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deceived…” Now, this passage is talking

about doctrine, but look at this. It says,

“…evil communications corrupt” — what? —

“good manners.” We find that television

affects us physically without any doubt. You

cannot get exercise sitting on a couch as a

couch potato eating potato chips watching

somebody else run up and down the

football field with a ball. It does not work.

We have created a generation of overweight,

lazy couch potatoes in America. The

majority of Americans are overweight

today, and one of the reasons is not only the

food we eat, but the average American

watches television four hours a day. We find

that it encourages laziness and idleness, and

the Bible says that we're to redeem the time.

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