~ March 02,
2009

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MTV FOUNDER, ROBERT PITTMAN

"The strongest appeal you can
make .... is emotionally. If
you can get their emotions
going, make them forget their
logic, you've got'em.
At MTV we don't shoot for the
14-year-olds, we own them."
Youth Culture 101, Walt Meuller

KEVIN SMITH, FILMMAKER

I always like to think of it as
like, I've got 'em sittin'
there - whip a little
message at 'em. Whip a
little moral at 'em. Whip a
little of what my view of
the world is. Because
that's what every good
filmmaker does.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346952/quotes

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THEIR WORLDVIEW IS NOT YOURS

The University of Texas found in a 1998 study
that nearly all Hollywood writers, actors,
producers, and executives do not attend religious
services.
Media = a mediumof?

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RUDOLPH VALENTINO, THE LATIN LOVER

Every night (Valentinos
wife) would hold a sance,
calling forth help from the
spirit world in her creative
undertaking. Then, pencil
and paper in hand, she
would go into a trance and
start writing. After her
outpourings were typed up
they were bought to the
set the next day and given
to the director.
Michael Morris, Madam Valentino (Abbeville Press,
1991): 160

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MAE WEST, ONE-WOMAN SEXUAL REVOLUTION

Mae West received inspiration
from psychic phenomenon. Her
psychic recalls that she'd pace
around the room saying Forces,
Forces, come to me and help me
write a script. She would begin
to hear voices and images as
the plot was revealed to her...she
would lie in bed in a trance-like
state, dictating as the spirits
entered.
Kenny Kingston, Psychic Kenny Kingston's Guide to Health
and Happiness (Windy Hill, 1984): 89.

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LUCILLE BALL, I LOVE LUCY

It was the spirit of actress
Carole Lombard who guided
Lucille Ball into taking a
chance and accepting the
offer to star in I Love Lucy.
The glamorous comedian,
who had died in an airplane
crash in 1942, appeared to
Lucy in 1951. Because
Lucille Ball accepted the
spirits urging to take a
chance, honey, she made
television history.
Steiger, Hollywood and the Supernatural (1990): 206.

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OPRAH WINFREY
This is how I see acting...I
use my body to be a
carrier for the spirits of
those who have come
before me..., and again
I tried to empty myself
and let the
spirit...inhabit me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5oOY2C9wdI

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PETER SELLERS SAID, REGARDING ACTING:

Its rather like being a
medium and laying
yourself wide open and
saying, I want a
character to inhabit my
body or I want a
character to take charge
of me so that I can
produce what I hope to
produce.
Peter Evans, Peter Sellers: The Mask Behind the
Mask (New English Library Ltd., 1980): 198.

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ROBIN WILLIAMS
But theres also that
thingit is possession. In
the old days youd be
burned for itbut theres
something empowering
about itit is Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde, where you
really can become this
other force.
Robin Williams, as quoted in James Kaplan, "Robin
Williams," US Weekly (January, 1999): 53.

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DENZEL WASHINGTON
Basically what I did was
got on my knees and sort
of communicated with
the spirits, and when I
came out I was in
charge...I couldn't have
acted that, I couldn't
have made a decision to
play that part.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5oOY2C9wdI

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JOHNNY DEPP
I know I have demons.
I'm 30 different people
sometimes.
Quoted in False System of Worship, Little Light
Studios

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FAIRUZA BALK
A lot of actors, um,
who don't mention
their names of
course, are very
much into this.
(Video quote in False System of Worship, Little Light
Studios)

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JAMES 4:7-8

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MUSIC AND THE LAST-DAYS

DECEPTION

But it is sometimes
difficult to discipline the
singers Many want to
do things after their
own style; they object to
consultation, and are
impatient under
leadership. Wellmatured plans are
needed in the service
of God. Common sense
is an excellent thing in
the worship of the
Lord.
--Gospel Workers, p.
325.

Music is the idol which

many professed Sabbath
keeping Christians
worship.
(Testimonies, Vol. 1, pp. 585-586)

Sacred music is not

congenial to their
taste.
--Testimonies, Vol. 1, pp. 585586.

COLOSSIANS 3:15-17
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to
the which also ye are called in one body; and be
ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs singing with grace your heart to the Lord.
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in
the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God
and the Father by Him.

GOD, HIMSELF, IS A MUSICIAN:

IN HIS IMAGE
Our Proteins and DNA make music!

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THE HEAVENS DECLARE

Planets produce musical tones!
Over 90% of the tones created by the
planetary proportions belong to major scale.
The sound spectrum of the 5 visible planets
covers 8 octaves almost identical to human
hearing range.

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WE WERE CREATED TO SING TOGETHER!

Recent research has shown that singing a hymn
in a group both calms and synchronizes the heart
beats of the singers.
When Choirs Sing, Many Hearts Beat As One
ANNA HAENSCH, July 10, 2013

Let there be singing

in the school, and the
pupils will be drawn
closer to God, to their
teachers, and to one
another.
Education, p. 68

As often as possible,
let the entire
congregation join.
Testimonies, Vol. 9, p. 144. (1909)

When turned to good

account, music is a
blessing; but it is
often made one of
Satan's most
attractive agencies to
ensnare souls.
(Testimonies, Vol. 1, pp. 585-586)

You were in Eden, the

garden of God;
Every precious stone
was your covering
The workmanship of
your timbrels and
pipes was prepared for
you on the day you
were created.
Ezekiel 28:13

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I feel alarmed as I witness everywhere the frivolity of

young men and young women who profess to believe the
truth. God does not seem to be in their thoughts. Their
minds are filled with nonsense. Their conversation is only
empty, vain talk. They have a keen ear for music, and
Satan knows what organs to excite to animate, engross,
and charm the mind so that Christ is not desired. The
spiritual longings of the soul for divine knowledge, for a
growth in grace, are wanting. The introduction of music
into their homes, instead of inciting to holiness and
spirituality, has been the means of diverting their minds
from the truth. Frivolous songs and the popular sheet
music of the day seem congenial to their taste. The
instruments of music have taken time which should have
been devoted to prayer. Satan is leading the young captive.
Testimonies, Vol. 1, pp. 496-497

