No more cable for this girl! *RANT*

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Most TV’s have to be “programmed” to receive cable channels.

Every time the power goes off, it seems I have to ‘reprogram’ those channels again.
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If there are channels you would rather not watch- take them off the programming! I don’t watch the 10 or 12 sports channels and it is a big pain to run through them all if I’m scanning channels. So after the TV does it’s auto programming, I use the erase channel feature to get rid of all the channels I don’t want.

I don’t particularly like Lifetime, and MTV and I only watch a few shows on SpikeTV. So those channels are gone as well.

I can still watch them if I plug the channel number into my remote- but if I’m just channel surfing- I don’t catch “sex in the city” mid ::cough:: ::cough::.

There are loads of great channels available on cable- and we have control over which channels we have in our homes.

JMHO…:twocents:
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YinYangMom:
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.
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So spot on, I had to post it again! 😉 👍

Stewie ROCKS!
 
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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.” 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…
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I don’t know if you are a prude.

I will tell you, and I say this with love, that if you love someone you care about their immortal soul and you do not want them to sin. And sexual relations outside the bonds of marriage is a sin.

I know this is not what you want to hear, and you will probably be very angry at me. But I care more about your immortal soul than whether or not you are angry at me. I do not hate you. I just want you to go to heaven.

I know! Let’s get you MARRIED…we’ll have a BIG OLD PARTY FOR YOU ONLINE>>>>>YIPPPPEEEE

ok so I like parties…
 
Do you know what has normalized co-habitation and fornication the most? Why TV of course. It’s good that you have seen the dangers of immorality on TV and you can see how these notions have infected your own life. At least now that you see it, you can turn away and save yourself for marriage. Get to confession, God forgives all sins–all you have to do is ask 🙂
 
We dropped the cable years ago, and it is very VERY hard sometimes to not get some of the better channels like History Channel, Discovery, etc. Especially challenging when the cord on the back of the TV constantly falls off. My husband has given up even threatening to get cable back because it fall off so often. He just grits his teeth and hooks it up again :tsktsk: … As it is on the network stations we cannot have our 12 yr old watch anything on TV after 9:00 and now, with the new season she cannot even watch some nights, period! It is really frustrating.
It is one of the sacrifices we have to make to attempt to preserve their innocence and purity (and ours). And hope it helps to get them to that moment at the altar when they can give the greatest gift they have to each other.
 
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Karin:
Oh come on people love :rolleyes: the commercials for Viagra and other sex drugs and oh my favorite… Tampons :rolleyes:
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Or even worst, the yeast infection commercials while you’re eating dinner.
 
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Shiann:
Stewie ROCKS!
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Ah, so I’m not alone in my guilty pleasure? 😛

Such a bizarre and ridiculous premise all around with that show and yet - it’s hilarious!

We’re still mimicking the old geezer “I’d like to purchase a tricked out ice cream truck…” 😉
 
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Shiann:
Stewie ROCKS!
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I love Stewie too.

“Bah, Machiavelli, you’ve told me nothing I don’t already know… Ah, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War…”
 
Okay guys, it seems that MorgsMetal checked out of our conversation. The same way that she did when she posted on another thread about how wonderful that it was that she got to “go to sleep in her loving boyfriends arms” and then people started on that. It seems that she is definitely trying to bring her “cohabitation” up in every thread, like throwing out a worm on a line hoping that some wayward Catholic might say that what she’s doing is okay.
That said, I don’t think that we should be biting on her posts. If she really wanted to discuss her “original question” she wouldn’t have to bring up the cohabitation so it seems that that is not her goal. If that is not it, then what is? Does she want us to get riled up about her choice so that she can then call us judgemental? Or is she really crying out for help that she’s not getting the truth in her own life?
Your decision on how to respond to this. I hope that it’s the latter so that what we say can make a difference. MorgsMetal, I hope that this does get you mad so that you’ll rejoin us and we can start talking about what you really want to shere, cause I’m not buying the “slip of the tongue” that you keep doing.

GOD BLESS YOU…WE REALLY WANT TO HELP YOU BECOME A BETTER CATHOLIC AND MORE FAITHFUL TO GOD!
Jess
 
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MorgsMetalGirl:
On thing you have to realize is that everyone has the gift…and sometimes the burden…of free choice. You can voice your concerns to your Mother but you can only do so much because in the end making decisions about her life is her responsibility. As hard as it may be we sometimes have to take a step back and let people determine what path their life will take, what we CAN do though is be there for them if they need support.

