Featured Should Christians Watch TV?

Or "religious shows" that have 1 who is supporting the bible, others liberal or other religions!

 

Reason enough to pitch the TV:

 

I watch TV or youtube videos quite a bit...mostly as background noise while I'm working. The trick is to be very selective over what you watch. My taste runs towards documentaries...overwhelmingly dealing with engineering and/or the space program. I haven't watched a "popular" TV show in years and years. Giving a blanket condemnation of TV is a little harsh. For every trashy program on certain networks there are two or three on other networks that are historical, educational and not full of commercials.

Regarding the commercials...if you are so easily influenced...then I pray you develop discernment and the ability to stand against the hype.

 

If Christians should not watch their TV's, then what should they do with them?

 

The TV, same as radio or any other electronic medium, can be used for good or for evil, same as a knife, or even the Bible itself.

Everyone here is using the internet, and the internet contains far more porn & evil than radio & TV together. So, let's be careful about trying to impose some man-made rule of faith & worship upon our brethren, in the manner of cults and sects.

 

thank you! Youtube has an amazing selection of documentaries...I was completely thrilled when I came across one that was Werner Von Braun talking about the Saturn V rocket...another favorite is called "Failure is Not an Option" and has interviews with many of my heroes in it. I had the immense honor to meet some of the Apollo astronauts some years ago. I grew up near where the original Space Task Group started.

 

The godless left is pouring corrosive on American Christian culture 24/7 via the media including TV. Fake news indoctrinates rather than illuminates. We are supposed to set our minds on spiritual things rather than worldly things. We are to turn away from fleshly desires. I spend a lot of time, perhaps too much, doing bible study.

 

Years ago I visited Meteor Crater in Arizona. In the gift shop, near the back was a photograph of the Mercury Astronauts. Beneath each one was a hand-signed signature, all except one. Under Grissom was his wife's signature. Project Apollo came with a price.

 

That's an awful big blanket you've got there. I've managed to get my news from multiple sources, both national and international for many years...and have developed the discernment to not blindly agree with anything. There's a lot of really good stuff out there to watch if one is willing to look for it. There's a channel that runs pretty much nothing but historical documentaries, another that runs many good science shows...and then there's the wonderfully bad sci-fi movies available on the syfy channel. TV itself isn't the problem, it's the crummy stuff that's on. If more folks stopped watching the crummy, stupid shows and used the medium for better purposes like self-educating oneself then maybe the lousy stuff would no longer be on TV.

I'll freely admit I'm an oddball when it comes to TV watching...I've yet to see an episode of most of the "popular" TV shows on these days and it's not like I'd bother tuning them in.

 

As one who's against virtually all man-made rules of faith & worship, someone's gonna hafta convince me that TV itself is evil and is used for nothing but evil. before I get ridda mine. I own several machetes, which, lately, has been an instrument used to commit evils, but I find one quite useful when traipsing in wilderness.

Then, there are these computers. The internet contains more porn than ten Larry Flynt warehouses. BUT EVERY ONE OF US HERE IS USING THE INTERNET !

Again, ANYTHING can be used for either good or evil.There aren't too many man-made objects whose sole purpose is evil. But again, one should follow his/her own conscience about anything that could at least have the appearance of evil, is not being outright evil already.

 

Should Christians Watch TV?

Should they? Be required? no. Have the choice? yes.

 

I do not see very much "really good stuff" on TV. The science shows push modern mythology, and many history shows offer revisionist history. If you watch much TV, you are being brain washed, IMO.

How old does the earth appear? Much more than 6 or 7 thousand years but much less than 5 billion years. You will not find that nugget on TV. Man-made global warming is a leftist myth created to make war on Capitalism. How about your Ancient Aliens.

 

I'm glad you enjoyed it. There's a second part of it that goes from Skylab to the Columbia accident. That's also really good.

Well, that's your opinion. I watch TV to be entertained (XFiles anyone?), I watch to learn things, I even watch things I don't agree with. I DO disagree with you on a couple of things you've said...but again, opinions.

 

Philippians 4:8. 'Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-- meditate on these things.' How much stuff like that do we see on the telly?

[N.B. Hypocrisy alert. This poster does not always live up to the standard being advocated here ]