I saw a scary statistic today over at Chief Marketer:

"Consumers today encounter from 3,500 to 5,000 marketing messages daily, vs. 500 to 2,000 in the 1970s."

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That is a very scary thought. As Christians we are commanded to "take every thought captive to obey Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:5). 5,000 marketing messages a day isn't exactly helpful to that end—perhaps our society really is the Babylon of the book of Revelation...
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