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Now,  we  find  then  that  Rome,  Greece,



             England, America – it doesn't matter where you


             go  –  the  theater  is  ungodly  –  yes,  even


             Shakespeare  and  his  plays.   The  Puritans  and


             many preachers wrote against the plays and the



             theater,  which,  again,  I'm  talking  about  the


             television as well in our time.  I've got a stack of


             articles a foot tall probably that I've collected



             over the recent years of writers here in America


             in the 1800s, preachers that spoke out against


             the  theaters  in  New  York  and  Boston  and



             Chicago and other places – the Broadway-type


             theaters.   Back in the 1800s they were speaking


             out  and  warning  the  public  about  these



             things.   But  here's  what  we  do  today.   We


             Christianize everything.  We baptize it, do we


             not?   You  see,  the  world  knows  what  the


             theaters  and  the  sporting  events  and  the



             banqueting is all about.  You know who it is that





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