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<v Speaker 1>You know, we really live in a world that's full

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<v Speaker 1>of competing beliefs and values and choices, and what you

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<v Speaker 1>believe shapes how you live and ultimately who you become.

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<v Speaker 1>But the good news is God hasn't left us to

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<v Speaker 1>figure it all out alone.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, today, on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to continue our series Reframing Your Worldview, where Rick Warren

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<v Speaker 1>unpacks powerful truths from God's Word to help you see

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<v Speaker 1>life clearly and live it with confidence and purpose. All right, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to hear Rick's message today. Here he

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<v Speaker 1>is with part one of a message called how Do

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<v Speaker 1>I Know What's True?

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<v Speaker 3>In a national Paul last month, seventy percent of Americans

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<v Speaker 3>express concern about the quote decline in moral values in

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<v Speaker 3>our society. I asked my researchers to do a little

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<v Speaker 3>research on it. They came back with about three hundred

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<v Speaker 3>and fifty articles on this issue decline in moral values

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<v Speaker 3>in society just written in the last year. There is

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<v Speaker 3>what we would call a crisis of credibility in our nation,

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<v Speaker 3>and that is you can find corruption pretty much everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>You can find it.

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<v Speaker 3>In politics, you can find it in business, you can

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<v Speaker 3>find it in sports. You can find it in academics.

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<v Speaker 3>You can find it in entertainment, you can find it

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<v Speaker 3>in churches. You could probably give me an example of

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<v Speaker 3>a scandal in every major sector of our society. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>what is the cause of this quote decline in moral values? Well,

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<v Speaker 3>I can say it in two words, truth decay, truth decay.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus said, you will know the truth, and the truth

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<v Speaker 3>will set you free. Right, freedom comes from truth. The

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<v Speaker 3>more you know the truth, the freer you are and

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<v Speaker 3>your spirit, in your life and your family. Whatever the

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<v Speaker 3>opposite is true. The more you give up on truth,

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<v Speaker 3>the more you forfeit your freedom. Now, I intentionally chose

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<v Speaker 3>this phrase truth decay because I think it exemplifies what's

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<v Speaker 3>been happening in our society for the last fifty years. Slowly,

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<v Speaker 3>little by little, imperceptibly at first, there has been an

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<v Speaker 3>erosion of the value of truth in our society. We

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<v Speaker 3>don't value truth like we used to. And if you

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<v Speaker 3>don't stop that erosion, just like on your teeth, when

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<v Speaker 3>it first starts, you don't know what's happening, you don't

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<v Speaker 3>feel it, you can't see it, But that tooth decay

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<v Speaker 3>is happening, and if you don't stop it, you lose

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<v Speaker 3>your smile, you'll eventually lose your teeth. And the same

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<v Speaker 3>is true. If we don't stop the decay of truth

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<v Speaker 3>in our society, all kinds of problems are going to happen,

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<v Speaker 3>even greater than the ones we're facing right now. The

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<v Speaker 3>fat past fifty years, there has been a shift away

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<v Speaker 3>from truth as the foundation of our society. Forty fifty

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<v Speaker 3>years ago, people genuinely agreed on what is right and

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<v Speaker 3>what is wrong. And if people didn't even do right,

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<v Speaker 3>at least they knew right. They knew what they were

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<v Speaker 3>doing was wrong. Now today many people claim they don't

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<v Speaker 3>even know the difference between right and wrong. A lot

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<v Speaker 3>of people even claim there's not even such thing as truth.

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<v Speaker 3>How to even know there's truth? Maybe truth for you,

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<v Speaker 3>but not truth for me, So there.

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<v Speaker 2>Is no right or wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>I was shocked this week when I read about a

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<v Speaker 3>jury that deadlocked and they had to dismiss a case

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<v Speaker 3>over a woman who cut off the arms of her

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<v Speaker 3>eighteen month old baby.

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<v Speaker 2>Shocking isn't in.

