"Reality" shows and TV altogether

Lik3 · Mar 22, 2014

The problem I have with reality shows is that most, if not all of them, are anything but real. They are staged and there are just so many of them. Reality tv just irks me for the most part. I have watched Mary Mary and The Braxtons, but even those are getting boring. I don't like to watch many things on television anymore.

Right now I have a headache and I am just writing what is on my mind. Right now, it is about television. I just don't like to watch many shows on tv as I just cannot get into watching them. For instance, many years ago, I would love to watch "How I Met Your Mother", "Big Bang Theory", and "Glee", but I cannot get into these shows no matter how good they may be.

I am not sure if it is just the OCD or if I am being weaned off of it. I would spend a lot of time with the tv on with me actually watching the shows. Nowadays I just leave the tv on while I am using the computer. I still watch family movies and most daytime tv shows and the news, but as it seems that is about it. I don't know if I should feel bad because I feel like I am missing out or because I have allowed the OCD to cause me to miss out. I wish that I didn't have this OCD to worry about or at least be concerned with.

Tammy · Mar 22, 2014

We don't have a TV in our home....and when we go on vacation, we watch the news and maybe a documentary or something...but most of what is on TV, including most of the news, is so depressing...I find myself very thankful to come home to no TV...no wonder so many people are depressed, filling their brain on the garbage that is on the TV....

Hetta · Mar 22, 2014

There is a lot of great stuff on tv. Dramas, historical and wild life shows, in depth news, comedy .. I love tv.

Tammy · Mar 22, 2014

There is a few good things, Hetta, I'll agree...but the majority of what most people watch is not things that are going to help them to form righteous characters and get ready for Heaven.
Psalms 101:3
(3) I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:

At best, the MAJORITY of TV watching is a waste of time...but the reality is, that MOST of it is harmful for the soul. Yes, there are exceptions...but we aren't talking about the exceptions....

Hetta · Mar 22, 2014

Well it's my time to do with whatever I please, so if that means I watch tv, then that's what I do. I don't believe that my soul can be harmed by TV. If my soul were that insubstantial and weak, it would be long gone.

Tammy · Mar 22, 2014

Hetta said:
Well it's my time to do with whatever I please, so if that means I watch tv, then that's what I do. I don't believe that my soul can be harmed by TV. If my soul were that insubstantial and weak, it would be long gone.

You are right...it is your time to do with whatever you choose to do...I guess we'll know, come Judgment Day, whether it hurt your soul or not....

ForJesusChrist · Mar 22, 2014

I watch:
Survivor
NBA games

That's it, the rest is junk

Hetta · Mar 23, 2014

Tammy said:
You are right...it is your time to do with whatever you choose to do...I guess we'll know, come Judgment Day, whether it hurt your soul or not....

Why would "we" know what happens to my soul? I think that I will be the one that knows.

If you think that the tv can destroy your soul, wow. What can listening to the radio do, or reading a book? And going to a movie? Yikes. Better stay in a padded cell from here on out.

You have nothing to back up this statement. Trying to tailor scriptures to watching tv just doesn't work.

Tammy · Mar 24, 2014

Hetta said:
Why would "we" know what happens to my soul? I think that I will be the one that knows.

If you think that the tv can destroy your soul, wow. What can listening to the radio do, or reading a book? And going to a movie? Yikes. Better stay in a padded cell from here on out.

You have nothing to back up this statement. Trying to tailor scriptures to watching tv just doesn't work.

Because God keeps a record book, and those who go to Heaven will be able to read that record book and see why others who are not there, are not there.

Yes, I do believe that TV can destroy a persons soul, and radio, too...and movies too. I live a pretty narrow lifestyle....no TV, never been to a movie....and don't listen to the normal radio...but I'm not in a "padded cell".... I live a very busy life, running two businesses....5 kids, 5 grandkids, 3 dogs and 7 acres of vegetation

Hetta · Mar 24, 2014

Oh I'm just laughing out loud on you checking on me in God's book. Have fun.

AFriendIndeed · Mar 25, 2014

You're probably just maturing and realizing you don't need to fill your mind with all the garbage that is on tv. What you watch on tv is just a matter of personal preferences. You have the right to like what you like or dislike what you dislike. You're not missing out on anything. And it's probably not an OCD thing.

Tammy · Mar 25, 2014

We have never had a TV all our married lives....been married 33 years....no time or desire for one...

Celticroots · Mar 26, 2014

I am not a big T.V. person. I hardly ever watch it. Most of my movies and documentaries come from Netflix. But I really enjoy going to the movies.

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