Add to that the sports mania which has its avid followers. Each year there is a significant increase in the number of ways which one can be amused and entertained without having to leave home. Things such as home entertainment centers, video and computer games, and video movies.
Home entertainment is a multimillion dollar business.
We are not saying that such things are necessarily wrong in and of themselves as long as they are morally sound. What we are saying is that perhaps our modern day obsession with amusement is an indication that people no longer want to give any serious thought about life. Each week as I have opportunity to preach in a local County Jail, I find that as I enter the cell blocks, the men usually have both the radio and the television turned up as loud as they will go while at the same time they are engaged in playing cards. They are usually respectful enough to turn off the radio and television and lay aside the cards for the duration of the preaching. But as soon as the preaching is over, the cell is once again filled with noise.