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<v Speaker 3>A mari and they deadlock the jury deadlock because they

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<v Speaker 3>said this woman didn't know the difference between right and wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Can you imagine that even happening in America. I was

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<v Speaker 3>shocked when I read I just couldn't even imagine that happening,

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<v Speaker 3>that a jury with deadlock over a woman saying, well,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know the difference between right and wrong. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>this idea that there is no such thing as truth

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<v Speaker 3>is called postmodernism or relativism. And here's the big idea

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<v Speaker 3>between behind postmodernism. What's true for you may not be

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<v Speaker 3>true for me, and what's right for you may not

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<v Speaker 3>be right for me. Now that's a very convenient philosophy

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<v Speaker 3>because it means I'm doing whatever I want to do.

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<v Speaker 2>It basically lets me off the hook. Says there is no.

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<v Speaker 3>Objective standard of behavior and I can do whatever I

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<v Speaker 3>want to do. Now, when Jesus said you will know

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<v Speaker 3>the truth, and the truth will set you free, he's

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<v Speaker 3>talking about the truth will set you free, not a

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<v Speaker 3>true not any truth, not the truth you make up

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<v Speaker 3>for your own agenda, and I make up my own.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not the truth that sets you free. It is

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<v Speaker 2>the truth that sets you free.

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<v Speaker 3>Last week we talked about when I began this series

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<v Speaker 3>on Worldview, about the sincerity myth. The sincerity myth says well,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, it really didn't matter what you believe. If

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<v Speaker 3>at least you're sincere, that's all it matters. And we

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<v Speaker 3>talked last week about this and pretty much detail that

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<v Speaker 3>you can be sincerely wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>I have been sincerely wrong many many times.

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<v Speaker 3>If after this service you decided to go out here

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<v Speaker 3>and get on the toll road and you went up

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<v Speaker 3>what you were thinking was the on ramp to the freeway,

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<v Speaker 3>but it was actually the off ramp, you could be

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<v Speaker 3>sincere about it, but you'd be sincerely wrong, and you

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<v Speaker 3>would head into traffic and inevitably you would cause a

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<v Speaker 3>collision and there would be damage to your car and

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<v Speaker 3>most likely to you because you were sincere, but you're

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<v Speaker 3>sincerely wrong. And if you were going up the off

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<v Speaker 3>thinking it was the on ramp to the freeway, you're sincere,

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<v Speaker 3>and some irate driver coming off the off ramp says to.

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<v Speaker 2>You, wrong way, don't go this way, wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Way, it'd be kind of silly for you to say, Now,

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<v Speaker 3>who are you to tell me?

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<v Speaker 2>What's the truth?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it may be right for you, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>wrong for you, but it's right for me. See, postmodernism

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<v Speaker 3>relativism is built on the idea there are no absolutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you heard this one?

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<v Speaker 3>There are no absolutes. Now, that is absolutely a stupid statement,

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<v Speaker 3>because it's not only illogical, it's unreasonable. First place, when

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<v Speaker 3>you say there are no absolutes, you're making an absolute statement.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's illogical. Whenever somebody says there are no absolutes,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to say, are you absolutely sure? Because you're

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<v Speaker 3>actually stating an absolute It is an illogical statement. Not

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<v Speaker 3>only that, it's just unworkable, it's unusable, it's irrational because

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<v Speaker 3>the entire world operates on absolutes every single second of

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<v Speaker 3>the day. When you go into a pharmacy to get

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<v Speaker 3>a prescription filled, you know, oh, just give me anything,

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<v Speaker 3>and the pharmacist doesn't say, well, I didn't have what

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<v Speaker 3>you wanted, but this is kind of like it.

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<v Speaker 2>And it'll do good. You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I know it's for your back, but this is a

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<v Speaker 3>good thing for your head. You know, you don't want

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<v Speaker 3>the pharmacists to give you absolutely the correct prescription in

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<v Speaker 3>the right dosage, and you don't want anything kind of

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<v Speaker 3>kinda true.

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<v Speaker 2>You want it to be absolutely true. When NASA shoots.

