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Offline graceseeker

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Re: does being informed make u a better person?
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2017, 04:34:37 PM »
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    • Quote from: Maria Regina on October 23, 2017, 04:39:06 PM
    The Desert Fathers were blessed with wisdom from above. It was they who forsook the world to live in barren, hot, and hostile deserts. They did not have to rely on Fake News, as they survived on prayers and on the meager food they could grow, the bread baked by the faithful, and whatever the angels fed them in times of need.
    We, like them, may need to escape to deserts, deserted mountains, the rocky wilderness, and caves if we are to preserve our faith.
    NEWSFLASH!
    some who watch Fox also escape to the desert(s) once in awhile
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    Re: does being informed make u a better person?
    « Reply #16 on: October 24, 2017, 04:37:21 PM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on October 23, 2017, 10:15:01 PM
    Apologies, Graceseeker, I just noticed this on yet another of your many posts on mainstream media:

    Praying the Rosary is a great plus for you as a Graceseeker.
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    Matthew used to have a great thread permanently on his front page (pinned) about the dangers inherent in watching TV. You should check it out.
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    https://www.cathinfo.com/catholic-living-in-the-modern-world/television-excellent-article!-a-must-read!/
    I don't know why but the "excellent article" has disappeared, but the thread remains.
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    I never "know what's going on in the capital". I feel no loss for not knowing. I get most of my news from my hushand, CathInfo and books. I am reasonably well informed for my needs.
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    The trouble with dependence on TV and Fox News:
    You don't get the truth or the full story
    While your watching TV you are not using your mind,
    you being forcefed what somebody else wants you to believe or think.
    You are bombarded with advertising and pornographic imagery
    In most homes, the TV replaces the altar as the central point and so becomes an idol.
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    That's just a few reasons not to watch.
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    for one thing, I can watch what you  call porn commercials and not get titillated in the slightest. In fact, sex bores me so no one is selling anything to ME through sex..
    for another thing you cannot be well informed if all u do is listen to someone's interpretation of the news.. reminds me of protestant ministers and the compliant congregations a lot of them have... "Oh my pastor said this/that..!:"
    the pope could say the same thing and...
    ok, scratch that
    A practicing Catholic could say the same thing and they would ARGUE with it
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    Re: does being informed make u a better person?
    « Reply #17 on: October 24, 2017, 04:39:37 PM »
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    Re: does being informed make u a better person?
    « Reply #18 on: October 24, 2017, 06:56:48 PM »
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    • Quote from: graceseeker on October 24, 2017, 04:37:21 PM
    ...I can watch what you  call porn commercials and not get titillated in the slightest. In fact, sex bores me so no one is selling anything to ME through sex..
    for another thing you cannot be well informed if all u do is listen to someone's interpretation of the news.. 
    Isn't that what you do - listen to someone's interpretation of the news on TV?

    I didn't mention porn commercials. I said "advertising and pornographic imagery". Watching TV you are constantly bombarded with "information" which you don't have the time or the concentration to analyse and discern and so your listening and reading skills are  diminished.

    Here is a post on that thread television-excellent-article!-a-must-read!/ posted by Thursday back in 2010:

    Two books that convinced me never to watch TV again where Jerry Morans's Four arguments for the elimination of television and Edward Bernay's Propaganda.

    You really have no idea how bad television is until you read that book. One thing I remember from the book was about brainwaves while watching television. The screen has a flickering that induces a hypnotic state so the messages that come on the screen are beamed deep into the psyche, therefore television is messing with people on a really deep level and people have no idea about it.

    The other book propaganda, written in 1928, was shocking because of how advanced thr techniques for controlling thoughts and opinions was 80 years ago, I can't imagine what they have now. Whatever it is though you know its being transmitted through the television. 

