sickened by Sunday tv - Page 2

lil_lady · #16 Dec 7, '04, 5:02 pm

i agree. desperate housewives have even polluted the NFL live televsion, which has lttle children of all ages watching.

davidc2 · #17 Dec 7, '04, 7:27 pm

There is one very simple solution to problems with TV content:
turn it off.

**JimG** · #18 Dec 7, '04, 9:49 pm

I recall reading somewhere--can't remember the source--that TV of any kind is bad for pre-schooler's development. It makes sense to me. After that, it just interferes with their homework and makes them lazy. Of course, that goes for adults too.

catsrus · #19 Dec 8, '04, 7:48 am

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Was the priest on Desperate Housewives portrayed as a "stiff"?

No, he wasn't.
There is a good thread on this particular show (DHW) in this same forum.
The show is over the top as far as actual suburban situations is concerned, but it has many morality messages which, IMO, lifts it above most tv.
It is an adult show and not for children and should be shown an hour later than it is, it least here in Mountain time.
I will continue watching it because, so far, all the characters get their commuppance for their individual behaviors.

workinprogress · #20 Dec 8, '04, 9:25 pm

Of course, it is in our nature to see others get their comeuppances. I'm sure women love it when an adultering husband gets fined by Judge Judy, but do they really grow from seeing justice done to the bad guys? It may distract from self-reflection unless seeing cohabitors and abortion patients suffering from their decisions causes one to change their mind. Is that what most watchers are picking up from it? Could that one life-changing decision for one person after having seen one particular episode be worth the filth that enters the eyes and ears of most and the projection of their sense of justice? It never did me good to be happy Saddam (and his sons) is no longer brutalizing his people when I reflect upon what my sins have done to further Satan's massive evil agenda (but I don't know if the audience will do that) in sort of the way just as Africans centuries ago sold and certain reverend politicians today have helped racist and/or classist elites (some being well-to-do dark-skinned people as well, in this age--the UN comes to mind), all tempted by Satan to do so for certain benefits, maim and kill their own people (some well-meaning ignorant altruists excepted). I just hear how funny it is. Kids seeing commercials for it on tv won't know the characters get punished for their behavior. There are more than one way to show people behaving badly getting punished.
You know of course, we all deserve hell. Not everyone gets hell after death for their evils (some may go straight to heaven if they repent and get babtized) and not alll get punished by the law on earth. It's not realistic enough. I think it mostly serves to makes us feel better about ourselves. That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

MrS · #21 Dec 8, '04, 9:29 pm

I don't mind the junk on Sunday nite tv. I watch American Dream with my wife, and then turn in

so I can get up for adoration from 2-6 Monday morning.

weasley_girl · #22 Dec 11, '04, 12:33 am

I watch television very rarely; I don't see it contributing anything positive to my life, and gaping openmouthed at a flickering box isn't much fun anyway. I prefer reading. Oddly enough, I do like movies a lot. The difference is I can choose exactly what I want to see, look at the rating and reason for the rating, and if something gross or offensive comes on I can simply fast forward. With television you're stuck, plus there are the ads. There is only one television programme I watch, which is "Lost", and that one doesn't revolve around sex, which is nice.

workinprogress · #23 Dec 11, '04, 5:16 pm

My point about tv is that though one can turn it off at something offensive, more and more are becoming more and more intellectually blind to do it (usually because the government says it's not punishable despite what the Bible says). I admit to falling in the more lax than I ought to be in what I see category but not because the government wouldn't punish me for it. I also don't call those things the Bible says is damning if done on purpose and knowingly, legalistic--but what good reason I have could have only come from the grace of God.
For national security reasons, so we don't become like Rome in its last days which was not "shoving its religious beliefs down people's throats", we should censor this stuff. Liberals can't set boundaries in what outrages they will champion next, why should conservatives set boundaries on what immorality should be censored in the media. Conservatives would at least look to the Bible for way to do that best.