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08-02-2007, 05:57 AM
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I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
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08-02-2007, 09:56 AM
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As others have said, it can serve as many things from education to art to culture to entertainment. I really do view many of the dramas I regularly watch as forms of art, and cannot see any principled different between them and things such as music and theater. Some examples of wonderfully-executed art  ...
-House
-My Wife and Kids
-The O.C.
-Prison Break
-The Rachael Ray Show
-Seinfeld
-Shark 
(I'm actually serious, but the smilies are to clarify that I realize many people would strongly disagree with the adjectival application of "wonderfully-executed" to a couple of the shows above!)
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08-02-2007, 10:37 AM
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Same here Jeff
I love Home & Garden Network, on Saturday Mornings at 12:00:
Gardening by the Yard with Paul James. I love GPTV, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel.
...and I would be lost without reruns of the Andy Griffith Show!  Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff_Bartel  Blast my big screen??? Don't think so!
Seriously. While there are many horrible things on television, and it is perfectly in one's liberty to have one, or not to have one, television can be a fun source of entertainment. We don't watch a whole lot of tv, but there are certain show we watch regularly when in season (Lost, 24, and Heroes). We also love renting a good movie on the weekend.
Christians should certainly guard what they watch, but I think that there are shows that are not too bad at the same time. 
BTW, we do not have cable either. Just an antenna. | |
08-02-2007, 10:44 AM
|  | The Delinquent | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dallas, Texas
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Who here can efficiently manage in life without the occasional episode of The Waltons?
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08-02-2007, 10:56 AM
|  | I pity the fool! (who says in his heart "There is no God") | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Broad Top, Pa.
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lol! I've seen all the Walton's episodes so much that I can bear no more. My family was called that by friends and such for years! As the oldest I had to be John Boy of course, which I wasn't really crazy about.
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