The Big Lie

[aceweaver]

I wrote an article called “The Big Lie” About how popular media is lying to us about the ramifications of sin. All opinions are appreciated. Here is the link freakmag.com/The_Vibe/The_Big_Lie.html

 

[Montie_Claunch]

Alright this is my OPINION (want to stress opinion because I know someone will want to hang me later for me saying it was fact though I said it was opinion).
I have heard this from other people who are far less radical. And there seems to a little truth to it. It is rather hard to transend something that is prescieved as as cool. I think that T.V. and the like do play a role in devlopement. I find it hard to beileve that T.V. doesn’t affect people. If a person is surronded by such things as written in the articale all the time it will eventually get into your thinking. Look at the '50s and the type of shows on T.V. and the crime rate. During the '50s and earlier (this info largly from my aunts and grandmother) Teen pregnancy was unheard off and if it did happen the Girl in question was “Sick” and you never saw her again most likly. Same thing with Divorce ect.
And todays. Now I can’t prove nor do I blame T.V. soley (though I do blame them a bit) but, one must take note of the corelation of “Leave it to beaver” to “Speices”.
But, That is just me and I know someone will probly run in and yell at me for it but, what the hey.

 

[Eileen_T]

I almost never watch television these days. I collect old movies on video and DVD and we mostly watch those.

 

[Chris_LaRock]

It’s all a part of satan’s attempt to down play the seriousness of sin, so we won’t see our need to repent and be forgiven by God. This is how he tricks us into never accepting Christ and ending up in hell. This is why the Law of God is needed in evangelism, so people will see their need for the savior to cover their sins.

 

[Flopfoot]

Yea I don’t think that you have to be radical to believe that we are being lied to by television and popular media. Stories have always been written to try and convey a message. There are a lot of fables and fariytales that children read which have a good message - like the lazy hare in ‘The Hare and the Turtle’ who loses the race to a turtle, and the message of the story is not to be lazy. Unfortunately, ‘stories’ written for adults don’t always have good messages. Probably one of the most common lies is how TV and magazines and etc. tell us that outward appearance is really important - not necessarily directly, but it is a hidden message of the story.

Good article. We need to promote the truth. I think that another way of doing it is to use the same medium that is being used to spread the lie. People who make music, films, movies etc. who have any sense of goodness and decency should take care to not spread the lie, but spread truthful messages just like the fables of old did.