Have You Been to WWPF Lately?

[Tim Rutledge]

Originally Posted by tstew

Bro I'm not asking for "all the answers". I do realize that there are some things that are outside of the realm of human comprehension. I'm not talking about explaining the fact that God has no beginning. I feel that this is a simple logical question. Why is TV bad and the internet embraced?
I had a very wise instructor at CLC warn us about teaching the principles and not against the technology. The principle would be to set no evil thing before thine eyes period, no matter where it is (magazine, TV, internet, theater, book, etc.) The problem with teaching against the technology is that as the technology progresses, your message becomes obsolete and indefensible. You would basically have to make a committment to shun all technology (hence my Amish statement earlier) in order to be consistent. And you would probably need to go retroactively back to the earlier hard-line stance againt the radio. As to the "hollywood" argument, the thousands of communication and entertainment companies that make money due to television also make money via the internet, radio, telephone service, and through their subsidiary holdings probably profit everytime you go to the grocery store. So TV does not equal Hollywood and Hollywood is nowhere near limited to TV. Truth be told, some Hollywodd fat cat may have made a few dollars off the Branson convention (sorry couldn't resist .
And yes I am UPC. I can sense the sincerity in your posts and in your posts and I hope you can in mine.

TV has been taught against, consistently for well over 40 years. Internet has been around less then 20 years and I've never heard anyone preach totally 100%... against the internet. I do not believe the AMF (ACI) saints have it much less then any other group. The amish won't drive a car or van.. but someone can drive them around in one. If I was to say internet was altogether wrong then get info in any way from the world wide web.. to me..its the same thing as the amish riding in a motor vehicle. It does seem strange the amish cant drive a van but can ride in one. That being said..I have to say I admire the amish for their stand. People (we) have to draw lines somewhere and sometimes the lines seem silly or hypocritical. People who dont believe nothing and have no convictions basically cannot be hypocrits. (sorry i cant spell well). Tv is where a lot of us have drawn the line. As I stated before..my kids are growing up in this fast paced world. And I need to be able to intelligently instruct them. When my kids grow up..they will no nothing of tv.. we dont allow dvd's. But they will know how to safely navigate the www. for education and business purposes. I understand the confusion with the tv/internet comparisons. The bad on tv far outweighs any good. tv is for what?? Your brand of upc was different then mine, obviously. Your bringing up that going to grocery store somehow makes us supporters of hollywood?? I percieve you have no problem with hollywood in your home or anywhere for that matter. I'm not stating this things to make you mad. I personally believe that no Christians have tv's. My Pastor tells me that that is not true and God has people on paths and that we are not to judge. I submit to my Pastor and try to just work on my own nasty self. We are all only going to be saved by the Grace of God. All I know is ultra conservative pentecost. My Pastor and Bishop, Paul and Alfred Deeds.Verbal Bean (tapes). Jonathan Alvear.Edwin Young. DC Moody.LE Westberg. Danny Perdew.Keith Hood.Ed Crider.Phil White. Gary Howard. Robert Davis.Ron Garrett. Meads. Lambeths. Cavaness.Nathan Dudley. Johnny King. Larry Booker. Johnny Godair.Crawford Coon. Nathaniel Wilson. Vaughn Morton.These preachers have shaped me into who I am today. What these men preach.. though I know there is even differences among them. These are the men who taught me against worldliness, and television is nothing else if not worldly. I got a little off track on this post.. forgive me.. i'm tired and have had a long day. God had to reach way down to a horrible cess pool to save me. And I owe him all my mind, heart and strength. I will always be ready to fight for the right. The trick is having the right attitude. I'm not too good at conveying my thoughts on paper (typing). I do believe your sincere and I appreciate your attitude. Talk to you soon.
TR