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I think this blog really hits the spot on the silliness and insincerity about this whole television argument - http://beforeyousignit.com/blog/?p=39

I really enjoyed reading it.

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Only because people are heading over to read your input.

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LOL! I think Facebook and Twitter are safe, Edward. I found many of the quotes to be interesting.

Like when the article says:
I don't know many UPC preachers that preach and teach their disapproval of their members having a TV in their home. My pastor never does. Edward, does your pastor preach and teach against saints in the church owning a TV in their homes?

Oooooh, and this one

I know of some preachers who have hid theirs for years. Edward, do you know of any preachers that hide their TVs?

This quote was the kicker for me

Looks like technology has made this whole silly debate a moot point. What do you think, Edward Anglin?

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Haven't read it all (and probably won't bother to), but just wondering: haven't all these points been made and ignored many times before? :hmmm

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Without having read anything there, or even clicked on the link, I can say yes, all the points have been made -and ignored.

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Hmmm somebody writes a lot like you...

http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/showthread.php?t=24676

http://beforeyousignit.com/blog/?p=129

No input? Really?

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I know. I just noticed that.

I did not give them permission to do that.:sad

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The title says excerpt and is linked here. There seems to be a couple of excerpted articles on that blog site.

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So who owns the blog? A lot of the same material that has been posted here recently.

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Why do you think this kind of stuff is ignored Timmy and RandyWayne by ministers of the gospel?

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LOL Please don't take away my Wipeout,Iceroad Truckers, and I Survived a Japanese game show

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http://beforeyousignit.com/articles1952.jpg

I just saw this at the BeforeYouSignIt site. I wonder if many people know that this was once all that was stated in the holiness rules? I wonder if they would ever return to something like this?

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Tradition and salvation.

This all ties into the other standards threads. Standards BECOME salvational and tradition is AS powerful or more so than the Word itself to the average human brain.

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Quickly, from a marketing perspective there is a distinct difference between a push medium and a pull medium. Look it up.

It's not inconsistency if I, as a father, and priest of my home, think there's no need for a television. Though we have an internet, and take precautions to be above reproach, that is my prerogative. The arguments some have used against ministers that are against TV, tend to also be stinging rebukes against fathers like myself who don't want it in our home. At the same token, I don't believe it should be a matter of disfellowship or participation. The greater standard is for us to preach to the churches to remember they are "in the world, not of it," and to be careful what you take into the eye gate.

Please think about that though. Often, were so quick to get our argument down seal-tight, that it has other implications. In my experience, both with and without, my family is better without a television. It's not a blanket on some TV shows, news, discovery channel, etc... and this is where most miss the boat. It's settling the issue on this primary technology.

The differences between push and pull are still quite distinct. When that changes, my family and I may not have a choice, and may just have to be even more careful, because we value our souls -- but until then, there's no reason to.

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As a parent you have a responsibility to raise your children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. If you think that you should not have a television that is OK with me. Actually, it's none of my business how you raise your family.

If, however, you tell me not to have a television in my home, you have intruded into something that is none of your business. If you tell me that I and my family are worldly because we have a television or that we are going to hell because we have a television, again, you have intruded into something that is none of your business. And, if you look at me as a backslider, compromiser, sinner, second class saint, or reprobate because I have a television in my home you are intruding into the place of God who is my Judge and to Whom I am responsible.

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Sam -- you've spoken only what I have said and qualified in my post. I agree. What I'm saying is, on the grounds for taking down the anti-TV preachers, they say they have no right because of the internet. This attack is also against daddies.

Furthermore, a Pastor may not ban televisions, nor make it grounds for disfellowship, but I applaud pastors who at least admonish Christian men to be holy and pure, keeping their home a safe place, that's not for "uninvited guests." In our concern over pastors over-stepping bounds, we must be careful to not muzzle the ox. It's not an either-or scenario, and that's the risk.

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It was registered through domainsbyproxy.com, the site allows a user to "mask" the ownership of a website.

Who ever owns it, wants to keep it secret.

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I'll bet it's a fellow AFF'er

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Since a lot of the content on that website is also found on AFF, I'd have to agree with you.

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I would like to state something for the safety and protection of ALL of our precious AFF members: REMEMBER, this is a PUBLIC forum. ANYTHING you post here can be read, copied, quoted, hacked, edited and whatever by absolutely ANYONE.

Please remember this as it will save you much grief in the long run. If you don't want it read or sent around, don't post it. This is for your protection not ours. :D

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As Randy said, tradition. It's what they were taught, they bought into it, and see no reason to change now. Especially not logic!

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Dan has this site on his FB. Could the author be DA??

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More than likely.

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Edward Anglin, I did not see your reply to these questions. If you won't answer, is there any one here that will try to?

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Mine preaches against it. Matter of fact we just got out of a Holiness series for our mid-week worship / bible study, took us 5 weeks to get through and he mentioned it. Its a NO for Atlanta West.