I feel alarmed as I witness everywhere the frivolity of

young men and young women who profess to believe the
truth. God does not seem to be in their thoughts. Their
minds are filled with nonsense. Their conversation is only
empty, vain talk. They have a keen ear for music, and
Satan knows what organs to excite to animate, engross,
and charm the mind so that Christ is not desired. The
spiritual longings of the soul for divine knowledge, for a
growth in grace, are wanting. The introduction of music
into their homes, instead of inciting to holiness and
spirituality, has been the means of diverting their minds
from the truth. Frivolous songs and the popular sheet
music of the day seem congenial to their taste. The
instruments of music have taken time which should have
been devoted to prayer. Satan is leading the young captive.
Testimonies, Vol. 1, pp. 496-497

MUSIC 101

ELLEN WHITE WAS SHOWN

that just before the close of probation:
There will be shouting, with drums, music, and
dancing. The senses of rational beings will
become so confused that they cannot be
trusted to make right decisions. And this is
called the moving of the Holy SpiritSatan will
make music a snare by the way in which it is
conducted.
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MUSIC (AND ALL ART) IS MERELY A MATTER

OF PREFERENCE. ART IS AMORAL, WEVE
BEEN TOLD.

CHRISTIAN MUSICIAN,
THOMAS DORSEY:

Psychiatrist, Dr.
Howard Hanson:

"The message is not in

the music but in the
words of the song. It
matters not what kind of
movement it has, if the
words are Jesus, Heaven,
Faith, and Life, then you
have a song with which
God is pleased.

"Music is made up of many

ingredients and, according
to the proportion of these
components, it can be
soothing or invigorating,
ennobling or vulgarizing,
philosophical or orgiastic. It
has powers for evil as well
as good.

Quoted in Oral L. Moses, "The NineteenthCentury Spiritual Text: A Source for Modern
Gospel," in Feel the Spirit: Studies in
Nineteenth-Century Afro-American Music, ed.
George R. Keck and Sherrill V. Martin, p. 50.

American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 40, 1943, p.

317.

SCHOLARS AGREE
Dr. Max Schoen concludes that music is NOT
morally neutral:
"Music is the most powerful stimulus known
among the perceptive senses. The medical,
psychiatric and other evidences for the nonneutrality of music is so overwhelming that it
frankly amazes me that anyone should
seriously say otherwise.
Max Schoen, The Psychology of Music.

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for the children of

this world are in
their generation
wiser than the
children of light.
Luke 16:8

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DR. MANFRED CLYNES STUDIES

HERES WHAT EMOTIONS SOUND LIKE

I APOLOGIZE: IM GOING TO SING

Name the emotion Im communicating.
A. Anger
B. Grief
C. Joy
D. Reverence

MUSIC COMMUNICATES EMOTION

Gordon Epperson:
"Music is the expression
. . of the emotions; an
aural image of how the
feelings feel, how they
operate."
The Musical Symbol: An Exploration in
Aesthetics, 1990, p. 75.

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QUESTION:
Does music only EXPRESS human emotion?
Or can it also CONTROL human emotion?
if music is a control mechanism, then weve
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NOT JUST A CONTROL MECHANISM

Dr. Richard Pelligrino: Music can trigger a flood
of human emotions and images that have the
ability to instantaneously produce very powerful
changes in emotional states. Take it from a
brain guy, in 25 years of working with the brain,
I still cannot affect a person's state of mind the
way that one simple song can.
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NOT JUST A CONTROL MECHANISM

"Music is an organisation created to dictate
feelings to the listener. The composer is an
unrelenting dictator, and we choose to subject
ourselves to him when we listen to his music."
p 125-126, Manfred Clynes, Music: Physician for Times to Come.

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NOT JUST A CONTROL MECHANISM

Clynes took the musical pulses to people of
various cultures, played them, and PRODUCED
the very same emotions within listeners.
Subsequent studies were done by Capruso and
Bingham and others where groups of 100
would universally have their minds altered by
playing and changing music.

NOT JUST A CONTROL MECHANISM

"The importance of music, as judged by the sheer
ubiquity of its presence, is enormous...There is
probably no other human cultural activity, which
is so all-pervasive and which reaches into,
shapes, and often controls so much of human
behavior."
A.P Merriam, The Anthropology of Music (Chicago: Northwestern University Press, 1964), p. 218.
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SO
If music can dictate feelings to the listener

QUESTION: Can certain kinds of music dictate

unholy, unhealthy or inappropriate feelings?

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Music forms a part of

Gods worship in the
courts above, and we
should endeavor, in our
songs of praise, to
approach as nearly as
possible to the harmony
of the heavenly choirs.
The heart must feel the
spirit of the song to give it
right expression.
--Patriarchs and Prophets, p.
591.

Those who make singing a

part of divine worship
should select hymns with
music appropriate to the
occasion
Signs of the Times, June 22,
1882. (Evangelism, p. 507-8)

My question: Which of these is appropriate for

worship?
Joy
Reverence
Anger
Grief
Sex
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IN THE QUIET PLACE, IN THE STILLNESS YOU

ARE THEREI WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE

When The words and the sound of the music

are in conflict, music critics call it:
Aesthetically False

TOP MUSICOLOGIST, TOP CONDUCTOR

The music I hear in your churches
Anger
Sex
(As quoted by Dr. Wolfgang Stefani
http://www.hopevideo.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=43)

I dont know if the church today

understands the music brought into
the church; the people dont
understand the music it is
perverse.
(As quoted by Musicologist, Frank Garlock)
http://www.majestymusic.com/

SEXUAL STIMULATION
Dr. David Elkind, Child
Psychologist: There is a
great deal of powerful
sexual stimulation in the
rhythm of rock music.
The Hurried Child, Reading, Mass.: Addison
Wesley Publishing Co., 1981, p. 89

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SEXUAL STIMULATION
"Music is essentially the
manipulation of sound. It has the
power to arouse, it has the power
to frighten [and has] the power
to make people profane. You
know, all those things they were
saying about rock n' roll in the
early days -- 'ooooohh, it's gonna
subvert our youth, it's gonna
make 'em all wanna have sex, it's
gonna make 'em all go crazy' -they were right!!
Billy Joel, quoted in Music of the Soul:
Composing Life Out of Loss, Joy S. Berger

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PSYCHOLOGISTS AGREE:
According to Dr. Pierce J. Howard, director of
the Center for Applied Cognitive Studies in
Charlotte, NC and author of The Owners
Manual for the Brain, very loud music creates
an altered state of consciousness akin to an
alcoholic or drug-induced stupor that can
become addictive.
Peggy Noonan, Take Two Tunes and Call Me in the Morning,
USA Weekend, Dec. 19, 1999, Emphasis Supplied

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ROCK MUSIC IS A DRUG?

