Television
Good Morning,
One evening, a few years ago, we sat and did something that we do not often do; we watched some television. We muted commercials, but I made some observations.
If you watch much television, you are going to end up an idiot. If you let your children watch television shows night after night, your children are going to become idiots regarding politics. If you set your family before the television night after night, you will end up with idiotic family values. As a young man, I remember hearing people call the television “the idiot box.” After an hour or so of watching Fox News, I was convinced that it is an idiot box on steroids!
When we allow millions of dollars to be spent to make stupid look good, we are going to end up fashion idiots. Allowing our boys to see feminine guys and masculine gals star in sitcoms, movies, and commercials will create gender idiots. If we give our ears to comments that are sensuous, talk or joke about private body parts, and treat vulgar, suggestive, and lewd comments as if they were appropriate, we will become moral idiots.
In addition to the moral depravity portrayed, the display of violence is appalling. I know this is a sacred cow of the conservatives because we love our shooting, fighting, and killing, but what does the Bible say about violence?
Why was the earth flooded in the days of Noah?
Genesis 6:11 “The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”
vs. 13 “And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”
Psalm 11:5 “The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.”
You may say what you want about this verse, but it seems God has a problem with those who love violence.
Psalm 73:6 “Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.”
Pride and violence — two traits that are common in television shows.
Proverbs 4:17 “For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.”
Violence has become the "wine" of the television viewer; drinking it in like a drunk with his alcohol.
Is it any wonder we have so much violence in our society when we raise our children on television and video games? Is it surprising that men hit their wives when they have seen it countless times on the television?
Idiots about morals, idiots about America, idiots about the home, idiots about their own gender, idiots about religion, and to top it all off, the frosting of violence — the end result of idiotic, violent people. (If you ask me, it sounds like a popular political party.)
That box would not be so attractive if it were not powerful and useful to evil. Guard your family by turning it off, regulating it, and limiting how much of it is seen. I am so thankful my children grew up television-ignorant (meaning, they knew nothing about it).
Pastor