Yes, I have a pal who doesn’t have a T.V. She is happy, but she uses the radio and listens to shows there. I don’t see the difference of why some here consider T.V. bad, but radio allright. I think both can be fine when not abused, just like anything else. She says that she likes it, but she is thinking of getting a T.V. to watch religious shows. It isn’t the center of her life and neither is the radio, but these are just like any other technological tool.
I am constantly defending our Blessed Mother. I have debates with family members and friends who do not understand Catholocism. I talk more about her to them than defending watching good T.V.
Yes, it can be addictive and for some maybe no T.V. would help them overcome the addiction until they can get it under control, but for others it is not the center of their lives. If my T.V. were gone, I wouldn’t cry. It is the same with the computer or the phone. T.V. and the media helps to evangelize to a lot more people in a fast way all at once, compared to one at a time. We should do both, in my opinion. We need to use the media to combat what the Devil is doing with it: brainwashing so many people all at once so quickly.
We can write into networks. These letters can say what is offensive, but especially they can say what is acceptable and good for our families. Networks need to be encouraged to do what is right and show good things. People work as actors and behind networks and they need to have (name removed by moderator)ut from us telling them what we want. They have to make money too, to feed their families. If people start watching good stuff, when they do watch, and tell the networks that this is what is good and this what they want, they will play it. If people stop watching T.V. that is good., then the people who watch bad stuff will send the networks messages that all we want to watch is bad stuff. It is kind of like voting, I think in a way. If you vote for a good guy and enough do, then he gets the job and we get what we want. If you don’t vote and more people who do vote, vote for the bad guy and we don’t get what we want.
Remember the saying about when good people do nothing, evil prevails?
Yes, talking, walking, hobbies, prayer, family time and more of it, I am all for; but I want to help out and evangelize in a new way too. This world is a T.V. world because a lot of people are addicted, yes. But we can help show people that they need to put God into T.V. and He will bring them out of their addictions and with their families. I know that when I turn the T.V. on, I hear so many great things about how to live a holy life, that I would have a hard time reading about at times. I do read, but I also am a busy mom and sometimes when I have to sit down and feed the baby and am very tired, I pray the rosary on familyland network. I like to do it without the T.V. too, but sometimes it does help me. I do the same thing with the walkman that I have. When I am busy washing dishes or folding clothes, and have so many destractions; I put a rosary tape or beautiful music on and have fun at times.
I love adoration and quiet time is great, but if you read my post here entitled “Mother Teresa has this to say about how to end abortion” you will see that even she agrees with using the media for Jesus.
