No more cable for this girl! *RANT*

  • Thread starter Thread starter MorgsMetalGirl
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
M

MorgsMetalGirl

Guest
I am so fed up of having everything on television sexualized my boyfriend and I have decided against cable in our home. Take tonight as an example, I’m watching T.V. with the parents and suddenly there are half naked women on the screen urging us to “call now.” I shook this off and changed the channel…and what do I see? an organization designed to assist people in cheating on their spouses for a “small fee.” I once again change the channel and I gain interest in a particular program…only to realize it’s been laced with constant irrelavant and all-too-revealing sex scenes.

Am I just a prude? but I don’t think it’s much to ask…how can families even watch T.V. together anymore…
 
since you and your boyfriend share a household I charitably assume you are of course living as brother and sister, since sexual sin on the part of others offends you and is a cause of scandal especially on TV. I hope your living situation is not a cause of scandal for others, and beg you to follow this good instinct you display in all areas of your life. Sounds like you have a good and active conscience, wish more TV viewers and cable subscribers shared your opinion.
 
My boyfriend and I love eachother and are soulmates. What happens or doesn’t happen between our sheets is none of your business.

But since you opened this can of worms, monogamous love-making between two individuals who are totally in love with eachother and are devoted to eachother is hardly something to condemn someone over because there are much bigger issues to be concerned about…

Let he without sin cast the first stone.

Back to original topic
 
To your first question…are you a prude? Only you can answer that.
IMHO I have no issues with adults watching primetime t.v. I would not allow my 14y/o or 2 y/o watch it though.
And as to watching T.V. as a family…sure you can…there are always shows on that do not use sex to boost ratings. You could always rent “Christian” videos and watch those instead as another option.
 
40.png
MorgsMetalGirl:
My boyfriend and I love eachother and are soulmates. What happens or doesn’t happen between our sheets is none of your business.

But since you opened this can of worms, monogamous love-making between two individuals who are totally in love with eachother and are devoted to eachother is hardly something to condemn someone over because there are much bigger issues to be concerned about…

Let he without sin cast the first stone.

Back to original topic
Click to expand...
I am a bit confused here…how can you be Roman Catholic (as your profile states) and have sexual relations outside of marriage…something that is TOTALLY against the Church’s teaching!
 
40.png
MorgsMetalGirl:
I am so fed up of having everything on television sexualized my boyfriend and I have decided against cable in our home. Take tonight as an example, I’m watching T.V. with the parents and suddenly there are half naked women on the screen urging us to “call now.”…
Click to expand...
This is not limited to cable television. These same commercials are also broadcast over the airwaves, especially during late night/early morning timeslots. To avoid these completely, you may have to get rid of the TV completely, or lock out all channels except those known not to carry such commercials.
 
40.png
MorgsMetalGirl:
My boyfriend and I love eachother and are soulmates. What happens or doesn’t happen between our sheets is none of your business.

But since you opened this can of worms, monogamous love-making between two individuals who are totally in love with eachother and are devoted to eachother is hardly something to condemn someone over because there are much bigger issues to be concerned about…

Let he without sin cast the first stone.

Back to original topic
Click to expand...
You’re right it is none of our business, but you invited us into this thread. If someone is doing something contrary to the church’s teachings, then it is up to us to inform you that what you are doing is contradictory to them. Be careful when you throw out the verse, “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” at us. That’s a cop out. If we all followed that teaching literally then everyone would be doing what they please because others can’t say anything because they also sin. I sin, you sin, priests sin, heck, I bet even the Pope sins.

Now back to the original topic, my boyfriend and I decided that when we get married and have kids we’re going to get rid of the cable because it’s mostly trash. I wish we could just get The History Channel, Discovery, and TLC.
 
40.png
MorgsMetalGirl:
My boyfriend and I love eachother and are soulmates. What happens or doesn’t happen between our sheets is none of your business.

But since you opened this can of worms, monogamous love-making between two individuals who are totally in love with eachother and are devoted to eachother is hardly something to condemn someone over because there are much bigger issues to be concerned about…

Let he without sin cast the first stone.

Back to original topic
Click to expand...
quite, so why did you bring it up? There was no need for you to share that bit of personal information with us, but since you put it in the context of your post and underlying question, it is legitimate to consider it in our responses.

The big issue here is what do Catholics do about the constant purveying of sexual immorality in our culture, especially in the media, but also through the acceptance of professed Catholics of immoral lifestyles that contradict Catholic, scriptural-based moral teaching? It is of direct concern for me, since every Catholic who publicly denies that morality in their lifestyle is a cause of scandal, and another nail in the coffin of solid families.
 
