Has anyone ever been convicted to not watch certain tv shows and movies.

Most recently, Bones. I'm kinda sad about it because I thought I'd found a decent show to enjoy. It has lots of good qualities, and is better than most, but as I got deeper into the seasons I just couldn't accept the laissez faire sexuality of one of the characters and was disappointed to learn that the two main characters were only shacking with a baby on yhe way, where I thought they were married.

I actually had a dream that revealed in a shocking way what I was doing spiritually by watching.

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Ladies, can you share examples of 'Psychological Thrillers? For some reason I'm drawing a 'blank' and it's not because I'm so innocent with TV shows. :nono: I've been getting plenty of convictions, too. :yep:

I'm just wondering which shows are in this category.

Thanks Loves.... :love3:
 
Shimmie ~ I'm thinking shows (and I looked on wikipedia, because no tv shows could come to mind...)

Dexter, Twin Peaks... Probably anything with a theme *you're not seeing what you think you saw, even though you did see what you saw*
 
Shimmie Also, there's a movie called "The Cell" that Jennifer Lopez starred in years ago. She actually communicates with demons in this movie. I could not watch this film. "Vanilla Sky" with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz is another. These films are demonic.
 
joy2day said:
Shimmie Also, there's a movie called "The Cell" that Jennifer Lopez starred in years ago. She actually communicates with demons in this movie. I could not watch this film. "Vanilla Sky" with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz is another. These films are demonic.
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Ohhhhh Okay, :yep: Thanks joy2day :love2:
 
lilanie said:
And 30Rock ~ I watched it and all I could say was "wow wow wow"...
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THIS. I thought 30 Rock would be a "safe" show, but, they have references to homosexuality, fornication, etc... So, I don't watch this either.

BC (before Christ) I would watch ALL reality shows, everything from the Real World to Housewives. Now, I can't stomach any of these reality shows, esp. housewives. All the Housewives(BH, OC, ATL, NYC) have fornication, adultery, homosexuality, pride, hate and envy.I kept trying to watch it, but, I can't anymore. Its too debased. I even tried watching Basketball Wives. But, I can't stomach that filth either.

It's amazing how the Lord will have you love the things he loves and hate the things he hates.

Even in the area of movies, my taste has changed. I love British movies and one of my favs was Bridget Jones' Diary. I tried to watch that after becoming a Christian and I had to turn the channel. I no longer find this movie acceptable with the mention of smoking, cohabiting and fornication.

Now my fav movies are mostly "old time", such as movies inspired by Austen novels or Christian films.
 
Glee. They really have an agenda with that one. It started out rather tame, but they push every envelope they can...even down to a student sleeping with a teacher. The last episode I tried to watch started with a scene where two students were told they needed to habe experienced sex to really understand West Side Story. Okaaay... I just started sensing that the show writers are trying to change the hearts and minds of viewers. It's a shame though, since the show is otherwise funny and they can definitely sing.

My TV basically stays unplugged. I've given up.

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What shows or movies do you guys watch? Have you encountered any with main characters who are Christian? I generally read more than watch tv. There are times I feel shame when watching things. Perhaps that's conviction. My students and I were talking yesterday about how the media and society make fornication and adultery seem acceptable. I was telling them how I saw a condom commercial for the first time ever (I think) the other day and had to turn because my kids were in and out the room. They gave their own examples.
 
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What shows or movies do you guys watch? Have you encountered any with main characters who are Christian? I generally read more than watch tv. There are times I feel shame when watching things. Perhaps that's conviction. My students and I were talking yesterday about how the media and society make fornication and adultery seem acceptable. I was telling them how I saw a condom commercial for the first time ever (I think) the other day and had to turn because my kids were in and out the room. They gave their own examples.
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You know what, I can't name a show where the main characters are Christian. Oh hold on, my fam was watching this one show on MTV, I think it was called "Awkward" and they had a Christian character. But, of course she was a complete hypocrite/fanatic.
 