    Bottom line is this, its doing things to you that you don't know about. Don't watch it.
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    Offline Maria Regina

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    Re: does being informed make u a better person?
    « Reply #19 on: October 25, 2017, 01:41:45 AM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on October 24, 2017, 06:56:48 PM
    Here is a post on that thread television-excellent-article!-a-must-read!/ posted by Thursday back in 2010:

    Two books that convinced me never to watch TV again where Jerry Morans's Four arguments for the elimination of television and Edward Bernay's Propaganda.

    You really have no idea how bad television is until you read that book. One thing I remember from the book was about brainwaves while watching television. The screen has a flickering that induces a hypnotic state so the messages that come on the screen are beamed deep into the psyche, therefore television is messing with people on a really deep level and people have no idea about it.

    The other book propaganda, written in 1928, was shocking because of how advanced thr techniques for controlling thoughts and opinions was 80 years ago, I can't imagine what they have now. Whatever it is though you know its being transmitted through the television.

    Bottom line is this, its doing things to you that you don't know about. Don't watch it.
    Nadir,
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    Thanks for these recommendations. I had heard about Jerry Mander's book, but while in college, my professors continually attacked it saying that TV viewing does not lead to violence. Thus, I never read it.
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    I can truthfully say that getting rid of TV was the best thing that my husband and I did. For example, the satanic soundtracks and their beats depicting running and panic, which were used in certain programs depicting serial murders, caused me nightmares. Even though I would leave the room, he would turn up the volume so those awful sounds permeated our home.  Once he stopped listening to those programs, my nightmares disappeared. Since my husband was in broadcasting engineering, he had become quite addicted to TV during his career.
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    For those interested in buying Jerry Mander's from Amazon, here is the link:
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    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/on.com/gp//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=on.com/gp/&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20 />.
    Have you read Jerry Mander's other book?
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    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0871565099/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0871565099&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20
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    Re: does being informed make u a better person?
    « Reply #20 on: October 25, 2017, 03:09:45 AM »
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    • I find that staying "too" informed on the goings on in the world is just depressing and can even be detrimental to prayer and faith. Scanning the headlines to see the important world events every few days is probably enough. Reading details of atrocities and worries about wars (and rumors of wars) just feeds anxieties. I certainly have no need to know what the Kardashians et al  are up to. 
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    Re: does being informed make u a better person?
    « Reply #21 on: October 25, 2017, 01:57:54 PM »
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    • It is not good to be ignorant about what is going on in the world

    I know you shouldn't spend every spare moment in front of the TV watching.. anything. But if no American ever found out what is happening in DC.. with tax money and all... well,

    some say it doesn't do any good to complain about such things anyway.

    well, that may be true.. but it seems to me that if enough people complain about this/that... Jeff Flake is not running for re-election b/c.. I guess b/c he won't be re-elected, does not have a high approval rating.. So you know... it pays to follow such things, pays to know that certain people are not doing what you thought they'd be doing.

    the problem is.. many good people stay out of public office b/c...

    laugh

    b/c they are good people... they don't like DC

    can you blame them?

    I mean some of us just want to be with Jesus all the time... not his Enemy... The Dems in DC serve Satan. The rinos... well, is there much difference btwn Dems and rinos?? not much
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    Re: does being informed make u a better person?
    « Reply #22 on: October 25, 2017, 02:00:22 PM »
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    • Quote from: 1st Mansion Tenant on October 25, 2017, 03:09:45 AM
    I find that staying "too" informed on the goings on in the world is just depressing and can even be detrimental to prayer and faith. Scanning the headlines to see the important world events every few days is probably enough. Reading details of atrocities and worries about wars (and rumors of wars) just feeds anxieties. I certainly have no need to know what the Kardashians et al  are up to.
    don't consider the Ks newsworthy
    headlines only?
    that doesn't tell u a thing
    if no one ever stayed informed, no one could run for office. And we would have idiots in office only... which may be the case anyway... so uh... Was it Emily Latella... "never mind"?
    I don't know.. Sean Hannity seems well informed... good show last night.
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