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Originally Posted by reubstr
He doesn't teach you can't have a TV and make it to heaven. He says it isn't wise. You can live off of candy bars, but it isnt wise. But his feelings on this are strong. Wisdom teaches alot of principles that are not law.
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Is that not a catch-22 though? I mean, he says it isn't law, but by him advocating it, and with the idealogy Pentecost has of the "man of God" it has now become law. Would he find it permissible for his assistant, yp and worship leader to have a television?
While he's saying it's not law, it most definitely has the impact of law, and though not explicit, has great implications of being "law." And "where the law is, there is transgression." I respect the way he's approaching the subject, as it seems there's more humility to it than most, but the outcome is still the same: if you have a television, you are carnal and less-spiritual than the rest of us.
BTW, I respectfully disagree about television being "candy bars" anymore than entertainment, book reading, internet surfing or shopping is. Moderation?
I respect men and women who decide not to have a television for whatever reasons to them that are personal, but to make blanket statments about a medium is increasinly becoming difficult to do. The age of internet/tv hybrid is here.
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