We cut out cable last year and haven’t missed it.

Unfortunately, broadcast tv shows also have risque programming, but at least one can navigate around it since there are so few channels.

Are you a prude?
No.

But what I don’t get is that you are a Roman Catholic posting about being offended about all the sex on tv which can negatively influence your boyfriend (and thus your relationship with him), and yet, you are living with said boyfriend, not as brother-and-sister, per Catholic teaching…

and then you get offended with us for calling you on it…

Regardless of the television programming and your offense taken to it…certainly you cannot be considered a ‘prude’ since you are living in a state of sin for precisely the reason you are offended with the television programming.
 
On the topic of cable, there are some great channels on it - I have decided long ago that I only turn to a few channels - EWTN, Discovery, History, DIY, Travel…you get the idea. Just browsing these offers great value, and avoids 90% of the trash that appears to concern you.

Regarding the empty can and the worms which no slither around us 😉 – I can appreciate that having a bunch of people here tell you what you can’t do is potentially not very productive for you. So I would suggest, you have some choices to make, and not making them, or making them being uninformed, is irresponsible. Are you willing to take the risk you are wrong without even checking, and having to suffer dire circumstances as a result of carelessness?

My suggestion, assuming you care about being a Roman Catholic and a Christian, is to learn WHY the Church believes what it does in this area. After all, if you are going to knowingly go against the Church, and Jesus Christ’s strongest teachings (and make no mistake about that), you should be sure. Find out why, and get beyond “thou shalt not…”. If you have any respect, reverence, or love for Christ, you should recognize that it is not your place our ours to make the rules. If Christ was standing in front of you today, I know you would feel that way pretty quickly. After all, the Bible tells us that in no uncertain terms, no?

So my only suggestion is this - freedom means being informed and making wise choices. You have that right if you are informed, even if we disagree with you.

Read this encyclical, IMHO it’s the best document ever written on love, sexuality, and marriage, and WHY it is an egregious sin against Christ to violate the teachings of the Church. You never know, you might learn something about your faith, or something that is important to you about your faith that you need to work on. We are all sinners. I pray that you will become well informed.

Humanae Vitae

God Bless
 
Great! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone stopped?

I stopped buying cable TV when I got married some fifteen years ago. We get ABC, NBC, and PBS free, but I find I cannot watch the first two without feeling soiled. There is a price to pay for missing out on Cable. I miss out on a shared cultural experience, and sometimes cannot relate to others at work or elsewhere, like these strange threads on the Forum about D-Housewives (is that cable?). Maybe watching european soccer, or cooking shows would be nice, but it’s not worth the filth in my home from the other stuff. However, the benefits of stopping cable really far outweigh these drawbacks.

So, now that you are cleaning up that part of your house, how about the rest? (I find the spilled can of worms far more intriguing that the cable TV.) If you and your BF are so very committed and in love, why not get married? That really is the only sign of commitment I’m going to believe, no matter what else is said. Sure, like the cable TV, if you stop, there is a price to pay, but I think you’ll find the benefits far outweigh the costs (whether he fully commits in marriage, or not).
 
You can write letters of protest to a particular show’s sponsors or visit websites that fight indecencies on the air like www.americandecency.org. I really wish we could get rid of cable, or our television in fact but that is my hard working husband’s main means of relaxation. We do try to watch the less offensive shows but it is very difficult.
God bless,
joey(name removed by moderator)
 
40.png
MorgsMetalGirl:
Let he without sin cast the first stone.

Back to original topic
Click to expand...
Hey, you’re the one complaining about sinfulness on TV.

I get frustrated by what I see on TV too. I get really annoyed at the trashy commercials during what should be a clean show. There was one I kept seeing urging me to call and meet local hot local singles, featuring a not-so-well dressed woman.
 
Yes we gave up cable I think it was three years ago. In fact we really don’t watch TV. You’d be amazed how much time you have for other things.

MorgsMetalGirl I know you’re new to the forum and you probably feel a little attacked for the situation with your boyfriend. When I was your age I really didn’t understand the church teaching on premarital sex. And I saw nothing wrong with two “soulmates” as you put it being intimate since they love each other. It was proably around the age of 25 when I really began to explore my faith and what the church really taught that I began to understand the teachings of God and the church.

