We wholeheartedly disapprove of our people indulging in any activities which are not conducive to good Christianity and Godly living, such as theaters, dances, mixed bathing, women cutting their hair, make-up, amusements, and unwholesome radio programs and music.
Furthermore, because of the display of all these evils on television, we disapprove of any of our people having television sets in their homes. We admonish all of our people to refrain from any of these practices in the interest of spiritual progress and the soon coming of the Lord for His church."
Several questions...
1. They disapprove of unwholesome radio programs and music yet then turn around and disapprove of the entire medium of television carte blanch. Why? Why are people found capable of judging between wholesome radio and not wholesome TV?
2. They disapprove of several different activities... But.. although they disapprove of dancing... would there be a problem with a preacher preaching to those lost sinners at a dance? Although they disapprove of "amusements" would they have a problem with a preacher preaching to those lost sinners at the amusement park? Yet... although they disapprove of TV they also disapprove of a preacher preaching to those lost sinners watching the TV?
Most churches/pastors allow their people to go to amusement parks.
Another thing I find amusing is the theater issue. Although theaters in general are still pretty much taboo (with rising numbers of exceptions), for some reason theaters at an amusement park or other public place of "entertainment" are OK. IMAX is one such example. Museums, for example, often include an IMAX and what they show isn't always for "educational" purposes.
Consistency is like that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow....
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Most churches/pastors allow their people to go to amusement parks.
Another thing I find amusing is the theater issue. Although theaters in general are still pretty much taboo (with rising numbers of exceptions), for some reason theaters at an amusement park or other public place of "entertainment" are OK. IMAX is one such example. Museums, for example, often include an IMAX and what they show isn't always for "educational" purposes.
Consistency is like that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow....
I know of a lady that takes her grandkids to the IMAX (including to see Spiderman) but would flip her wig royally if the same kids went to see the same movie at a theater.
Maybe the screen needs to be 10 stories tall before it is okay?
Most churches/pastors allow their people to go to amusement parks.
Another thing I find amusing is the theater issue. Although theaters in general are still pretty much taboo (with rising numbers of exceptions), for some reason theaters at an amusement park or other public place of "entertainment" are OK. IMAX is one such example. Museums, for example, often include an IMAX and what they show isn't always for "educational" purposes.
Consistency is like that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow....
Yes, the IMAX is fine. Just don't walk right down the hall to the "Regular" theater, or you'll be a SINNER *hiss*.
3D is what sets it apart. Only 2D films are truly sinful. (Note: I don't really know if there is such a thing as a "2D" film, or what that actually means, so don't hang me by my toes.)
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Yes, the IMAX is fine. Just don't walk right down the hall to the "Regular" theater, or you'll be a SINNER *hiss*.
3D is what sets it apart. Only 2D films are truly sinful. (Note: I don't really know if there is such a thing as a "2D" film, or what that actually means, so don't hang me by my toes.)
LOL... Very few films are 3-D... all others are 2 D.
3D just means 3 dimensional. (ie... the visual image has height, width and depth (or so it appears because it looks like you see depth like in real life)
2D just means 2 dimensional. (ie the visual image only has height and width and no extraodinary depth)
Wanna hear something FUNNY? (Going to tell you anyway....)
Independent, very strict church in LA...takes their youth group on a trip to Houston...while there, they go see Titanic, permission granted because the pastor was told OR the pastor's wife thought OR the pastor's wife thought she was told (however it happened) that it was a "documentary." ROFL In a regular theater. With the sketching scene and all. No one walked out, btw.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
LOL... Very few films are 3-D... all others are 2 D.
3D just means 3 dimensional. (ie... the visual image has height, width and depth (or so it appears because it looks like you see depth like in real life)
2D just means 2 dimensional. (ie the visual image only has height and width and no extraodinary depth)
You were exactly right.
Oh, okay. Right by accident. I like it when that happens.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road