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith:
Rock music is the
strongest drug in the
world. (Politics of Ecstasy)

Timothy Leary: Dont listen

to the words, its the
music that has its own
message. ... Ive been
stoned on the music
many times.
(Politics of Ecstasy).

Satan knows what

organs to excite to
animate, engross,
and charm the
mind so that Christ
is not desired
Testimonies, Vol. 1, pp.
496-497

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MUSIC AND SPIRITUALISM

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POLYRHYTHMIC PERCUSSION
Musician, William Aura:
We had discovered
something that people
knew eons ago that
polyrhythms can be used
for hypnotic induction, for
altered states of
consciousness, even for
soul travel.
Keyboard, Oct. 1988

PAGAN SPIRITUAL CEREMONIES

The intricate layers of the multiple rhythmic
drumming are considered the primary source of
occult power.
Richard Hodges, archaeologist

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PAGAN SPIRITUAL CEREMONIES

The follower of Voodoo seeks to incorporate a LOA
(lesser god) into himself by writhing and leaping
through a dance, while drums bang out complex
rhythms...
World of the Unexplained, 1977, p. 9-10

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ROCK RHYTHMS = VOODOO RHYTHMS

Little Richard:My true belief about
Rock 'n' Roll is this: I believe this
kind of music is demonic. A lot of
the beats in music today are
taken from Voodoo, from the
Voodoo drums. If you study music
in rhythms, like I have, you'll see
that this is true.
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RHYTHM TO ALTER CONSCIOUSNESS

Everywhere you look around
the world people are using
drums to alter
consciousness. I have
discovered along with
many others, the
extraordinary power of
music, particularly
percussion to influence
the human mind and
body.
Mickey Hart, Drumming at the Edge of Magic

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OPENING YOUR SOUL

Were making our music into electric church music
a new kind of Bible...A Bible you carry in your
hearts, one that will give you a physical feeling.
We try to make our music so loose and hardhitting so that it hits your soul hard enough to
make it open. We want them to realize that our
music is just as spiritual as going to church.
Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky, 56-57.
Also, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, by Jerry Hopkins

REPETITIVE-HYPNOTIC
Dr. Michael Ballam
"The human mind shuts down after three or
four repetitions of a rhythm, or a melody,
or a harmonic progression.
Ballam, Michael. Music and the Mind

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HYPNOTIC, BYPASSES FRONTAL LOBE

Rock-style music
bypasses the frontal lobe
and our ability to reason
and make judgments
about it. This music, like
television, can produce a
hypnotic effect.
Juanita McElwain, PhD. Retired Chair of Music
Therapy Department, Phillips University. Enid, OK.
Personal Communication.

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TURNS OFF PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX

Dr. Newbergs studies have shown that a
charismatic worship style turns off pre-frontal
cortex function of the worshipper.
Newberg and Waldman, How God Changes the Brain

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HYPNOTIZE THEM WITH THE MUSIC

Music is a spiritual thing
of its own. You can
hypnotize people with
the music and when
you get them at their
weakest point, you can
preach into the
subconscious what you
want to say.
Life, Jimi Hendrix, October 3, 1969

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QUESTION
What happens when you
take music that:
bypasses frontal lobe
hypnotizes the listener
opens the door to
spiritualism
alters state of
consciousness
causes you to release
control of your thoughts
enhances sexuality
releases opioids

ANSWER
This Christian music will:

bypass frontal lobe

hypnotize the listener
open the door to
spiritualism
alter state of
consciousness
cause you to release
control of your thoughts
enhance sexuality
releases opioids

and you sing Christian

lyrics to it?

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MUSIC IN THE LAST DAYS

Daniel 3:
Babylon
Image
Worship
Death Decree

Revelation 13-14, 17:

Babylon
Image
Worship
Death Decree

MUSIC IN THE LAST DAYS

Daniel 3:
Babylon
Image
Worship
Death Decree

Prompted by Music

Revelation 13-14, 17:

Babylon
Image
Worship
Death Decree

????

MUSIC IN THE LAST DAYS

QUESTION:
What is the counterfeit trinity of the last days
deception of Revelation 12-13?
QUESTION:
Are we in the last days? If so, would you expect
that these three would be the most influential
institutions and movements in the world today?
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THE THREE MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD

Top 3 funeral media events:
1. Michael Jackson

June 25 July 8, 2009

2. Pope John Paul II

April 2 April 9, 2005

3. Ronald Reagan

June 5 June 10, 2004

The Global Language Monitor Wednesday, July 25, 2012

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JOHN BLACKING
Music can become a universal languageand
through the transformation of individuals it
becomes a vehicle for world peace and the
unification of mankind.
'A Commonsense View of All Music': Reflections on Percy Grainger's
Contribution to Ethnomusicology and Music Education, p. 149

Take it from a brain guy, in 25 years of working

with the brain, I still cannot affect a person's state
of mind the way that one simple song can.
There is probably no other human cultural activity, which
controls so much of human behavior.

IN RECENT DECADES
Talk of a world social formation and the
possibility of a strategy for global
moralization were no longer considered a
figment of speculative imagination. Because of
its universal availability and acceptance, popular
music was identified as the major rallying point
for the formation of an international youth
culture... based on common, worldwide tastes
and values. [Sociologists described] popular
music as a powerfully cohesive force
Dr. Wolfgang Stefani, Endnotes: Music as an Ecumenical Force

Further, as leading ethnomusicologist David

McAllester observed, music seems to be the
clearest reinforcement of identity we have.
Could it be that by fostering a homogenized
global musical style - a style that is increasingly
visible in the Christian music culture - the stage is
being set for a global, religious identity response?
A response that will allow people of all nations, all
religious backgrounds to say, Yes, this is my
music, this is who I am; this is my music for being
happy and religious and I am part of it; I am right
at home now.
Dr. Wolfgang Stefani, Endnotes: Music as an Ecumenical Force

"Therefore come out

from them and be
separate, says the
Lord. Touch no
unclean thing, and
I will receive you.
2 Corinthians 6:17

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"If we do not receive the

religion of Christ by
feeding upon the Word of
God, we shall not be
entitled to an entrance
into the city of God. Having
lived on earthly food,
having educated our
tastes to love worldly
things, we would not be
fitted for the heavenly
courts; we could not
appreciate the pure,
heavenly current that
circulates in heaven.

