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"I don't drink, smoke, gamble or chew--and I don't go with girls that do." "Garbage in. Garbage out." Be careful what you feed your mind on--why allow the Devil to vomit in your household? Use the off button, brother! Maybe one of our greatest "urban legends" was backmasking. The idea was that certain Rock 'n Roll groups had intentionally placed demonic or immoral messages within their songs--backwards. Supposedly the concious mind could not filter out the gibberish, but the subconcious mind would be forced to feed on the immoral suggestions unfiltered. Bottom-line: Stick to Christian music! No to bingo, lotteries, and gambling. Back in the day, even card playing was discouraged--it looked too much like gambling. Harken back a couple generations and dancing was a major taboo. One comedian even quipped, "Repent and be Baptist, for all have fallen short of the Assemblies of God." (It was tongue-in-cheek, because we forbade dancing and many Baptists were okay with it). Of course makeup was taboo back in the 50s and 60s, until 'progressive pastors' broke down the taboo by saying, "Some old barns need a coat of paint." Was there some legalism and silliness in all this? Some. On the other hand, many nonreligious folk have taken to abstinence from alcohol, and the current political administration is more adamant against tobacco than we are. Many civic leaders see casinos as causing more social harm than economic good. Bottom line: A lot of the words of wisdom are wise indeed.