Some collected posts from this thread, for newcomers:
Post #31
Posted Apr 22, 2011, 2:12 am
Dominican Teaching Sisters - No TV.
And from Fr. Poncelet, who wrote on the subject, and founded Our Lady's Apostolate of No TV:
"A priest's primary duty is to save souls; he is responsible for prevailing moral atttitudes in his parish and specifically for the salvation of his parishioners' souls. . . The priest, then must come to an honest recognition of the primary avenue to the destruction of souls in his Catholic homes, as that window to the world of immorality -- the television set. And he must continually point out to his parishioners that acceptance of TV entertainment is simply not compatible with the Christian life of spirituality."
"The disintegration of real Catholic culture has been a slow process begun two generations back. It happens to be co-incident with the degradation of TV fare, which began its downward slide with the inception of the medium, and accelerated that trend at a precipitous rate from the 1960s onward."
"Thanks to the constant depiction -- in an entertainment mode -- of immoral acts. . . presentations once considered scandalous, perverse, and unfit for consideration by self-respecting people, now pass for commonplace, acceptable fare even among those claiming religious convictions."
"Such programming is often criticized mildly as being crude, in bad taste, or even as awful -- but hardly ever is it called sinful."
"James Drummey, in a recent question/answer column in The Wanderer wrote "Even the best intentioned Catholics can become desensitized. . . if they watch these portrayed on televisions in a favorable light, night after night in their own homes."
"We cannot hide from basic Catholic moral laws forever. And the sins that are most easily committed, and which involve most "grievous matter" are also the sins most exploited on television -- those against chastity and purity."
Fr. Frank Poncelet
Fr. Poncelet was not a boistrous or obnoxious person. He was a very loyal and
faithful priest who served the Lord's flock with much pastoral care. His care
was so effective that it reached out beyond the confines of his own personal
and real presence to an extended family of followers who would never meet
him face-to-face.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of
God, rest in peace. Amen.
Post #40Watching television is often a mortal sin.
We know that there will be Blasphemy and anti-Catholic ideas.
We know that there will be immodestly dressed women on almost every program.
As well as obscene and pornographic images.
If knowing all this we choose to watch television, we risk mortal sin.
Our Lord said in the Gospel of St. Matthew XVI:26,
"For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?"
I read something about how one of the Saints saw a vision of a box in people's houses, and the devil came flying out of the box.
I believe she saw television in that vision.
Get rid of the box of satan.
Do not go to Hell because for refusing to give up the sinful "entertainment" we are fed by the anti-Catholic tv industry.
They are against Our Lord, so we should be against them.
Pray to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the Graces to give up this sin.
This Lent, try to give up television as a penance.
Think how much that would please Our Lord.
You can spend more time really with your Family and with God.
Post #49
I haven't owned a TV in over five years, and I feel more intelligent and better informed than I ever had. The other day I was at a friend's house and his TV was on to the news. He was watching so I watched some, too. After about five minutes I got the worst headache, a migraine really, and it would not go away until I left.
Interesting, I've noticed the same for myself.
In 1987, Jєωιѕн businessman Sumner Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein) purchased majority ownership of Viacom.
Redstone later acquired several television networks and turned the company into one of the largest media organizations in the world.
Viacom currently owns MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, MTV2, Comedy Central, BET, Nick at Nite, Noggin, TV Land, CMT, Spike TV, and Showtime.
For the last 25 years, Americans have grown up watching these networks. Their values and beliefs were formed by The Real World, Cribs, Punk’d, True Life, and most recently Jersey Shore.
Jersey Shore revolves around a group of young adults living together in a beach rental home. By day they work at a T-shirt shop, and the rest of the time they drink, have sex and make jokes about each other.
The show has become MTV’s most watched series of all time.
MTV programs are clear examples social engineering, a media led effort to influence popular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale.
Kids watch Jersey Shore and they see how “adults” behave. Male viewers learn from “The Situation” (Mike Sorrentino) and women learn from Snooki (Nicole Polizzi).
Read more about the MTV culture at JettandJahn.com
Yep, I grew up on all that stuff. Looking back I realize that even most of the "family" shows had an undertone of modernism and anti-Christianity. Jєωιѕн control of the media is a fact- all one must do is a little research into it. That might explain why Christianity is ALWAYS attacked in the media, especially TV. It is done in such a way that even shows like "It's a Wonderful Life" and other "Christmas" shows, seem to encourage a belief in the ʝʊdɛօ-Christian God, but not in Jesus Christ- the reason for the season. God is mentioned often in the Jєωιѕн media, and even with praise, but Jesus is NEVER portrayed in a good light, nor are his followers. Jews are master deceivers- just like their father. I am amazed at how many Protestants and even Catholics actually support Israel unconditionally, and will never speak a word against a Jew, even a true word. They have been deceived into thinking that the Jews are still God's chosen, though they rejected and murdered Him. They think we somehow owe Judaism something for being our 'cousin' religion, when in fact we owe Jews as much as we owe any Christ-denying heathens: absolutely nothing.
It was the abiding message of Fr. Poncelet that the technology of TV gives a
great power to those who would program it because it is able to short-cut your
ability to make intelligent choices as you watch it. TV controls your thinking,
and you are not aware of its workings when you passively let it happen to you.
You cannot make decisions regarding what you're seeing because you tend to
habituate yourself to watching it. But by the time you may realize that you
are seeing something that you are not supposed to see, it is already too late
because you have seen it. And so it goes, from moment to moment, which
turns into hours at a time. How many of us have known someone who simply
could not tear himself away from the Boob Tube?
It's really the same message as the OP of this thread, without all the fancy
technical jargon.
You can read 4 of his newsletters from 2007 on the website. Maybe I should
post them here, so that in the event the website goes down, there will be
another copy here on CI.. He ran a newsletter for years, starting in 2000,
and now he has passed away, last week at the age of 84, on January 24th,
2013..........
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