Weekly assignment: What are the biggest challenges to faith in your life here and now? What are the biggest challenges to Faith in your life here and now?

Right now some of the major challenges to my faith are: T.V., Movies, Sex, and Money. 
T.V., Movies, Sex, and Money are major challenges to faith because basically they teach that to make you happy, this is what your life should be like.  The people on television shows make it seem like it is ok to dislike a person because of their beliefs or the way they act and this can lead to disunity and therefore causes a person to lose faith.  Often times these shows teach that sex is a powerful thing and one does not need to be faithful to their spouse( or girlfriend) because sex is a casual thing that consenting adults do.  This is not true and in reality  sex should be saved for a loving, faithful relationship.  Money can also cause a person to lose faith not only in themselves but others as well.  People such as the big wigs of Enron did not care about anyone else except themselves and faith was lost in their company because of their greed.  Money can also cause arguments among friends, spouses, and siblings.  This leads to a lack of faith among people who one would normally care about.  All of these things hit close to home with me because what I watch on television and see in the movies usually makes me think that these kinds of actions are okay without thinking about their consequences.    

A major challenge to faith for me is indifference.  Sometimes I don’t go to mass just because I don’t feel like it or don’t really care to.  I have my own car and could easily go to mass, but I choose not to just for the simple fact that I don’t really care at that particular moment. It is a lot easier not to care than to go and think about it and reflect upon it.  This is a very bad way of thinking about it, but it causes me to be unfaithful to God, who is someone who should have the utmost respect and faith in my life.