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Glee. They really have an agenda with that one. It started out rather tame, but they push every envelope they can...even down to a student sleeping with a teacher. The last episode I tried to watch started with a scene where two students were told they needed to habe experienced sex to really understand West Side Story. Okaaay... I just started sensing that the show writers are trying to change the hearts and minds of viewers. It's a shame though, since the show is otherwise funny and they can definitely sing.

My TV basically stays unplugged. I've given up.

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I really wanted to give this show a chance; I love the 'Arts'; music and dancing have been in my life since..... forever? My grandparents gave me the gift of appreciating and loving music and dancing.

I was so impressed with the singing on the show "Glee"... very impressed. Everyone on it has a gift and it's rich.

But the show is defiled. There's a gay student and they just had to build it up way beyond necessary with him kissing another guy. :nono: :nono: :nono:

So I stopped watching. A few months ago the show was on and I noticed that there's a man, big build, who not only dresses as a woman but there's another male teacher who has a 'crush' on him.

I am so done with this mess... and I do mean it's a mess. :nono:
 
Sarophina said:
You know what, I can't name a show where the main characters are Christian. Oh hold on, my fam was watching this one show on MTV, I think it was called "Awkward" and they had a Christian character. But, of course she was a complete hypocrite/fanatic.
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Sarophina, you are so right.... :yep: Thank you for bringing this up for it opens this discussion for an even more disheartening revelation.

The media likes to purposely 'type-cast' Christians in a negative image.

I do like the character that 'Cassie Davis' plays on House of Payne. It's about as close as real life that I've witnessed on any TV show whose character was a Christian.

I don't 'agree' with the 'total' show, but Cassie is a Believer in real life; if we can get this close to reality than there's hope for getting even closer and presenting the life of Christians without any type of compromise. I'm praying for shows that are complete in Christ Jesus and nothing less.

Here's the Revelation:

It begins with whom we as Christians support and do not support. So many billions of our Christian dollars are spent to uphold the world and much of it we are unaware of how this is being done.

It begins with the media that we buy into. The clothing, food, vehicles, basically everything. Whose 'empire' are we strengthening? Even the Christian TV Ministries are strengthening the medias of the world's empire for it is the 'world' who currently control the airwaves via cable, internet and satellite.

When we pay these corporations to maintain our daily living and the Ministries who pay them to broadcast their shows, we are losing ground with every dime and dollar....

Money is power in these industries and we are supplying the power even more for we as Christians are utilizing these powers in our jobs otherwise we will not have a job as no matter what business we are in, we rely upon the technology that exists in order to communicate and develop in business growth.

There is good news....

The word of God addresses this... "The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the Just"...

We in turn shall take this wealth and use it to the Glory of God...

In the meantime, we have to identify where our money is going and re-direct our spending and the path of our finances to our advantage and not the world's.
 
That's what irks me about movies/shows that have a Christian character. Can an orange tree produce apples? If the producers themselves aren't Christians, they'll likely portray the world's twisted perspective of a Christian or at least try to appease the world's appetite . :nono:

IMHO a TV show/movie has to be produced and acted by for-real Christians to produce truth, not a semblance of it.

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You know what, I can't name a show where the main characters are Christian. Oh hold on, my fam was watching this one show on MTV, I think it was called "Awkward" and they had a Christian character. But, of course she was a complete hypocrite/fanatic.
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Laela said:
That's what irks me about movies/shows that have a Christian character. Can an orange tree produce apples? If the producers themselves aren't Christians, they'll likely portray the world's twisted perspective of a Christian or at least try to appease the world's appetite . :nono:

IMHO a TV show/movie has to be produced and acted by for-real Christians to produce truth, not a semblance of it.
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Exactly... no 'Counterfeits'.

Let the doodle heads continue making floppy shows of their own, better yet, none at all.
 
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Oh, I forget to mention... I saw a giant billboard off the highway yesterday for that movie, Devil Inside. :nono: gave me the hibbie jibbies.... just a nasty-yucky feeling inside. I really don't know how to explain it. Ya'll please pray for this world, as my nephew says, "that movie is an abomination to the world."
 
