Making bad choices

Making bad choices just to prove you can make your own choices is childish. So why are young adults and adults are the biggest offenders? Sure it takes a big boy/girl to do what you want right? Its your life, you aren't hurting anybody. ...right?

I had recently been talking with a friend of mine over the issue of going to church. They said: "I think you should do whatever you want to. If you like church then go, but if not then you should not be forced to do something that you don't want to do. " And of course, I agree. But who's forcing a middle aged newly divorced man to go to church? His parents? perhaps...but if that's the case I'm sure the issues run deeper than just the problem of choice. Personally I've been a big proponent of choice. After all its what started this whole thing. God sided with Christ's plan of choice leaving Satan's idea of forced control on the outs. And even at that moment God honored our choices to either be cast out with Satan or remain and be able to come here to this earth. Of course, did we know at that time the repercussions of that choice?

How often do we see teenagers, in the attempt to prove how adult they are, make awful choices? I really don't see much different from a teenager and a child in their thought processes. Its just that as we get older we are able to make even dumber mistakes. Of course we all know what brings wisdom. Knowledge applied.... of course the curve for figuring things out is up to each individual.