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When I was a kid, the default in America was quasi-Christian. It really wasn't any more or any less Christian than it is today, but the Ten Commandments (ignoring the first 3-4, of course) was the foundation everyone assumed, and God was in there somewhere too. (He wasn't sovereign, by any means, but it was a big deal when John Lennon said the Beatles were bigger than God. Even for us little Catholic kids, it was time to decide if our records got chucked. John had to back pedal in a hurry.)
Family meant Dad was CEO, Mom was President, and kids had to obey. But there was the nuclear family, and it mattered greatly if divorce changed that. And "bastard" was great shame, although, sadly, it was already the shame of the child, not the shame of the parents.
TV time was big. Watching TV together as a family, lead us all to discussing the same thing. Should Ed Sullivan have the gyrating "hunka-hunka-burning love" maniac on TV? (And, hey, my parents were fine with Elvis, and Elvis was old-school to us kids, so it wasn't a big deal, but we talked about it.) And we talked more when the Beatles were coming on. And laughed at Mom for getting all excited about that old guy -- Frank Sinatra. And, poor Ben Cartwright. How did he manage raising those three sons when his wife died? Families need moms. And, "BAMMMM!!!" "POWWWW!!!!" made Dad laugh every time on Batman. It was funny to see Dad laugh that hard, because it was hard to get Dad to laugh. But Dad and me had Star Trek in common, and Mom and oldest brother has football and baseball in common, until Brother went off and started rooting for them Cowboys, who had the gall to call themselves "America's team." How unAmerican! It's just not how we do things in America. God comes first, and pride comes before the fall.
So, yeah, TV time was big, and it still is.
BUT, through the years, TV/movies/Hollywood has been far removed from Christianity. Not just in America. I can watch some British shows now, and started watching something people have been telling me for decades I'd really like -- Dr Who. We did start watching it last summer. We gave up on it when the repeat message was rampant sex was assumed, and not even with the opposite gender. With anyone willing. So, no, it's not just America.
Hubby and I don't get out much. So TV is the thing we do to have common stories to discuss. And we can talk during commercials, or put it on pause, if we're streaming to talk about it then. One thing we do together is give up on shows that are intentionally trying to indoctrinate us into modern-speak/anarchy. I get much of it is fiction, so I don't have to agree with the theories to like the show, but it has gone way beyond that.
Religious people are evil, unless they're Catholic. And then they're "spiritual." I gave up on Criminal Minds a while ago because "the intellectuals" all know believing homosexuals don't love each other is Hicksville-ignorant. Only the uneducated would believe God would frown on their love. I'm giving up on NCIS:NO for the same reason. 3% of the population is homosexual, but 30% of TV show characters are.
You'd think I'd me safe with one of my favorite shows -- FOX's Pregame Show before football on Sundays. FOX + football. How can that go wrong? I gave that up three weekends ago, because they were indoctrinating the viewers into believing taking a knee was the patriotic thing to do.
I loved watch Jack on 24 when 24 was on. So, Keiffer Southerland. A man who is patriotic. But, nope. Just gave up on Designated Survivor because compromise is the proper way to deal with historic statues in the South, and anyone who doesn't agree they should be shoved into a remote location for no one to see is an idiot. They proved they were right, because they had the "Southern Preacher" also be the black guy and he was for keeping the statue right where it was -- in front of the government building. So obviously it can't be a racial issue or a religious issue. THEY got the proper answer, and anyone who disagrees must cow-tow to the "greater good."
I just figured out who the bad guys are in the Marvel Universe -- conservatives! Who else would think to kill everyone who is different than them but conservatives when the inhumans/X-men showed up?
Five years ago there was just enough TV to watch to keep us satisfied six nights a week. And then Saturday night we could stream. (We don't have cable.) We're down to about three nights of TV, and we record when there are two shows on at the same time that we like.
How does this relate to CC? Well, there are thousands of us on this site, and most of us know other Christians, (probably more IRL than on here), that we can talk to. Why is it the Christian community sits back while letting Hollywood dictate morality? Hollywood is a business. If they find out much of their customer base isn't happy, it matters. (And 10% is enough, considering Target change their minds on nongender bathrooms when they lost just 10% of their customers.) We do have the clout to bring Hollywood at least back to some morality. I get we can't bring them to Christ, but at least let them know it matters to us. Why aren't we doing that?