I'm not moved to watch "Joyful Noise"... Have no clue why a movie about a small town church choir would need to have some scenes not suitable for children (as the small/fast voice says at the end of the radio promo). Also, "Yeah" by Usher has nothing to do with Christ and everything to do with worldly-ness... There's sarcasm in the movie: I overheard one line where Queen Latifah (Cleo) was telling Dolly Parton something about her cosmetic surgeries... And I'm tired of us being portrayed as having to be saved or coming from broken homes...

Not interested at all
 
lilanie said:
I'm not moved to watch "Joyful Noise"... Have no clue why a movie about a small town church choir would need to have some scenes not suitable for children (as the small/fast voice says at the end of the radio promo). Also, "Yeah" by Usher has nothing to do with Christ and everything to do with worldly-ness... There's sarcasm in the movie: I overheard one line where Queen Latifah (Cleo) was telling Dolly Parton something about her cosmetic surgeries... And I'm tired of us being portrayed as having to be saved or coming from broken homes...

Not interested at all
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I agree.

Last month I was truly bothered by the commercial for the Muppet Movie. At first I thought, "Cute." But then I was told that in that commercial the muppets were dancing to an instrumental version of that "FYou" song that won all kinds of awards last year. Why is it necessary for the muppets to be associated with that song?

sigh.
 
When I really like a show, and I am more excited about the season premire than spending that time with God the Holy Spirit brings that to my attention. It's not just with shows, but with other worldy distractions too.

Also I don't know how those actors in movies like Devil Inside do it. That must be so disturbing to act out those scenes. You don't want to mess around with stuff like that...
 
Brooke said:
When I really like a show, and I am more excited about the season premire than spending that time with God the Holy Spirit brings that to my attention. It's not just with shows, but with other worldy distractions too.

Also I don't know how those actors in movies like Devil Inside do it. That must be so disturbing to act out those scenes. You don't want to mess around with stuff like that...
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It's all about the money... As long as people pay to see it, they will keep paying folks to produce foolishness like this. :nono:
 
Shimmie said:
It's all about the money... As long as people pay to see it, they will keep paying folks to produce foolishness like this. :nono:
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Yeah, but they will learn soon enough... Compare Wilhem Dafoe's:ban: career to Jim Cavizel's:knight:... One played a blasphemous role and never recovered... The other was on fire for Christ and (was robbed of an academy award, in my opinion)...

Look at Linda Blair:nono:, because the enemy is a thief and a liar; she probably didnt think anything of being in that movie... She should have thought again...
 
lilanie said:
Yeah, but they will learn soon enough... Compare Wilhem Dafoe's:ban: career to Jim Cavizel's:knight:... One played a blasphemous role and never recovered... The other was on fire for Christ and (was robbed of an academy award, in my opinion)...

Look at Linda Blair:nono:, because the enemy is a thief and a liar; she probably didnt think anything of being in that movie... She should have thought again...
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What's sad is that these movies and shows never 'die'. They're on tape literally everywhere. Even if the film warehouses and the archives were destroyed, the films are still in homes worldwide. Someone, somewhere has the evidence of these bad role decisions that actors have made.

For as long as Linda Blair lives, someone in this world will still remember her from 'THAT' horror movie.


ETA: I just remembered the guy (Heath Ledger) who played in the movie Brokeback Mountain...the poor guy died of an overdose. Playing that role didn't help him at all. I don't believe he had anyone praying for him to come out of the darkness that being in that movie had over him. :nono:

I never saw the movie, but it was always an 'in your face' issue with all of the promotions and foolish supporters of it. And to make it worse, the Academy awards had to bring it up in every other presentation. Sad... :nono:
 
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^^I certainly wouldn't want anyone to remember me for something like that
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I think of actress Dyan Cannon. She's saved now and the times that I've seen her she really seems to one who loves the Lord truly in her heart.

The 'past' is the movie, Bob and Carol, Ted and Alice. It was one of those hollywood shockers, the hush hush dares. She starred in this movie. She seems to have removed herself from it and that's good for all sins have been passed away for those who are in the Lord.

