Perhaps, instead, men should wear red, teens should read magazines & women should watch TV?
Problem(s) solved!
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Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
1Pe 5:6-7 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Tit 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Garbage in, garbage out. I DO believe what we "feed" our minds will influence our behavior. It's one thing to be exposed to garbage in the secular world, but we should not deliberately surround ourselves with, read, watch or listen to trash.
Children are particularly susceptible to media, and responsible parents WILL supervise their child's environment.
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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
Garbage in, garbage out. I DO believe what we "feed" our minds will influence our behavior. It's one thing to be exposed to garbage in the secular world, but we should not deliberately surround ourselves with, read, watch or listen to trash.
Children are particularly susceptible to media, and responsible parents WILL supervise their child's environment.
The biggest challenge right now is integrated technology, the only real filter is the Holy Ghost.
The technology does not exist to filter cellphones. Therefore no fool proof way to keep it off your child's phone.
It is predicted that porn by phone will go from virtually zero to multi-billion in a couple years.
Furthermore things which most Apostolics would consider harmless. Hand held games.
Some have the ability to go into wifi hotspots so the kids have the ability to challenge each other online.
So what? Well, they also have built in I-Explorer which means once again unfiltered, unsupervised internet access.
The only hope: quit preaching against technology and start preaching Christ, holiness, and inner braces.
I have to agree with the premise it is now impossible to externally filter our kids, families and saints the way it was a few years ago. Then it was simply don't own a TV or go to the movies.Sorry won't work now.
My youngest daughter is part of a pilot program all 1,500 students at her high school are REQUIRED to use school issued laptops.
The parents were assured all filters were in place, the kids could not even get on MySpace. Took the kids about a week to figure out ways around them.
I have spent A LOT of time with my daughters over the past few years in very frank and and candid discussions about what is out there, how to avoid it and why.
Those who know me know I almost never post is this tone. But for this one to me there is no middle ground.
Some will insist on staying Apostolic Amish.
But the ONLY way to win this battle is to focus on inner braces more than external stimulus.
Along these lines, I believe the constant barrage of gays in sitcoms has made kids think it's just the norm. They are definately pushing the agenda.
Does it make more kids experiment with it - - probably so. There is no doubt that TV does influence people.
I agree with James' post above as parents we have a lot of responsibility to protect our kids!
I agree, Renda. In fact, my 16 y.o. son, who is a Junior in HS, told me that being gay is the "in thing" at school right now.
And I agree with James' post as well. We MUST teach principles. It's imperative. Technology is part of life now. Saying no TV, no internet, etc. just won't cut it. Nor will it do anything to protect our kids. Teaching them how to make moral, godly, wise decisions WILL.
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Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
1Pe 5:6-7 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Tit 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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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
I agree, Renda. In fact, my 16 y.o. son, who is a Junior in HS, told me that being gay is the "in thing" at school right now.
And I agree with James' post as well. We MUST teach principles. It's imperative. Technology is part of life now. Saying no TV, no internet, etc. just won't cut it. Nor will it do anything to protect our kids. Teaching them how to make moral, godly, wise decisions WILL.
I was in 8th grade when 'being gay' was considered a bad thing. In fact, it was disgusting to 'be gay'. I remember trying to grasp the concept of 'being gay' in the context it's been in for the last 25 years.
I remember it going around my small town that an adult member who was reclusive was 'gay'. I remember it not being a good thing to claim to be a friend of his because that made you 'gay' too. It impacted me so much that although I never met the guy, I remember that his name was David Watson. It was a name that I associated with something disgusting.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think that 25 years later, my kids would be exposed to gay children and it be thought of as normalcy, or that it would be seen as 'being cool' to 'be gay'. My son knows many boys as well as girls who are gay in school, and they aren't afraid to let it be known. Thankfully, my son isn't buying into that lifestyle. Neither is my daughter. They both think it's gross, and I agree.
I shudder to think what will be acceptable in 25 years when my grandkids are in school.
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I've gone and done it now! I'm on Facebook!!!
Never in my wildest dreams did I think that 25 years later, my kids would be exposed to gay children and it be thought of as normalcy, or that it would be seen as 'being cool' to 'be gay'. My son knows many boys as well as girls who are gay in school, and they aren't afraid to let it be known. Thankfully, my son isn't buying into that lifestyle. Neither is my daughter. They both think it's gross, and I agree.
I shudder to think what will be acceptable in 25 years when my grandkids are in school.
I could have written the same thing. Times sure have changed.
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Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
1Pe 5:6-7 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Tit 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
your no copy cat and if you were I don't mind.
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