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<v Speaker 3>A rocket off, they don't want to go near the moon.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, closed, but no cigar. They want to hit

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<v Speaker 3>the planet, they want to hit the moon, and they

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<v Speaker 3>want to have it directly online. And there are thousands

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<v Speaker 3>of absolute corrections that have to keep it on course.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, what if the law about stop signs was

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<v Speaker 3>you don't have to absolutely stop, you just stop when

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<v Speaker 3>you feel like it. Well, no, can you imagine what

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<v Speaker 3>traffic would be like if we had no absolute traffic laws?

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<v Speaker 2>What would that be? Total chaos?

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<v Speaker 3>The whole world, every single day of your life, operates

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<v Speaker 3>on absolutes.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, have you ever had to.

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<v Speaker 3>Appeal to an objective standard.

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<v Speaker 2>When you were playing scrabble.

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<v Speaker 3>And somebody comes up and says, I'm telling you snicklfritzer

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<v Speaker 3>is a real word.

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<v Speaker 2>It's worth fifty.

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<v Speaker 3>Seven points, And you say, I'm sorry, I'm never is. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>it may not be true for you, but it's true

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<v Speaker 3>for me. It is a word. I use it all

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<v Speaker 3>the time. And so what you do is you appeal

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<v Speaker 3>to an objective standard called the dictionary, and if it's

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<v Speaker 3>not in the dictionary, it's not a word, no matter

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<v Speaker 3>how many points you thought you were going to get

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<v Speaker 3>for it. Now, in postmodernism and in relativism, what's happened

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<v Speaker 3>is that people now value tolerance more than they value truth.

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<v Speaker 3>The supreme value in our culture has become tolerance. It's

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<v Speaker 3>more important to be tolerant than it is to be truthful.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, if you are truthful, then you are considered intolerant.

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<v Speaker 3>And how dare you say that something is always right

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<v Speaker 3>and something is always and wrong wrong, Because that's intolerant

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<v Speaker 3>and that's being judgmental. And actually, we have even redefined

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<v Speaker 3>the word tolerance.

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<v Speaker 2>Tolerance used to me.

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<v Speaker 3>We may totally disagree on something, but I still treat

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<v Speaker 3>you with respect because you're human being. You're made in

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<v Speaker 3>the image of God. And although we may totally disagree

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<v Speaker 3>on politics or morality or all whatever, we're still going

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<v Speaker 3>to treat each other, you know, politely.

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<v Speaker 2>That's tolerance.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, the word now means tolerance means all ideas are

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<v Speaker 3>equally valid. Well, that's nonsense. All ideas are not equally valid.

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<v Speaker 3>If I say the moon is made out of rock

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<v Speaker 3>and you say the moon is made out of Swiss cheese,

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<v Speaker 3>that is not an equally valid idea. And if I

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<v Speaker 3>say the Sun rotates around the Earth and somebody else

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<v Speaker 3>says the Earth rotates around the Sun, those are not

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<v Speaker 3>equally valid ideas. And if I say the Earth is

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<v Speaker 3>flat and you say it's round, those are.

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<v Speaker 2>Not equally valid ideas.

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<v Speaker 3>There are a lot of things in life that are

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<v Speaker 3>absolutely true, and there are a lot of things in

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<v Speaker 3>life that are absolutely false, and they will always be true,

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<v Speaker 3>and they will always be false. Truth is not new.

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<v Speaker 3>It has been around forever. Now we discover it, like genomes.

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<v Speaker 3>We now know that we're made up of DNA. But

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<v Speaker 3>that's not a new truth. It's just new to us.

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<v Speaker 2>God knew it all along. And so truth is I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it is discovered.

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<v Speaker 3>But today if anybody dares to say this is always right,

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<v Speaker 3>then they are accused of being intolerant and judgmental. It's

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<v Speaker 3>not judgmental to tell the truth. If you're in an

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<v Speaker 3>accident and I come by on the car and I

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<v Speaker 3>see you, and you're laying on the side of the

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<v Speaker 3>road bleeding the death, and I walk up.

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<v Speaker 2>To you and I say, man, you need a doctor.

