The Eulogy Begins

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

No, I am not a tv watcher.

It isn't about mind control; it is about encouraging people to make good decisions.

And furthermore, right or wrong, when something has been preached into the conscience of people, you are doing great damage when you try and remove it.

Especially when tv has virtually no redeeming value.

The same cannot be said of the internet.

Then encourage them make good decisions. Teach them how to tell what sort of programming to stay away from. Teach what worldliness is then they can not only use it OUT there in the world and on the internet but on TV too. This is a principle we need for life everywhere. Just legislating "no TV" is not going to make them more spiritual.

And it remains to be seen that TV has "virtually no redeeming value"...that's the same broken record we here over and over as if we are all supposed to just agree with you on it. I do not agree with you on it. It's not TV that has redeeming value or does not have redeeming value and neither does the Internet. They are both neutral mediums that can be used for whatever purpose that people use it for. Same goes for print and radio. We didn't let the devil have the internet all to himself, why do the same with TV?

[BobDylan]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Then encourage them make good decisions. Teach them how to tell what sort of programming to stay away from. Teach what worldliness is then they can not only use it OUT there in the world and on the internet but on TV too. This is a principle we need for life everywhere. Just legislating "no TV" is not going to make them more spiritual.

And it remains to be seen that TV has "virtually no redeeming value"...that's the same broken record we here over and over as if we are all supposed to just agree with you on it. I do not agree with you on it. It's not TV that has redeeming value or does not have redeeming value and neither does the Internet. They are both neutral mediums that can be used for whatever purpose that people use it for. Same goes for print and radio. We didn't let the devil have the internet all to himself, why do the same with TV?

Television advertising has been proven to move "product" so-to-speak. Television has been proven to shape and mold opinion... in good ways AND in bad ways.... the most influential media available today is the TV... if the influence of TV can be harnassed to communcate the truth, to influence towards what is right, how can it possibly be said that "there is no redeeming value in the use of TV"? I agree with you Prax, just because this mantra has been parroted over the years, doesn't necessarily mean that people with brains and who can think critically and analytically have to buy into and subscribe to that mantra... In fact, I don't think subscribing to that mantra is necessary in order to maintain a conservative identity. I don't think that just because the UPC has passed a resolution allowing the use of the most influential and diverse media availabe today for the purpose of advancing the gospel, means that everything is lost.