However, the film is still being shown even now on TV stations and because of it's theme, it's one of those movies that have a 'historic relevance' to it. :nono:
 
Sarophina said:
You know what, I can't name a show where the main characters are Christian. Oh hold on, my fam was watching this one show on MTV, I think it was called "Awkward" and they had a Christian character. But, of course she was a complete hypocrite/fanatic.
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Yea, this right here^^^ irks me something awful. Me & the fam talk about it all of the times. Either that or the pastor/priest who either has no cajones or is a total idiot/ hypocrite. Reminds me of a verse from one of my favorite Richie Righteous songs Independent Artist-
"A lot of y'all got a twisted view of the saints, and I can tell from the twisted pitchas Hollywood paints,they make fun of Spirit filled believers, the movies got us lookin like we catchin seizures, not only that but the pastor is a phony cat, a man with integrity they don't ever show you that, instead they show a old school pimp, call him daddy mac, he sleeps with women in the back of the cadillac, not all that claims Christ is livin it, but believe me we ain't all hypocrites, not every pastor is scheming dollars y'all, not ever choir member is a homosexual, there's a remnant of us who turned our back on sin, we make mistakes but we'll never turn our back on Him, we walk this walk, live this life, live for Christ, so Hollywood y'all need to get them pitchas right..."
Laela said:
That's what irks me about movies/shows that have a Christian character. Can an orange tree produce apples? If the producers themselves aren't Christians, they'll likely portray the world's twisted perspective of a Christian or at least try to appease the world's appetite . :nono:

IMHO a TV show/movie has to be produced and acted by for-real Christians to produce truth, not a semblance of it.
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Thank YOU!!!:yep:
Brooke said:
When I really like a show, and I am more excited about the season premire than spending that time with God the Holy Spirit brings that to my attention. It's not just with shows, but with other worldy distractions too.

Also I don't know how those actors in movies like Devil Inside do it. That must be so disturbing to act out those scenes. You don't want to mess around with stuff like that...
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It's all a JOKE to them. Ouija boards, seances, tarrot cards, transendental meditation, whatever. Many believe in guardian angels but not the reciprocal.
 
Prudent1 said:
Yea, this right here^^^ irks me something awful. Me & the fam talk about it all of the times. Either that or the pastor/priest who either has no cajones or is a total idiot/ hypocrite. Reminds me of a verse from one of my favorite Richie Righteous songs Independent Artist-

"A lot of y'all got a twisted view of the saints, and I can tell from the twisted pitchas Hollywood paints,they make fun of Spirit filled believers, the movies got us lookin like we catchin seizures,

not only that but the pastor is a phony cat, a man with integrity they don't ever show you that, instead they show a old school pimp, call him daddy mac, he sleeps with women in the back of the cadillac,

not all that claims Christ is livin it, but believe me we ain't all hypocrites, not every pastor is scheming dollars y'all, not ever choir member is a homosexual, there's a remnant of us who turned our back on sin,

we make mistakes but we'll never turn our back on Him, we walk this walk, live this life, live for Christ,

so Hollywood y'all need to get them pitchas right..."

Thank YOU!!! :yep:
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Prudent1 ...

This song is ON POINT !

I never heard it before. Is it on YouTube?
 
lilanie said:
I'm not moved to watch "Joyful Noise"... Have no clue why a movie about a small town church choir would need to have some scenes not suitable for children (as the small/fast voice says at the end of the radio promo). Also, "Yeah" by Usher has nothing to do with Christ and everything to do with worldly-ness... There's sarcasm in the movie: I overheard one line where Queen Latifah (Cleo) was telling Dolly Parton something about her cosmetic surgeries... And I'm tired of us being portrayed as having to be saved or coming from broken homes...

Not interested at all
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Yep I agree. Didn't they already did this movie but it being called Sister Act 2 and Fighting Temptations. Seriously, Hollywood, learn to be more original.
 
makeupgirl said:
Yep I agree. Didn't they already did this movie but it being called Sister Act 2 and Fighting Temptations. Seriously, Hollywood, learn to be more original.
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Oh My Goodness... makeupgirl

When I saw the previews for this movie it reminded me of 'The Fighting Temptations'. Isn't that the movie with Cuba Gooding Jr. who lead the choir?
 
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