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<v Speaker 2>You're bleeding to death.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not gonna say, well, I don't want to hear

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<v Speaker 3>that you're being judgmental. That's not judgmental. It's just the truth.

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<v Speaker 3>You're bleeding the death. You need help. So today, as

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<v Speaker 3>we do part two in this series on Worldview, we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to look first at the damaging effect of truth

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<v Speaker 3>decay in our society, in our families, and actually in

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<v Speaker 3>our personal lives, what it does to our personal lives

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<v Speaker 3>when we let go of truth. And then we're going

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<v Speaker 3>to look at the five ways that you can know

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<v Speaker 3>the truth. So, what happens when we throw out truth

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<v Speaker 3>for tolerance, when all of a sudden we value tolerance

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<v Speaker 3>more than the truth. Well, all kinds of things happen.

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<v Speaker 3>Then there are actually six signs of truth decay. You

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<v Speaker 3>can see them in our culture, you can see them

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<v Speaker 3>on truth. Number one, if you want to write this down, immaturity.

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<v Speaker 3>Immaturity happens when we give up on the truth and

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<v Speaker 3>we value truth more than tolerance, our tolerance more than truth.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, in many.

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<v Speaker 3>Ways, our society is getting more and more immature.

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<v Speaker 2>You can see it on television shows. And one of

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<v Speaker 3>Are less willing to accept responsibility, which is a mark

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<v Speaker 2>You see, when there's no right and wrong when there's.

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<v Speaker 3>No standard of true and false, then we all act

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<v Speaker 3>in response irresponsible ways. I just be a kid. I

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<v Speaker 3>can act like a juvenile. I can blame other people

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<v Speaker 3>be disorganized. I can put past the buck. I can

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<v Speaker 3>expect other people to take care of me, which is

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<v Speaker 3>what immature kids expect. I expect the government or anybody

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<v Speaker 3>else to solve my problems because I'm not responsible.

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<v Speaker 2>That's immaturity. And I can change my mind.

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<v Speaker 3>I can one day believe this, and one day believe that,

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<v Speaker 3>and the next day believes something else, because there is

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<v Speaker 3>no truth. The Bible says this in Ephesians four. Let

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<v Speaker 3>us be no longer like children, forever changing our minds

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<v Speaker 3>about what we believe because someone else has told us

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<v Speaker 3>something different, or has cleverly lied to us and made

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<v Speaker 3>the lie sound like truth. Makes you think of the

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<v Speaker 3>rumors you believed in junior high school. One person would

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<v Speaker 3>else told you something else, and then you believe that

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<v Speaker 2>The gossip went on and on and on.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you ever noticed how often teenagers changed.

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<v Speaker 2>Their minds even in just getting dressed.

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<v Speaker 2>Why?

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<v Speaker 3>Because they can change their minds all they want. All

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<v Speaker 3>you do is change the diapers. Do preschoolers automatically keep

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 3>Why, they're immature, they're irresponsible. Well, when we become as

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<v Speaker 2>Look upon the screen.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says in Proverbs twenty nine, verse eighteen, a

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<v Speaker 2>Why? Because we're acting immaturely.

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<v Speaker 3>You see, the ability to know the difference between right

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<v Speaker 3>and wrong is a mark of maturity. It's what every

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<v Speaker 3>parent hopes for as you're growing up. Your parents wanted

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<v Speaker 3>they didn't have to tell you, so that you, on

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<v Speaker 3>always true, and I know this is always wrong, and

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<v Speaker 3>so I'm going to make the right decision now in

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<v Speaker 3>each of these areas, I'm talking about society, but I

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<v Speaker 3>want to make it personal.

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<v Speaker 2>Too, So let me give you a question to write down.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a question about immaturity.

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<v Speaker 3>Ask yourself, where or when do I act childish? When

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<v Speaker 3>do I act childish? When do I tend to be irresponsible?

