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                                    some  very  wrong,  like  associations  that  lead  into
                                    drinking, revelling, sexual immorality and such vices.


                               iii. Desperate  Measures  for  Promotion:  By  this  I
                                    mean  measures  people  take  sometimes  in  order  to
                                    change their lifestyle or socioeconomic level. Take the
                                    mad rush to get rich and amass wealth, for instance,
                                    without commensurate work to earn it. This is what
                                    leads to stealing, fraud, prostitution and similar sins.


                               iv.  Wrong Value Systems: This is what happens when
                                    one  is  raised  in  a  family  setting  with  ungodly  or
                                    perverted  values.  In  such  environments  you  hear
                                    things  like:  “Get  what  you  want  with  what  you
                                    have...Do  anything  to  get  what  you  want  to  forge
                                    ahead in life...If other people are doing wrong things
                                    and getting away with it why not you...I don’t care
                                    what  you  do  or  how  you  make  it;  just  make  it,”
                                    without giving thought to the morality of the process.
                                    These  are  wrong  and  antisocial  values  which  have
                                    made some people morally weak and prone to crime.


                               v.   Raised  in  an  Abusive  Environment:  There  are
                                    people who have been raised in families where they
                                    were  subjected  to  diverse  forms  of  abuse:  mental,
                                    physical, emotional or sexual. These forms of abuse
                                    might have been inflicted by parents, guardians, older
                                    family  members,  female  or  male  servants  or
                                    neighbours. There was a story in my city of a female
                                    child who was made to be driven to school by the


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