TV: Glee

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I don’t watch Glee… but I read about the latest episode, and it seems very blasphemous to me. Was it really like that? That joke about Our Lord’s name made me angry:mad:
 
It was horrible, the worst episode I have ever seen. Finn made a grilled cheese sandwich and it had a burned spot in the image of Jesus. Then he began praying to “Grilled Cheesus” and all his prayers came true. One involved touching his girlfriend’s breasts and another resulted in a teammate going to the Emergency Room. Meanwhile, the Glee Club discussed singing religious songs at Finn’s suggestion. The idea of singing praise and worship was shot down by a few anti-religious people so they settled on “spiritual” songs. The first one selected was Billy Joel’s “Only the Good Die Young” and it was followed by more pseudo-spiritual junk.

I should have turned it off but I suppose I kept expecting them to redeem themselves somehow.
 
wow… it sounds really bad. I’m glad I’m not a “gleek” lol. 😛
 
There were significant parts of the show that really bothered me; the “why should I believe in God when so many churches hate gays and women” thing, that awful Billy Joel song, etc. BUT…I loved the ending, when Sue tells her older sister, who has Down Syndrome, why she doesn’t believe in God (because she saw how badly her sister was treated by people and no God should allow that.) Her sister asks if Sue would like her to pray for her…and Sue says “yes.” The simplest, most innocent character on the show was the wisest.
 
Another Hollyweird show that promotes a homosexual agenda. This show is definitely on the NO-WATCH list in my house.
 
If a person only watched the first half of the episode, I’d agree with what you’re saying. However, the last half of the episode, especially the end, seemed to be favorable toward religion. From Sue praying with her sister at the end to Kurt actually going to church and tying that in to his dad recovering, etc. What they showed at the beginning I think is very accurate among many atheists and people who just have no interest at all in religion, but the episode actually seemed to be show religion in a positive light as the two most anti religious characters prayed ernestly and went to church.
 
I watched it with a lady friend of mine on DVR. I think it was fine-don’t read into things that aren’t there.
 
I hope Catholics understand that right now, ‘across all media platforms,’ the Church is being attacked, from Curb Your Enthusiasm to Glee. And it’s the same obsessive mantra - the same one we see here all the time.

The Church doesn’t think much of women - because they want something the Church rightfully can’t give them, and by that I mean being a priest.

The Church doesn’t think much about gays - because they want something the Church can’t rightfully give them, meaning marriage.

The Church doesn’t think much about science - because they want the Church to acknowledge the font of all knowledge and praise: Science/Evolution. Which the Church has stated cannot be scientifically proven.

It’s just Propaganda 101 folks.

At one time, the media could be counted as a friend or a welcome guest in your home – not anymore.

God bless,
Ed
 
edwest2 said:
I hope Catholics understand that right now, ‘across all media platforms,’ the Church is being attacked, from Curb Your Enthusiasm to Glee. And it’s the same obsessive mantra - the same one we see here all the time.

The Church doesn’t think much of women - because they want something the Church rightfully can’t give them, and by that I mean being a priest.

The Church doesn’t think much about gays - because they want something the Church can’t rightfully give them, meaning marriage.

The Church doesn’t think much about science - because they want the Church to acknowledge the font of all knowledge and praise: Science/Evolution. Which the Church has stated cannot be scientifically proven.

It’s just Propaganda 101 folks.

At one time, the media could be counted as a friend or a welcome guest in your home – not anymore.

God bless,
Ed
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I think every group wants to feel persecuted. It makes them feel “hip” or “cool”.

I agree that some people/groups bash the church, and that Christian bashing does exist. However, I don’t go out looking for it. Don’t read into things that aren’t there.
 
If someone persecutes or harasses you, does that make you feel hip or cool? Come on. Where did that idea come from?

There are production meetings for TV shows. Television producers sit down with writers and they approve scripts. This is all planned. Television producers that put certain TV shows on the air sit down with other Television producers and have conversations like this: “So, what kinds of subject matter are you putting on the air?”

Well, I had this idea for a blended family. You know, part straight, part gay, part old-young.

“That’s great. Because, you know, we need more gay-straight material on TV. That’s what I believe in and that’s what we should be promoting.”