And not just Hollywood. Why are we letting the anarchists dictate terms? They really are less than 10% of the country.
Family meant Dad was CEO, Mom was President, and kids had to obey. But there was the nuclear family, and it mattered greatly if divorce changed that. And "bastard" was great shame, although, sadly, it was already the shame of the child, not the shame of the parents.
TV time was big. Watching TV together as a family, lead us all to discussing the same thing. Should Ed Sullivan have the gyrating "hunka-hunka-burning love" maniac on TV? (And, hey, my parents were fine with Elvis, and Elvis was old-school to us kids, so it wasn't a big deal, but we talked about it.) And we talked more when the Beatles were coming on. And laughed at Mom for getting all excited about that old guy -- Frank Sinatra. And, poor Ben Cartwright. How did he manage raising those three sons when his wife died? Families need moms. And, "BAMMMM!!!" "POWWWW!!!!" made Dad laugh every time on Batman. It was funny to see Dad laugh that hard, because it was hard to get Dad to laugh. But Dad and me had Star Trek in common, and Mom and oldest brother has football and baseball in common, until Brother went off and started rooting for them Cowboys, who had the gall to call themselves "America's team." How unAmerican! It's just not how we do things in America. God comes first, and pride comes before the fall.
So, yeah, TV time was big, and it still is.
BUT, through the years, TV/movies/Hollywood has been far removed from Christianity. Not just in America. I can watch some British shows now, and started watching something people have been telling me for decades I'd really like -- Dr Who. We did start watching it last summer. We gave up on it when the repeat message was rampant sex was assumed, and not even with the opposite gender. With anyone willing. So, no, it's not just America.
Hubby and I don't get out much. So TV is the thing we do to have common stories to discuss. And we can talk during commercials, or put it on pause, if we're streaming to talk about it then. One thing we do together is give up on shows that are intentionally trying to indoctrinate us into modern-speak/anarchy. I get much of it is fiction, so I don't have to agree with the theories to like the show, but it has gone way beyond that.
Religious people are evil, unless they're Catholic. And then they're "spiritual." I gave up on Criminal Minds a while ago because "the intellectuals" all know believing homosexuals don't love each other is Hicksville-ignorant. Only the uneducated would believe God would frown on their love. I'm giving up on NCIS:NO for the same reason. 3% of the population is homosexual, but 30% of TV show characters are.
You'd think I'd me safe with one of my favorite shows -- FOX's Pregame Show before football on Sundays. FOX + football. How can that go wrong? I gave that up three weekends ago, because they were indoctrinating the viewers into believing taking a knee was the patriotic thing to do.
I loved watch Jack on 24 when 24 was on. So, Keiffer Southerland. A man who is patriotic. But, nope. Just gave up on Designated Survivor because compromise is the proper way to deal with historic statues in the South, and anyone who doesn't agree they should be shoved into a remote location for no one to see is an idiot. They proved they were right, because they had the "Southern Preacher" also be the black guy and he was for keeping the statue right where it was -- in front of the government building. So obviously it can't be a racial issue or a religious issue. THEY got the proper answer, and anyone who disagrees must cow-tow to the "greater good."
I just figured out who the bad guys are in the Marvel Universe -- conservatives! Who else would think to kill everyone who is different than them but conservatives when the inhumans/X-men showed up?
Five years ago there was just enough TV to watch to keep us satisfied six nights a week. And then Saturday night we could stream. (We don't have cable.) We're down to about three nights of TV, and we record when there are two shows on at the same time that we like.
How does this relate to CC? Well, there are thousands of us on this site, and most of us know other Christians, (probably more IRL than on here), that we can talk to. Why is it the Christian community sits back while letting Hollywood dictate morality? Hollywood is a business. If they find out much of their customer base isn't happy, it matters. (And 10% is enough, considering Target change their minds on nongender bathrooms when they lost just 10% of their customers.) We do have the clout to bring Hollywood at least back to some morality. I get we can't bring them to Christ, but at least let them know it matters to us. Why aren't we doing that?
And not just Hollywood. Why are we letting the anarchists dictate terms? They really are less than 10% of the country.