The voices of the angels

and the music of their
harps would not satisfy us.
The science of heaven
would be as an enigma to
our minds. We need to
hunger and thirst for the
righteousness of Christ; we
need to be molded and
fashioned by the
transforming influence of
his grace, that we may be
fitted for the society of
heavenly angels.
RH, May 4, 1897 par. 10

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PART 4: ADDICTED AND IMMERSED

A COMPELLING TESTIMONY

Satans work is to
lead men to ignore
God, to so engross
and absorb the mind
that God will not be in
their thoughts. The
education they have
received has been of
a character to
confuse the mind and
eclipse the true light.
Satan does not wish

the people to have a

knowledge of God; and
if he can set in
operation games and
theatrical performances
that will so confuse the
senses of the young
that human beings will
perish in darkness while
light shines all about
them, he is well
pleased.

{R&H, March 13, 1900}

THE DEFINITION OF AN ADDICTION

Compulsive behavior that brings short term
pleasure but long term destruction.

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FIRST GAME CONSOLE

The Magnavox
Odyssey

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OTHER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

Educational Games

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OTHER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

Educational Games
Flight Simulators
Surgery Simulators

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OTHER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

Educational Games
Flight Simulators
Surgery Simulators
Puzzle Games
Virtual Motion Games

WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

Games with:
violence/aggression
high addictive potential

Such as:
1) FPS games
2) MMORPG
3) Manage and Control
Games (god games)
4) RTS games.

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EXPERT TESTIMONY

THE DEMISE OF GUYS PHILLIP ZIMBARDO

Boys are 30% more likely to drop out of school
than girls
Girls now outperform guys at all levels of
education
2/3 of students in remedial programs are boys
5 times more ADD than girls
Fear of intimacy, social awkwardness especially
with the opposite sex
Dont know the language
of facial contact, body
language

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THE DEMISE OF GUYS

CAUSES?
Excessive internet use
Video gaming (average 10,000 hours by 21)
Pornography (average 50 video clips/week)
High tech arousal addictions the quest for the
novel, different, arousal from something new and
exciting.

WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

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WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

Community and Belonging

Whether its other live players, or a simulated social life,
the game world tricks the brain into thinking there is a
social connection.

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WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

The MMO: a Persistent World
"You gotta be at the raid on Sunday! You're
unbelievable! We just gave you the Black
Breastplate of Unholy Raging Fireballs! If
you take that and leave, then I'll come to
your house and kill you!
(Game Addiction, 110)

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WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

Community and Belonging
Achievement

The game world is tricking the brain into thinking youve

accomplished something.

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WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

Community and Belonging
Achievement
Escape

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WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

Community and Belonging
Achievement
Escape
Role-playing

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ESCAPE AND ROLE PLAYING

Playstation Ad: I live a double life I set
morality aside.
Another video game Ad: Live the life you've
always dreamed of without any risk or danger
to yourself.

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WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

Community and Belonging
Achievement
Escape
Role-playing
Release and reinforce aggression

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STUDIES HAVE SHOWN

Hostility was increased both in subjects playing a
highly aggressive video game and those playing a
mildly aggressive video game. Subjects who had
played the high-aggression game were
significantly more anxious than other subjects.
"Less Videogame Violence is Urged" Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2005

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN

The latest brain research shows that violent
games activate the anger center of the teenage
brain while dampening the brain's 'conscience
(Mediawise Video Game Report Card, 2004, National Institute on Media and the Family)

WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

Community and Belonging
Achievement
Escape
Role-playing
Release and reinforce aggression
Competition

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WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

Community and Belonging
Achievement
Escape
Role-playing
Release and reinforce aggression
Competition
Discovery

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WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

Community and Belonging
Achievement
Escape
Role-playing
Release and reinforce aggression
Competition
Discovery
Pleasure

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WHY THE DRAW TO GAMING?

Community and Belonging
Achievement
Escape
Role-playing
Release and reinforce aggression
Competition
Discovery
Pleasure
Story

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FANTASY NOVELS MAGIC AND ENCHANTMENT

A secondary world that the human mind can
step into and believe in (JRR Tolkein).

Through enchantment, you can enter into a dream

that another mind is weaving.
Literally a magical thing
The creator of this secondary world is following in the
footsteps of the Creator.

Neils Clark explains that it casts a spell on us.

Clark, Game Addiction, 33

IS GAME EVEN A MEANINGFUL WORD, THEN?

"Game developers create the worlds in which people
live, and in that way, they have close to god-like
powers."
(P. Shavaun Scott, Game Addiction, 164).

YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD

"Our minds are set free to explore and exercise
heightened abilities and senses in a space that
still looks and feels real."
"Games take our senses beyond the confines of
reality...At the same time, those sensations also
allow the inflation and extension of
our consciousness...unique ways of being."
(Game Addiction, p. 69, 71)

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STEVEN PINKER, PSYCHOLOGIST

"The visual system
never learns that
television is a pane of
glowing phosphor dots,
and the person never
loses the illusion that
there is a world behind
the pane."
How the Mind Works, p. 29

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NOT JUST A GAME

"The human body can release a variety of chemicals,

responding to games as though they were a
completely real, physical experience."
Visually, images seem to have the ability to
immerse and enchant us - with or without our
permissionThese are media that give experiences
to our real eyes, ears, hearts, and brains;
experiences that professionals painstakingly design
to be fun, breathtaking, and exhilarating.
(Clark, Game Addiction, 37, 52)

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY, 2011

Researchers discovered Game Transfer
Phenomenon.
Players

in a virtual world begin blurring the lines

between the game and reality once they come out
of the game (i.e. they start doing things in the real
world as if they're still in the game).

