An inordinate desire for wealth may have blurred their memory of the Bible counsel: “Those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare . . . and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains.” —1 Timothy 6:9, 10.
In a television interview, Vittorio Messori, a well-known Catholic writer, noted the risk that the event at Assisi might blur the differences between religions.
The engrafting of the Trinity was a masterstroke of the antichrist, for this doctrine shrouded God in mystery and blurred his relationship with the Son.
For example, computers, fax machines, and the Internet allow people the option of taking their work home at day’s end, thus blurring the line between home and office.
We show that we trust in Jehovah by keeping our conduct with the opposite sex above reproach, by letting Christian principles govern our recreation, and by avoiding all dress and grooming that would tend to blur the distinction between the sexes.
(Is a person really loving God with his whole soul and his whole mind if he makes a practice of things that needlessly shorten his life and cause his mind to be blurred?
Drinking can remove inhibitions and social restraints and can blur the way one interprets other people’s actions, making a violent response more likely.