To me, watching Desperate Housewives isn’t a sin. I actually find the show quite amusing, but at the end of the day I know when I go to bed with my boyfriend and fall asleep in his arms I know my heart is pure for him and I could never do the things those characters do because I have no reason to because I am strong in my faith, and I am against such behaviour.

On a side note…

When I have children I plan on instilling them with firm values so if they come across programmes that promote sinful behaviour they will recognize it as a problem and reject it. Therefore, I will not have to constantly worry as I will be confident they are firm in their beliefs…I prefer to keep things of corruption out of the home so that when they are older and they inevitably get exposed to corruption they will not be desensitized but rather a little more shocked and therefore more solid in their faith. (If that makes sense).
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MorgsMetalGirl:
I don’t recall any part of the bible where Jesus was snide and sarcastic. Perhaps (considering we are made in his image) you can consider a less judgemental and condescending stance.
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in response to someone who replied about her cohabitation
 
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MorgsMetalGirl:
I have to agree with your entire post. Also, this website judged me the moment I first posted without even getting to know me. I always thought God emphasises forgiveness and understanding but it seems that fundemental teaching is conveniently forgotten when it suits.
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I’m not trying to be cruel by posting her posts. I just got upset at another thread where an OP tried to “escape” a forum where people weren’t agreeing with him and therefore started another thread with limited info. I feel like the same thing is happening here and we all deserve to have some background.

Please forgive me if I seem crabby, but Morg, I want you to either listen to us or stop egging people on about your “choice”

Jess
 
Yo-
just wanted to let you guys know, There are new media companies out there doing some really good stuff on the Faith, And isn’t your average boring catholic stuff. There is a group in Brooklyn, NY called Grassroots Films putting out powerful stuff on the World Youth Days and the Eucharist.

check out www.grassrootsfilms.com

These guys are te real
thing, and I think it would be worth taking a look at. lets all stop complaining and lets start supporting groups like this, who are trying to make a difference.

God Bless
  • Ron Lewis
Grassroots Films
 
I’m not so bothered by what I see on TV… I can turn it off.

I am very bothered by Catholics who live in sin with their boyfriends and don’t even have the good sense to know that their behavior is shameful. 😦
 
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Ronlewis:
Yo-
just wanted to let you guys know, There are new media companies out there doing some really good stuff on the Faith, And isn’t your average boring catholic stuff. There is a group in Brooklyn, NY called Grassroots Films putting out powerful stuff on the World Youth Days and the Eucharist.

check out www.grassrootsfilms.com

These guys are te real
thing, and I think it would be worth taking a look at. lets all stop complaining and lets start supporting groups like this, who are trying to make a difference.

God Bless
  • Ron Lewis
Grassroots Films
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Interesting site, very well produced. Not very informative though, with regard to the organization, who’s on the board, who directs them, where there funding comes from. I look forward to spending more time checking out the clips though and perhaps writing to them to ask for the corporate details.

Thanks for the tip.
 
carol marie:
We can only hope! :yup:
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I don’t know if this one is a troll or for real???:confused: In almost every post she brings up her Co-habitation and baits people to question it then tells us its none of our business what happens between the sheets??? Did anyone here ask about her living arrangements before she brought it up first?----No, she “boasted” about it and blasted people left and right because we don’t share her opinion:banghead: at first I thought I was the only one then I saw more and more “reactions” of her’s–wow, Let’s hope for her boyfriend sake he never differs from her opinion.:rotfl:
 
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Ronlewis:
Yo-
just wanted to let you guys know, There are new media companies out there doing some really good stuff on the Faith, And isn’t your average boring catholic stuff. There is a group in Brooklyn, NY called Grassroots Films putting out powerful stuff on the World Youth Days and the Eucharist.

check out www.grassrootsfilms.com

These guys are te real
thing, and I think it would be worth taking a look at. lets all stop complaining and lets start supporting groups like this, who are trying to make a difference.

God Bless
  • Ron Lewis
Grassroots Films
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Ronlewis:
Why don’t you post this on another thread. I checked out the website - looks like they produced one of Fr. Stan Fortuna’s music videos! 👍
Blessings,
Tonks40
 
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