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ADDICTIONS AND DOPAMINE

Dopamine triggers the reward circuit of the brain
1) Drugs chemically induce a dopamine rush

ADDICTIONS AND DOPAMINE

2) There are also process reinforcers of the reward
circuitry of the brain. Pleasure centers are
stimulated from:
Food
Sex

Risk-taking
Accomplishment
Acquisition

of
possessions

CHEMICAL AND PROCESS - SIMILARITIES

Whether it's a behavioral addiction or a

chemical one (process or substance), the same
genes are involved.

Legrand, et. al., "Predicting Addiction: Behavioral Genetics Uses Twins and Time to Decipher
the Origins of Addiction and Learn Who Is Most Vulnerable," American Scientist, March-April,
2005, p. 140-147.

The game addicts brain when thinking about

the game looks just like a drug addicts brain
when thinking about the drug.

Chih-Hung, et. al., "Brain Activities Associated with Gaming Urge of Online Gaming
Addiction," Journal of Psychiatric Research 43, no. 7, April 2009, p. 746.

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MORE POWERFUL THAN DRUGS?

DRUGS (chemically-induced dopamine)
15% of people become addicted after trying drugs
15% of rats become addicted after trying drugs

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MORE POWERFUL THAN DRUGS?

DRUGS (chemically-induced dopamine)
15% of people become addicted after trying drugs
15% of rats become addicted after trying drugs
UNHEALTHY FOOD (process-induced dopamine)
35% of Americans are obese
Nearly ALL rats become addicted and obese when
given standard American food.

CHEMICAL VS. PROCESS ADDICTIONS

Cocaine-addicted rats had
their dopamine receptors
return to normal in only
two days.

However
The obese rats that, when
given their normal food
back, were uninterested,
and dopamine receptors
were still not back to
normal 2 weeks later!

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GAMING ADDICTION UNIQUELY DANGEROUS

1.
2.
3.

Socially acceptable! (unlike food, drugs,

gambling, and porn)
Extreme novelty, endless risk and reward
Brain tells you enough with food and drugs.
With gaming, there is NO satiation mechanism!!

19 MILLION Americans addicted to gaming (higher

than the 12 million alcoholics).
(American Medical Association)
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WE JUSTIFY OUR BEHAVIOR

"I'll just play for fifteen more minutes."
"Once I get one of my characters to level twelve,
I'll go to bed."
"I'm just logging on to see if I sold that
intergalactic death ray."
"If I make it to the next level, I'll feel more relaxed
and I'll sleep better. Otherwise I would just think
about the game and not be able to sleep."
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WE JUSTIFY OUR BEHAVIOR

"I know my fifteen minutes are up, but I'm on
such a roll; I can't stop now. This is the best I've
ever done."
"I want to stop now but I can't. The members of
my clan are counting on me."
"I must have had the time wrong, because there's
no way I have been playing for four hours."
Cyber Junkie, p. 68

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DIAGNOSING A GAMING ADDICTION

1. Not able to say how much time you've actually been
playing.
2. Lying about gaming.
3. Disrupted sleep patterns because of gaming.
4. Intense cravings.
5. Withdrawing from family or friends.
6. Losing interest in other things you used to enjoy.
7. Gaming for more than two hours a day the majority of
the days of the week.
8. Declining performance in school or work.
9. Physical pain.
10. Blind to the negative consequences of the activity.

DIAGNOSING A GAMING ADDICTION

11. Buying things within the game with real money.
12. Playing through meal time (whether eating or skipping
a meal).
13. Glorifying the game.
14. Emotional disturbance when its taken away.
15. Mood swings.
16. Withdrawal symptoms after playing.
17. Continued gaming despite serious real-life
consequences.
18. Persistent inability to cut down on gaming time.
19. Increasing time spent over time.
20. Thinking often about the game when not playing.
Cyber Junkie, p. 65-66

HOW DO GAME DESIGNERS DO IT?

One anonymous game developer stated, "we
make it just like gambling."
(Game Addiction, p. 86)

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GAME DESIGNERS ADMIT IT

One anonymous game designer discussed with
journalists the principle that Madison Avenue
uses called the "blink rate" where "People stop
blinking if an ad has their attention. Same here if you're into a game, your pupils dilate and your
blink rate slows down." This is a process that
produces
.
Quittner, "Are Video Games Really So Bad?" Times of Asia,
May 10, 1999

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GAME DESIGNERS ADMIT IT

One anonymous game designer discussed with
journalists the principle that Madison Avenue
uses called the "blink rate" where "People stop
blinking if an ad has their attention. Same here if you're into a game, your pupils dilate and your
blink rate slows down." This is a process that
produces dopamine.
Quittner, "Are Video Games Really So Bad?" Times of Asia,
May 10, 1999

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GAME DESIGNERS ADMIT IT

He also explained that the job of video game
design was all about the dynamics of using
adrenaline, and the easiest way to do that is to
make the player think he's going to die.
Quittner, "Are Video Games Really So Bad?" Times of Asia, May 10, 1999

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PEDIATRICS, FEBRUARY 2011

Effects of pathological gaming (not just symptom
of other disorders):

depression
anxiety
social phobias

BENEFITSBUT AT WHAT COST?

Harvard Professor,
Christine Rosen:
"To find the good in
gaming...often requires
strenuous leaps of logic."
Christine Rosen, "Playground of the Self", New
Atlantis, 2005

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YOU CAN OVERCOME GAMING ADDICTION!

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 15:57)

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PART 5: THE END OF BOREDOM

SO IS PLEASURE BAD? ARE YOU ANTI-FUN?

The closer we get to a pure and holy pleasure,
the closer we are to the heart of God; the further
we get from a pure and holy pleasure, the further
we are from the heart of God.
-Ravi Zaccharias

PLEASURE GODS WAY

RECREATION VERSUS AMUSEMENT

Recreation, when true to its name, re-creation,
tends to strengthen and build up. Calling us aside
from our ordinary cares and occupations, it
affords refreshment for mind and body, and thus
enables us to return with new vigor to the earnest
work of life. Amusement, on the other hand, is
sought for the sake of pleasure and is often
carried to excess; it absorbs the energies that are
required for useful work and thus proves a
hindrance to life's true success.
Education, 207

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WHAT IS AMUSEMENT?
Do you know what the word Amusement actually
means?
Amuse: A + Muse
Muse=to

think deeply or meditate on something.

