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bear,
Please let me know what you think about the latest Reality Television shows where groups of people are fighting each other to gain some form of reward.
My honest assessment of those shows, which I have not watched in about 8 or more years, are that they are scripted, made-for-public-consumption, Hegelian dialect, social agenda shows. Picture the soap operas. We all knew that is “acting” and following a script. Reality TV seem like the same thing to me except the actors are acting like they are themselves.
They are entertaining. I like watching interactions between people. However, I believe they put forth the power of suggestion to mold a public in a certain way. A lot of the content.
I think the shows contain some of the most naturally horrible examples of human behavior that humans are capable without going to murder and torture. I am not speaking of any of the positive stuff. Just negative. But those very things are exhibited in the emotional displays. The attitudes of murder and torture and hate are there.
This scripture comes to mind:
2 Timothy 2:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, high minded , lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away
As a lover of God, I cannot honestly feast my eyes on those shows even though they bring me sensual pleasure. Why should I want to watch people:
How many ways can a person figure out, while using deception, while using threats of violence, and by using violence upon the innocent, to get those honest people to fight among themselves instead of allowing those honest people to be exactly what they would be without such effort expended on manufacturing dictatorial behavior?
As my source of entertainment. Jesus died because people fail to show love. That is all sin boils down to. Lack of love for God and lack of love for people. Why should I watch the things that Jesus died for? Why should I act like those things from time to time? I do, you know. I do because it is my human nature to not always act in love.
Romans 7 speaks of the dilemma: I don’t always do what I want to do, and sometimes I actually do the things I hate: http://www.biblestudytools.com/kjv/romans/7.html
audio: http://www.biblestudytools.com/kjv/romans/7-audio.html
easy to understand language but may not be a good translation: http://www.biblestudytools.com/gnt/romans/7.html
Questions to ponder:
1. Who wants to show that stuff on TV and why?
2. Why do people enjoy watching people inflict pain on other people?
3. What were the Roman Gladiator events?
4. What kind of people went to the Gladiator stadium? It was culturally OK? People like you and me? Why?
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