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ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN

particular conditions naturally experienced by emotional people are
loneliness, stress, low-spiritedness, and nervous breakdowns. They
always find a reason for their mournfulness, sadness, depression and
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thoughts of suicide. For example, a girl who had been the but of a joke
made by a friend may think it normal to spend the entire night crying,
and obsessing over why her friend would have said such a thing. In
another case, greying hair or a
physical flaw may be
sufficient enough for
depression. "Why aren't my
eyes a different colour?" "Why
couldn't I be a little taller?";
dozens, or hundreds, of such
questions occupy such
people's minds, viewed as
problems justifying their
depression.
You will often find this
type of person sitting in the
dark doing what appears to
be "thinking," writing sad
poems, staring at the wall for
hours day-dreaming, walking
in the rain, sighing deeply,
crying secretly, teary-eyed,
and speaking with a
quivering voice. Some of
them will drink or smoke too
much in a purported attempt
to dispel their sadness. These
people experience the Emotional people, their introversion, and
melancholic loneliness, are not compatible with
depression and discomfort of
religion. God calls people to put their trust in
what they image to be a dark Him and have peace of mind