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ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN

have no power to accomplish anything. So, they never lose the sense
of moderation that comes from their submission to and their
confidence in God. They never react rashly and they never yield to
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pessimism or despair. They know that God may bring good for them
even out of adversity.
If you wished to inform someone of the danger that
sentimentality poses to his spiritual life, he would not listen to you;
from the outset he would refuse to consider even such a possibility.
The mind of an emotional person is so closed to any contrary
suggestion that he would immediately feel unjustly treated and, either
feel offended and begin to cry, or get angry and withdraw into himself.
So, you cannot criticise
an emotional person,
much less offer him
suggestions or advice.
Emotionalism
causes people to
become easily
offended. As a result,
these people fear that
there is a hidden
meaning in everything
that is said to them;
they easily misinterpret
or exaggerate. Then, in
protest and without
any explanation, they
stop talking, withdraw
and pout like a child.
Because they are either
incapable of thinking
rationally, or are afraid
to face reality, it is