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<v Speaker 3>When do I tend to pass the buck? In what

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<v Speaker 3>areas of my life? Do I tend to blame other people?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you blame other people for your own unhappiness? The

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<v Speaker 3>truth is you're as happy as you choose to be,

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<v Speaker 3>and when you blame others, you are being irresponsible, and.

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<v Speaker 2>That is a mark of truth.

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<v Speaker 3>The number two, not only immaturity, but immorality is a

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<v Speaker 3>mark of truth.

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<v Speaker 2>To kay immorality. Now, when I say the word.

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<v Speaker 3>Immorality, most people think of sexual immorality, but that's only

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<v Speaker 3>one kind. Immorality just means no morals. It means I

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<v Speaker 3>do whatever I want to do, and if there is

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<v Speaker 3>no standard or right or wrong, then anything goes. The

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<v Speaker 3>Bible tells us back in the Book of Judges that

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<v Speaker 3>there was no king, there was no ruler in Israel,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's that everybody did what was right in their

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<v Speaker 3>own eyes. In other words, everybody did their own things.

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<v Speaker 3>Sounds like our culture today. If there's no standard or

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<v Speaker 3>right or wrong, anything goes, and with there's no truth,

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<v Speaker 3>then I become the center of the universe, and I

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<v Speaker 3>get very concerned about myself involvement. I'm preoccupied with me.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm self centered. I worry about my pleasure, my goals,

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<v Speaker 3>my getting ahead, and I don't really care about anything else.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says this, and Ephesians four nineteen. They don't

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<v Speaker 3>over to immral ways. Their lives are filled with all

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<v Speaker 2>Say, I don't care what.

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<v Speaker 3>God says, if there's no right or wrong, I'm just

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<v Speaker 3>doing what I want to do. I mean, if God

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<v Speaker 3>says sex is only for marriage, well I'm sorry. God

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<v Speaker 3>says that, I'm going to make up my own truth.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll do what I want to do. See, here's how

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<v Speaker 3>decay truth. Decay works. When you do something wrong, every

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<v Speaker 3>time you do it, it gets easier.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you figure that out.

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<v Speaker 3>First time you do something wrong, it really bugs you

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<v Speaker 3>and you feel.

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<v Speaker 2>Bad about it.

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<v Speaker 3>All kinds of warning lights go off in your life.

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<v Speaker 3>But the more you do something, it doesn't become it

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<v Speaker 3>becomes easier and easier, and all of a sudden, it

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<v Speaker 3>just doesn't bother you anymore that you're lying to your husband,

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<v Speaker 3>or to your wife, or to somebody else. It just

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<v Speaker 3>without morals the society becomes the more they make fun

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<v Speaker 3>of morality. Have you noticed this on television? I call

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<v Speaker 3>it the south Park syndrome. Nothing sacred. We make fun

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<v Speaker 3>of everything, including things that are true, things that are right,

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<v Speaker 3>things that are good. The Bible tells us this, and

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<v Speaker 3>proverbly fourteen nine it says up here on the screen, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Stupid ridicule right and wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, how do you know when there's truth decay in

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<v Speaker 2>You start rationalizing things.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, ay, you've heard me say this before that when

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<v Speaker 3>you rationalize, what are you doing? You are telling rational lies.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what rationalized means. Rationalize is when you make up

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<v Speaker 3>excuses in your mind what your heart tells you is wrong,

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<v Speaker 3>and in your heart you know it's wrong, but you're trying.

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<v Speaker 3>You want to do it anyway, So you rationalize. You

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<v Speaker 3>make up a rational lies, an excuse in your mind

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<v Speaker 3>to overcome what your heart is telling you.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't do this, don't do this.

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<v Speaker 3>So how do you know when there's truth k in

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<v Speaker 3>I trying to rationalize? What am I trying to rationalize

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<v Speaker 3>in my life? And I'm not talking just about you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, obvious sins, but just am I trying to

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<v Speaker 3>rationalize my lifestyle? That I'm too busy, that don't take

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<v Speaker 3>time to exercise, that I don't spend enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Time with the kids. What am I trying to rationalize?

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<v Speaker 3>And I do the yeah butts yeah, but that is

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