You know, if I lived alone I think I could give up watching t.v…well except for PBS. I like the nature shows, haha. Seriously those nature shows are one of the few good things on t.v., IMO.Once you’ve given up TV for awhile, it becomes more and more impossible to go back, even for brief moments, as how much is wrong with it is much more visible and terrible than when you are acclimatized to the filth.
Deo gratias et Marie semper Virgini for the giving up of the TV!
So fundamental to the good spiritual life in so many ways!
If anyone is thinking of giving it up, pray and do so! If you’re not, think about it and at least try a fast from it! The difference is immense – give up the secular entertainment and take up the spiritual works of God!
That is so true! I encourage others to replace disappointing TV with good spiritual books, bible studies, deeper prayer time. Many years ago it took me a few weeks to finally make the decision to quit cable altogether, and I never regretted it.I used to try to be more selective, nature shows, et all, but even then, things are going bad there too. The grotesque, immodest, crude…
It’s so pervasive… the further away you go, the worse it is even to dip a toe back in the water, because the more you see you were acclimitized to that you shouldnt’ve been.
Anyone who’s a TV addict should especially go cold turkey for awhile, and do something spiritual instead and see the difference.
My mother is addicted to the Weather Channel… I feel she fears lightning striking!
‘Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for. For how do you know if any desire of yours is according to God?’
St. John of the Cross
Isn’t it interesting how developing a sense of taste makes it easier to turn the channel and not instantly jump on the anti-secular band wagon?
(And by “secular”, I don’t mean the philosophical movement. )Aww man, I’ve finished a lot of series myself but they’re all so good, I don’t even know which one I wanna watch again. ;w; (It gets even worse when I’ve finished the anime version but not yet even touched the original manga version, ugh! The shame! DX)
Nature shows are immodest, grotesque, and crude? What channels are you watching? All nature shows I’ve seen show nature as it is… something both brutal but at the same time beautiful.
… (oh and dinosaurs 
).Still watch TV, though the “window” of choices gets smaller and smaller.A while ago, I stopped watching tv, except EWTN. I still watch movies but choose them carefully. Almost all my friends watch a lot of tv…so I’m wondering if there’s anyone else here like meI don’t think ALL tv shows are bad…and if you watch tv it’s not like you have to choose between “Sex and the City” and “South Park” lol. Some shows are much better. And I don’t think that people who watch tv are somehow more ‘worldly’ than I am. But I found that it had a negative influence on my life and once I stopped watching it, I found that I started looking at the world differently.
any thoughts?