I watch the news daily, usually a couple times a day actually. I like to know what's going on and the news is one way I stay informed. If you have ever watched or read the news, you know how a lot of the stuff that is reported on sounds like it came straight out of a horror movie. It can be so heartbreaking, shocking, and most of all, depressing. Mother kills her son then takes her own life, a father of five picks up his children from the babysitter and then takes them home just to kill them all execution style because he is disgruntled about his wife leaving him for another man, a gang member guns down an 8 year old in a drive-by shooting, a man angry over losing his job walks into an immigration agency and kills 14 people, elderly couple nearly stabbed to death outside of a retail store, etc. Oh, and by the way, all the scenarios I just listed are real stories ripped straight from the headlines within the last 2 days. Hundreds of sad stories like these are reported on a daily basis.
It's really sad to see the state that society is in, and how some people can be so hateful and just plain evil. It's scary too. I look at all this and wonder, "Do I really want to have children in this crazy, psychotic place?" After hearing about stuff like this I don't understand how some people can not believe in prayer and God. If you don't believe in God or Christ, then what else do you have? Atheists' world must be a terrifying place. Horror with no chance of help outside of what mortals can do. No hope or faith or refuge from a world in turmoil. Praying for protection for you and your family is the only way to be.
Along with depressing the hell out of a person, the news is also responsible for desensitization of people. Many times we hear of terrible tragedies and often don't even bat an eyelash because we're so 'used' to hearing that type of stuff. It's like our emotions and hearts are tuned out. Is desensitization a defense mechanism for us that we use to help cope with the horrible things happening around us, or is it just the result of us becoming more like the world we live in: cold?
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