A is a negation, as in no or not.

Amuse = to not think!

HOW TO TEST MY ACTIVITIES

DOES IT OBSCURE YOUR SENSE OF GOD?

Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves
fully to the work of the Lord (1 Cor. 15:58)

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THE SPORTS FAN

The lesson from my life: college basketball.

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TELEVISED SPECTATOR SPORTS?

25% increase in heart attacks on/after game
day! British Medical Journal
Fight or flight / stress hormones, 300-400%
increase in blood flow
Exotic dancers known
as
cheer leaders
Aggression and mirror
Neurons
Christ-like behavior
modeling of fans, coaches, players?

http://www.bmj.com/content/325/7378/1439.abstract

TELEVISED SPECTATOR SPORTS?

Am I actually hoping for people to lose and
perform poorly?
Does watching this make you more Christlikelove, joy, peace,
patience, kindness,
goodness, gentleness?
What happens within me
when they make a
bad call?

To the fan its anything

but just a game

HOW I COULD TELL I WAS A FAN

Hours of my attention
before, during and after
The subject of my
conversation
Its what I defend and
argue over
More passion about my
team than real life
Know more statistics
than scriptures; names
of players than heroes of
the faith

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TELEVISED SPECTATOR SPORTS?

But Im appreciating noble things: team work,

sportsmanship, the fruits of their hard work, and
the talents God gave them!
Question:

As Christians,
are we merely looking
for the good to outweigh the bad?
ORare we to dwell
upon that which is pure,
noble, right, lovely, etc.

Therefore, be careful
how you
walkmaking the
most of your time,
because the days are
evil.
Ephesians 5:15-16

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CHARLES FINNEY
Again, no amusement can be
innocent that involves the squandering
of
precious time, that might be better
employed to the glory of God and the good of man.
Life is short. Time is precious. We have but one life to
live. Much is to be done. The world is in darkness. A
world of sinners are to be enlightened, and, if
possible, saved. We are required to work while the
day lasteth. Our commission and work require
dispatch. No time is to be lost. If our hearts are right,
our work is pleasant. If rightly performed, it affords
the highest enjoyment and is itself the highest
amusement.

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RECREATION AND PLEASURE

What is it for you that absorbs your energies?
Obscures your sense of God?

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WHATS THE MINDSET WHEN ON FACEBOOK?

Is it self? My profile pic, my image I want to portray
to people, my popularity, etc.
A

2010 study showed todays young adults have

become the most narcissistic on record!
A 2008 study showed an irrational drive for popularity

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100%
90%

80%
70%
60%

Everything else
Telling about self

50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
In Real Life

On Facebook

WHATS THE MINDSET WHEN ON FACEBOOK?

Is it a spirit of gossip? Whats so-and-so up to?

Whats

behind that driving interest in other peoples

lives?
Is it holy? Is it healthy?

Is it jealousy?
A

2008 study showed an increase in relational

jealousy

Is it a spirit of coveting and envy of other

peoples experiences, appearances?
Is it lust or infatuation?

WHATS THE MINDSET WHEN ON FACEBOOK?

Do

you experience fear and anxiety over the

thought of being out of the loop?
Is

that controlling desire/need a healthy one?

Are

your thoughts on God and the purpose

He has for you to bless others?
Are you crafting an image, a persona that
portrays a different you? That is not real?
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FACEBOOK AND THE BRAIN

IS IT TEXTING?

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HYPER-TEXTING

Teens 13-17
3339

text messages/month average.

Female teens over 4000.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/1015/Teen-text-messages-hit-new-high-6-an-hour-3339-a-month

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HYPER-TEXTING

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ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH YOUR IPOHNE?

What happens is you have a very specific
relationship with your iPhone. What we learned from
a very recent study we did was that there were
actually two activations happing for people who are
in love with their iPhones. . . Did you hear what I
said? In love. Because we actually realized from the
study that the same area of the brain that is
activated when you are in love with someone is
activated when you are in love with your iPhone. But
people also had activation in their amygdala and the
amygdala is an area that in many ways reflects fear.
Martin Lindstrom
Apple: The Tyrannical Rule of Cool

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HYPER-TEXTING
The phenomenon is beginning to worry
physicians and psychologists, who say it is
leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling
grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep
deprivation.
Texting may be taking a toll, NYT, May 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26teen.html

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HYPER-TEXTING
Sherry Turkle, a psychologist who is director of the
Initiative on Technology and Self at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and who has
studied texting among teenagers in the Boston area
for three years, said it might be causing a shift in the
way adolescents developIf youre being deluged by
constant communication, the pressure to answer
immediately is quite high, she added. So if youre in
the middle of a thought, forget it.
Texting may be taking a toll, NYT, May 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26teen.html

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BUT I CAN MULTI-TASK

Attention, multitaskers (if you can pay attention,
that is): Your brain may be in trouble. People who
are regularly bombarded with several streams of
electronic information do not pay attention,
control their memory or switch from one job to
another as well as those who prefer to complete
one task at a time, a group of Stanford
researchers has found.
Stanford University News, August 24, 2009
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august24/multitask-research-study-082409.html

COMPULSIVE TEXTING

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DISTRACTION REDUCES IQ 10 POINTS

Hewlett-Packard commissioned an IQ test of
distracted test-takers (emails, texts, etc.)
A 10-point reduction in IQ was observed.

(This is more than twice the drop that occurs when high
on marijuana or having lost an entire nights sleep!)

While they were instructed not to answer emails,

the compulsion to do so at their
own demise mirrored the
behavior of an addict.

TEST YOUR ACTIVITIES

If youre unsure, test yourself by asking:
Do I rarely, if ever, think of God?
Do I become forgetful of the mission, or is it
true re-creation?
Would prayer seem out of place?
Would Jesus participate?
Are Satans principles of pride, self-promotion,
violence, or immorality present?
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WEVE GOT IT BACKWARDS!

The meaning of life in America: Seek Pleasure!

LOWER LEVELS OF HAPPINESS!