These shows don’t write themselves. Go ahead. Look up an interview with the people who created Family Guy or get a review from the New York Times for Glee. You’ll see that it gets very specific. These reviews and interviews talk about what messages these TV shows are sending to the public, and why That Is A Good Thing from the point of view of the writers and producers of this type of programming.

God bless,
Ed
 
edwest2 said:
If someone persecutes or harasses you, does that make you feel hip or cool? Come on. Where did that idea come from?

Ed
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It’s the whole scapegoat thing. It’s pretty clear. Hipsters are like that-they want to feel like they are the lonely souls, persecuted for being right and better than their opponents.

And it’s a group thing, though individuals suffer from it as well.
 
They are consistently “jumping the shark” per episode. I’ve always watched because the singing and dancing were really innovative (and I don’t have children).

This last episode, I listened to the program while on the computer. The grilled cheeseus was typical fair - seen that on many sit coms.

The remainder of the program centered on the public acceptance of noncelibate homosexual acts and how God is punishing same sex attracted persons. Therefore aethism is the logical choice.

That program has become grating.

“Kurt actually going to church and tying that in to his dad recovering”

On Wikipedia

A relatively small, albeit growing, number of Baptists and congregations are open to the acceptance of homosexual relationships.[2][3]

Al Sharpton, a Baptist minister and Civil rights leader, during his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 said that asking whether gays or lesbians should be able to get married was insulting: “That’s like saying you give blacks, or whites, or Latinos the right to shack up – but not get married …] It’s like asking ‘do I support black marriage or white marriage’. . . . The inference of the question is that gays are not like other human beings”.[4]

I will admit, I love all the exchanges between Sue and her sister. No show on television does it better.

“BUT…I loved the ending, when Sue tells her older sister, who has Down Syndrome, why she doesn’t believe in God (because she saw how badly her sister was treated by people and no God should allow that.) Her sister asks if Sue would like her to pray for her…and Sue says “yes.” The simplest, most innocent character on the show was the wisest.”

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Rascalking said:
It’s the whole scapegoat thing. It’s pretty clear. Hipsters are like that-they want to feel like they are the lonely souls, persecuted for being right and better than their opponents.

And it’s a group thing, though individuals suffer from it as well.
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Victimist Catholicism is also very profitable. Just look at the one-man organization Bill Donahue, Inc. – er, I mean, the Catholic League and all the donations he – um, I mean it – gets from concerned Catholics. The Catholic League web site even featured, I am not kidding, Mother Teresa commemorative t-shirts FOR SALE. Most Fox-network shows ultimately pro-religion (not anti-religion), as anyone who watches “House” can attest. Dr. House has gone from stridently atheist and anti-religion to kinda-sorta believer. Other posters in the thread have posted specific examples from “Glee.” It’s not like the owners of Fox News would just magically turn anti-religion for network TV: it’s owned by the same people. Common sense, common sense… :rolleyes:
 
Glee - a slippery slope charm on the charm braclet of The Adversary.
 
Glee creator, Ryan Murphy, has declared that it is his goal in life to remove every barrier to depiction of explicit sex on over-the-air TV. He was quoted saying, “It’s tough to get that sexual point of view across on television. Hopefully I have made it possible for somebody on broadcast television** to do a rear-entry scene** in three years. Maybe that will be my legacy.” source here.

YIPES!

Really? People? Are we all ok with this? Rear entry scenes?
 
PRmerger said:
Glee creator, Ryan Murphy, has declared that it is his goal in life to remove every barrier to depiction of explicit sex on over-the-air TV. He was quoted saying, “It’s tough to get that sexual point of view across on television. Hopefully I have made it possible for somebody on broadcast television** to do a rear-entry scene** in three years. Maybe that will be my legacy.” source here.

YIPES!

Really? People? Are we all ok with this? Rear entry scenes?
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“goal”!?

Why stop at TV? I’d like to ask this noble dude where he would stop. And why?
 
I’d been watching Glee since it first aired. I loved the music and dancing but each episode added more and more focus on the sex lives of the characters as if that is all there is in life. No one seems to be struggling with homework or chores, just sex.

Last night was about sex education. That was the straw the broke the camel’s back for me. I won’t watch the show anymore.:ouch:
 
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