This is a forum where the majority are very faithful Catholics. So when you claim Roman Catholicism as your faith there are expectations that follow what the church teaches. Both the Bible and the church are crystal clear about premarital sex. We do not get to decide based on our own feelings whether God’s word is right or wrong. He created us he gets to make the rules.😃

I’m sure you and your boyfriend love each other very much, and feel very commited to each other. But all the love in the world does not make going against the word of God ok. Please consider exploring the teachings of the church. If you grew up the way I did catechism class did not teach about the church it taught you that we need to love everyone.

It’s obvious that morality is important to you if you are giving up cable. I considered myself a very moral person when I was having premarital sex with my (now) husband. I wasn’t raised with any real understanding of the faith and I thought it was ok if we really loved each. But if you claim to hold the Bible as the word of God that it really can’t be ok under any circumstances.

God Bless.
 
40.png
soccerDad:
Great! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone stopped?

There is a price to pay for missing out on Cable. I miss out on a shared cultural experience, and sometimes cannot relate to others at work or elsewhere, like these strange threads on the Forum about D-Housewives (is that cable?). Maybe watching european soccer, or cooking shows would be nice, but it’s not worth the filth in my home from the other stuff. However, the benefits of stopping cable really far outweigh these drawbacks.
Click to expand...
D-Housewives is ABC, no I don’t watch it, only because of the premise. The storyline doesn’t really offer valid solutions for the viewers who might also feel the women’s plight…instead it capitalizes on living out the fantasies a woman in that position might entertain from time to time. I don’t see how that helps.

But, I don’t get any badges for not watching THE greatest show around (cough, cough) since I do record “Family Guy” on Fox Sunday nights. Oooooh, that is soooo not morally sound or uplifting, but darn it, it’s funny. :o

Other than that, the rest of our family selections are rather consistently ‘safe’.

PBS has some neat cooking shows we’ve stumbled across to help us over our pangs of missing the Food Channel.

But we’ve found that many of the websites for the cable shows we used to like help us keep up on the information, and many times there is a multimedia component we can use our computer to access. You might want to check those out.

The other thing we’ve done to keep up on the pop culture stuff is rent the DVDs of certain shows. We caught up on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, another one of those guilty pleasures though, as many of the topics covered were risque, but again, the overall show was well crafted and funny. Watched “The Office” and “Dead Like Me”…mostly we go with those shows which have been cancelled but left a mark in pop culture so we can at least identify with and participate in any conversations, particularly if we found things not to be as great as all the hype suggested. We stay away from shows that are still in production because we’re afraid we’ll cave in to get cable in order to watch the new season, and then we’d fall into that trap again of filling our spare time with not so good programming.

I agree the benefits of not having cable outweigh the drawbacks. Sometimes my kids say they wish they could watch this show or that, and those shows are the kind that continuous viewing would not really help their moral upbringing and I remind them of that - particularly adding that Family Guy is taboo enough. They pretty much agree at that point.
 
There are plenty of good cable channels that don’t broadcast those disgusting, raunchy commercials and shows. Just tune those in. Instead of channel surfing, use the number pad on your remote, and avoid the garbage altogether.

I have cable TV (I would have no TV at all if it weren’t for cable, since I live too far away from the transmission towers), but I never see the “junk” because I don’t go to the channels that broadcast it.

I haven’t watched network TV in over 20 years, by the way (except for an occasional special show or news program), so I am definitely not up on the latest shows – doesn’t bother me one bit. 🙂

Crazy Internet Junkies Society
Carrier of the Angelic Sparkles Sprinkle Bag
 
When I don’t like something on TV I just switch channels. Thats why I have a remote control! 🙂

Beckers
 
40.png
beckers:
When I don’t like something on TV I just switch channels. Thats why I have a remote control! 🙂

Beckers
Click to expand...
Unfortunately, some of the commercials are just as bad as the bad programming.
joey(name removed by moderator)
 
joey(name removed by moderator):
Unfortunately, some of the commercials are just as bad as the bad programming.
joey(name removed by moderator)
Click to expand...
Oh come on people love :rolleyes: the commercials for Viagra and other sex drugs and oh my favorite… Tampons :rolleyes:
 
joey(name removed by moderator):
Unfortunately, some of the commercials are just as bad as the bad programming.
joey(name removed by moderator)
Click to expand...
That’s why I try to tape my favorite shows now. The benefits?

*being able to watch them whenever I want
  • stop if something comes up
  • pause if the phone rings…etc
*I get to fast forward through all of the commercials!!!

Malia
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top