Kaiser 2010 study:
Moderate and heavy media users report lower
levels of happiness than their counterparts.

MORE BOREDOM!
Kaiser 2010 study:
Also found the more media used the more
BORED teens are.

AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH!

Our culture is on a constant pleasure-seeking
binge!

AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH!

Our culture is on a constant pleasure-seeking
binge!

AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH!

Our culture is on a constant pleasure-seeking
binge!

RUINING OUR APPETITE

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How sweet are your

words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to
my mouth!
Psalm 119:103

A sated man loathes

honey
Proverbs 27:7

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SCIENTISTS CALL IT THE PLEASURE TRAP

1954 Milner Study
Push a lever to selfstimulate the pleasure
centers of the brain

Easy-fix
No discipline, pain, effort
required

Results?
THEY STOPPED EATING AND
WERE ON THE BRINK OF
DEATH!

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We have no time now to

spend in seeking these
things that only please the
senses. Close heart
searching is needed. With
tears and heartbroken
confession we need to
draw nigh to God that He
may draw nigh to us.
Review and Herald, November 14,
1899.

WHAT TO DO NOW?
1. A reality check
List life goals what does God want from you?
Calculate number of hours wasted on media
during your entire life. Translate that into 8hour days, weeks of 8-hour days, months, etc.
List things you could have done with that time
to accomplish goals
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WHAT TO DO NOW?
2. Support Group
Addiction recovery requires support through
relationships of accountability.
(The Twelve Step programs say that the most
important word in the steps is the first one: we)
olganon.org (online gamers anonymous.org)

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WHAT TO DO NOW?
3. Positive Pursuits
After throwing away your alcohol, immediately
get busy on your list! Will become more
rewarding and fulfilling as time goes on.
Spiritual purpose and identity!!
Journaling lists of gratitude for real world
realities.
Spiritual healing unresolved emotions that
drove you to the addiction.

WHAT TO DO NOW?
4. Plan out your use of time!
Just like budgeting our money, if we dont have a
plan for our time, we will revert to impulse.

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I tell you the truth,

you will weep and
mourn while the world
rejoices. You will
grieve, but your grief
will turn to joy.
John 16:20

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let us throw off

everything that hinders
and the sin that so easily
entangles. And let us
run with perseverance
the race marked out for
us, fixing our eyes on
Jesus, the author and
finisher of our faith.
Hebrews 12:1-2
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PART 6: PREPARING YOUR BRAIN FOR THE

FINAL CONTROVERSY

WHAT THE RESEARCH HAS UNCOVERED:

Media exposure has
become America's most
widespread and serious
addiction.
-George Barna

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AMERICA IS BAPTIZED IN ENTERTAINMENT

Kids aged 2-5: 32 hours of TV per week

AMERICA IS BAPTIZED IN ENTERTAINMENT

Kids aged 2-5: 32 hours of TV per week
Ages 8-18:

4:54

per day watching TV/movies

2:31 listening to music.

AMERICA IS BAPTIZED IN ENTERTAINMENT

Kids aged 2-5: 32 hours of TV per week
Ages 8-18:

4:54

per day watching TV/movies

2:31 listening to music.

The average young person racks up 10,000

hours of video gaming by the age of 21.
5

million gamers in the U.S are spending more than

40 hours a week playing video games.

AMERICA IS BAPTIZED IN ENTERTAINMENT

Average College Age Boy: 8 hours a week

watching televised sports

Total screen time for the average American child is

over 53 hours per week
The average child will spend more time watching
TV by the age of six than he will spend in
conversation with his father in his entire life.

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Spiritual Food

25
20

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10
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Entert.

Spir.

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VIDEO GAMES
Studies have shown that hostility increases both
in subjects playing a highly aggressive video
game and those playing a mildly aggressive video
game.
"Less Videogame Violence is Urged" Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2005

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN

The latest brain research shows that violent
games activate the anger center of the teenage
brain while dampening the brain's 'conscience
(Mediawise Video Game Report Card, 2004, National Institute on Media and the Family)

PEDIATRICS, FEBRUARY 2011

Effects of pathological gaming (not just symptom
of other disorders):

depression
anxiety
social phobias

Satans work is to lead

men to ignore God, to
so engross and absorb
the mind that God will
not be in their
thoughts. The
education they have
received has been of a
character to confuse
the mind and eclipse
the true light.

Satan does not wish the

people to have a
knowledge of God; and if
he can set in operation
games and theatrical
performances that will so
confuse the senses of the
young that human beings
will perish in darkness
while light shines all
about them, he is well
pleased.
{R&H, March 13, 1900}
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TV VIEWING

Is a Major Cause of
Depression
Decreases Academic
Achievement
Inhibits Speech Development
Decreases Reading
Comprehension
Increases the Likelihood of
children developing ADHD
Decreases Creativity &
Imagination
Decreases Ability to Succeed

Causes Vision Problems

Makes you Less Likely to Exercise
Causes Emotional Problems
including PTSD
1980s households that acquired
cable TV => Increased risk of
autism
Makes you Eat More
Makes you Crave Sugary Foods
Causes Obesity
Increases Childrens Changes of
Becoming Alcoholics Later in Life

TV VIEWING

Makes Men Feel Less in Love

with Their Partners
Makes Women Feel Less
Deserving of Being Loved
Makes Families Spend Less
Time Together
Increases Divorce Rate
Increases Negative Moods
Increases Copycat Suicides
Lowers Self-Esteem and
Confidence
Increases Desire for
Cosmetic Surgical
Procedures
Even the news!

Reduces Athletic Performance

Causes Alzheimer's Disease
Stresses the Body
Causes Sleep Deprivation
Has doubled the murder rate
in western societies
Stunts the Development of
Childrens Brains
Damages the Brains of both
Children and Adults
Decreases your Lifespan 22
minutes for each hour of TV
watched.

THE HEALTH MESSAGE

11 minutes taken off

your lifespan for each
cigarette
12 million alcoholics in
America
19% increase in heart
attacks from 1 serving
of red meat per day

22 minutes taken off

your lifespan for each
hour of television
19 million video game
addicts
25% increase in heart
attacks on and just after
a big game day.

