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"despisers of those that are good"

               "traitors" -- or betrayers

               "heady" – reckless

               Reckless Driving.  According to statistics, a teenager is more likely to die in a wrongful death car accident
               than to die of homicide, suicide, illness, or any other safety hazard.  Five to six thousand teen drivers die
               in automobile accidents every year in the United States.  Tragically, many of these fatal crashes are due
               to preventable driving errors.  Michael Pines,  San Diego, CA.

               "high-minded" -- drunk with pride

               "lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God"

               Americans Love Pleasure According to the USA Commerce department, Americans spent over 500 billion
               dollars on entertainment.  That includes sports, musical concerts, movies, theatre productions,
               amusement parks, etc. (http://www.justanswer.com/questions/jqn-money-spent-entertainment-u-s-
               2004)  They gave 265 billion to charity, but Americans give seven times more money than people in
               Germany and 14 times more than Italians.  France is the lowest giving country in Europe with giving
               equaling less than .14 percent of their GDP.

               "have a form" – hypocritical

               "ever learning"  -- never able to discern truth

               Is Congress that Dumb? Congress has budgeted $100,000 of hard-earned tax money to breed toads.  It’s
               called the Wyoming Toad Recovery Program and you can read about it here:
               http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=48044

               Watch this video: http://www.inthedays.com/knowledge-increased/did-you-know/

               Knowledge is Increasing Astronomically Human general knowledge is now doubling every 10 years with
               technology doubling every 5 years.
               (http://newsfan.typepad.co.uk/does_human_knowledge_doub/increase_in_knowledge_workers/)

               "seducers" -- sorcerers, beguilers
               Increase of False prophets and religious compromise within the church.
               Mat 24:4-5, 10-11, 24; Luke 18:8; 2 Thes. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1; 2 Tim. 3:1,13, 4:3-4; 2 Pet. 2:1-3, 3:3-4

                "deceiving and being deceived"

               Departing from the truth, nearly six out of ten Christians either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed
               with the statement that Satan "is not a living being but is a symbol of evil," the survey found. Forty
               percent strongly agreed with the statement while 19 percent of American Christians somewhat agreed.
               In contrast, about 35 percent of American Christians believe Satan is real. Twenty-six percent strongly
               disagreed with the statement that Satan is merely symbolic and about one-tenth (9 percent) somewhat



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