The original post is inherently contradictory. First he/she says the problem is the content, not the medium. Then he/she goes on to tell us why one particular medium (TV) is bad.
If the problem is Hollywood content, not the medium, why preach against TV then?
There's a lot on TV that's not "Hollywood content". So if someone watches CNN, The History Channel, or Home & Garden TV, how is that wrong?
And a remote control serves the same purpose to a TV set as a mouse does to a computer.
PentecostIsAlive, your argument is seriously flawed to the point of almost being irrational. The same way you chose to come here to ApostolicFriendsForum.com rather than an immoral website, you can also choose to turn on Fox News instead of the Soap Opera Channel on your TV. Whats so hard about that ?
Hollywood content is wrong on whatever medium that you choose to watch it on. Internet, TV, Cell Phone, Palm Pilot, Watch, etc, etc.
If you watch Hollywood Type Content on Youtube you are as wrong as watching it on TV. Content is the problem, rather than the medium.
That being said, TV is so polluted with Hollywood content, that it can be likened to looking through a garbage can for a little morsel of good food. You would do it or let your kids do it, hence the wise stand against the TV period!
Everyone here recognizes that the internet cannot be likened to in the same manner. There is both good and bad. I stand against the bad. I will not purchase the bad. I will not watch Hollywood movies on the internet.
BUT it is also a library of unbelievable magnitude. It is a 2-way communication tool. It is an advertising tool (similar to advertising in the newspaper), etc, etc. I choose to use it in this manner, and for these purposes.
In summary, the internet is a spoon in your hand, with which you choose what to eat. TV is a spoon in someone else hands feeding you what they want to give you. This is the difference between interactive internet, and passive (feed me) TV.
This is the same ad nauseum argument that people like to use to justify their internet while preaching against TV. It makes them feel better.
Guess what? You admit that internet is a library. Well, there are still libraries with the same information in every city! We also still have newspapers that are printed every day.
You don't need internet, you just like the justification for having it.
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I have always agreed that in my opinion the internet is FAR more dangerous than a television...
and no I do not have a television...and yes I do have internet...
However I tell my friends it is the heart that is dangerous...
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I have always agreed that in my opinion the internet is FAR more dangerous than a television...
and no I do not have a television...and yes I do have internet...
However I tell my friends it is the heart that is dangerous...
You are so right! I have found that no matter how hard one preaches against something, if the heart is not right, then one will find a way to fulfill the desires thereof........... and if the heart is right, then it will stay right no matter what oppotunity comes ones way!
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Just an honest question. I haven't dealt with V-chips and the like since I haven't had a TV for a long time. When I have seen TV in homes or stores, what hits me are the ads. You can be watching a good show and "boom!!", you're hit with a half naked lady selling viagra or underwear. Or worse yet, Bob Dole. How do these filters and v-chips work against ads? If its a decent show with bad ads, does it block them?
A half naked Bob Dole, now that is a scary thought
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