MASS MEDIA MANIPULATION

EDWARD BERNAYS

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MASS MEDIA MANIPULATION

If we understand the mechanism and motives
of the group mind, is it not possible to control
and regiment the masses according to our will
without their knowing about it?
Propaganda, p. 71

EDWARD BERNAYS

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MASS MEDIA MANIPULATION

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of
the organized habits and opinions of the masses
is an important element in democratic society.
Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of
society constitute an invisible government, which
is the true ruling power of our country. We are
governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed,
our ideas suggested, largely by men we have
never heard of.
Propaganda, p. 37

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Through the channel

of mesmerism,
Satan comes more
directly to the people
of this generation and
works with that
power which is to
characterize his
efforts near the close
of probation.
ST Nov 4, 1884
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Psychophysiologist Thomas Mulholland found

that after just 30 seconds of watching television
the brain begins to produce alpha waves, which
indicates torpid (almost comatose) rates of
activity. Alpha brain waves are associated with
unfocused, overly receptive states of
consciousness. I should note that the goal of
hypnotists is to induce slow brain wave states.
Alpha waves are present during the light
hypnotic state used by hypno-therapists for
suggestion therapy. viewers automatically
enter a trance state while watching television
Wes Moore, Journal of Cognitive Liberties
2001, Vol. 2, Issue No. 2 pages 59-66

HYPNOTIC, BYPASSES FRONTAL LOBE

Rock-style music
bypasses the frontal lobe
and our ability to reason
and make judgments
about it. This music, like
television, can produce a
hypnotic effect.
Juanita McElwain, PhD. Retired Chair of Music
Therapy Department, Phillips University. Enid, OK.
Personal Communication.

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RHYTHM TO ALTER CONSCIOUSNESS

Everywhere you look around
the world people are using
drums to alter
consciousness. I have
discovered along with
many others, the
extraordinary power of
music, particularly
percussion to influence
the human mind and
body.
Mickey Hart, Drumming at the Edge of Magic

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BERTRAND RUSSELL
But perhaps the most important of all the
modern agents of propaganda is the
cinema leading to almost world-wide
uniformity. The great majority of young
people in almost all civilized countries
derive their ideas of love, of honour, of the
way to make money, and of the importance
of good clothes, from the evenings spent in
seeing what Hollywood thinks good for
them. I doubt whether all the churches
and schools combined have as much
influence as the cinema on the opinions of
the youngThe producers of Hollywood are
the high priests of a new religion.

MTV FOUNDER, ROBERT PITTMAN

"The strongest appeal you can
make .... is emotionally. If
you can get their emotions
going, make them forget their
logic, you've got'em.
At MTV we don't shoot for the
14-year-olds, we own them."
Youth Culture 101, Walt Meuller

MUSIC NOT JUST A CONTROL MECHANISM

"The importance of musicis enormous...There is
probably no other human cultural activity, which
is so all-pervasive and which reaches into,
shapes, and often controls so much of human
behavior."
A.P Merriam, The Anthropology of Music (Chicago: Northwestern University Press, 1964), p. 218.
Emphasis supplied.

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HOW DO GAME DESIGNERS DO IT?

One anonymous game developer stated, "we
make it just like gambling."
(Game Addiction, p. 86)

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ROCK MUSIC IS A DRUG?

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith:
Rock music is the
strongest drug in the
world.

Timothy Leary: Dont listen

to the words, its the
music that has its own
message. ... Ive been
stoned on the music
many times.
(Politics of Ecstasy).

Satans work is to
lead men to ignore
God, to so engross
and absorb the mind
that God will not be in
their thoughts. The
education they have
received has been of
a character to
confuse the mind and
eclipse the true light.
Satan does not wish

the people to have a

knowledge of God; and
if he can set in
operation games and
theatrical performances
that will so confuse the
senses of the young
that human beings will
perish in darkness while
light shines all about
them, he is well
pleased.

{R&H, March 13, 1900}

FACEBOOK AND THE BRAIN

ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH YOUR IPOHNE?

What happens is you have a very specific
relationship with your iPhone. What we learned from
a very recent study we did was that there were
actually two activations happing for people who are
in love with their iPhones. . . Did you hear what I
said? In love. Because we actually realized from the
study that the same area of the brain that is
activated when you are in love with someone is
activated when you are in love with your iPhone. But
people also had activation in their amygdala and the
amygdala is an area that in many ways reflects fear.
Martin Lindstrom
Apple: The Tyrannical Rule of Cool

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BUT I CAN MULTI-TASK

Attention, multitaskers (if you can pay attention,
that is): Your brain may be in trouble. People who
are regularly bombarded with several streams of
electronic information do not pay attention,
control their memory or switch from one job to
another as well as those who prefer to complete
one task at a time, a group of Stanford
researchers has found.
Stanford University News, August 24, 2009
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august24/multitask-research-study-082409.html

LOWER LEVELS OF HAPPINESS!

Kaiser 2010 study:
Moderate and heavy media users report lower
levels of happiness than their counterparts.

MORE BOREDOM!
Kaiser 2010 study:
Also found the more media used the more
BORED teens are.

SCIENTISTS CALL IT THE PLEASURE TRAP

1954 Milner Study
Push a lever to selfstimulate the pleasure
centers of the brain

Easy-fix
No discipline, pain, effort
required

Results?
THEY STOPPED EATING AND
WERE ON THE BRINK OF
DEATH!

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TOP MUSICOLOGIST, TOP CONDUCTOR

The music I hear in your churches
Anger
Sex
I dont know if the church today
understands the music brought into
the church; the people dont
understand the music it is
perverse.
Robert Shaw

SEXUAL STIMULATION
Dr. David Elkind, Child
Psychologist: There is a
great deal of powerful
sexual stimulation in the
rhythm of rock music.
The Hurried Child, Reading, Mass.: Addison
Wesley Publishing Co., 1981, p. 89

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Satan knows what

organs to excite to
animate, engross,
and charm the
mind so that Christ
is not desired
Testimonies, Vol. 1, pp.
496-497

We have no time now to

spend in seeking these
things that only please
the senses.

Review and Herald, November 14, 1899.

The voices of the angels

and the music of their
harps would not satisfy
us. The science of
heaven would be as an
enigma to our minds.
RH, May 4, 1897 par. 10