There is an epidemic of worldliness,

In that the majority of our fellow men teach us

That worldliness is something good and to be sought after,

A presumed awareness of common sense

Which is actually denial of true reality,

Avoidance of the straight and narrow,

Making the choice to live an evil life;

But worldliness is really something very bad,

Moreover, to be avoided at all cost or sacrifice,

Because, though most men follow that path,

"The majority is usually wrong!"

(By Robert A. Heinlein in Stranger in a Strange Land);

Their path of blindness, ignorance and living a lie,

Always condemns them to selfishness and ultimate sorrow,

Finding in the end that they lost their way,

And have no hope of recovery or deliverance from their folly.

Romans 12:2 (See also 1 John 2:15-17):

"(. . .B)e not conformed to this world, but be transformed

(B)y the renewing of your mind, that you may prove (and demonstrate)

(W)hat is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."