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I agree. My family are not bad people and purposely watching a program full of lies... The news appears to be truthful, that's why they watch it
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Emotional abuse/manipulation by the media, a great deception and form of Satanism...
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I agree. My family are not bad people and purposely watching a program full of lies... The news appears to be truthful, that's why they watch it
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But a lot of it's not, and they know how to manipulate the masses with their, now near perfected, like a subtle slick art, propaganda techniques that is a great grand deception I believe...
And, I wonder if there some kind of big conspiracy involved as well, and if there is, you can bet it/that is most definitely not good for us...
God Bless!
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And, no they are not bad people, they just "know not"... and "know not what they are doing"... The full gravity of it, ect...
And it hard to explain it to them that "you do"... and that that is why you don't want (to be) any part of it at all, or have anything to do with it at all, or why it bothers you so...
God Bless!
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What passes for news isn't really news at all, it's a series of carefully selected stories delivered in a manner to incite rage and hate. If I sound cynical, hear me out. It doesn't really matter what your political beliefs are. There is a news network or website out there that will confirm all of your biases and deliver news in a manner that discredits the people you disagree with. This is how we wind up with echo chambers, where people think everyone else in the country or world must think just like them. There are no impartial news sources anymore, either. Not one. All of them are guilty of partisanship and sensationalism. Now consider how almost every single story delivered is incredibly negative or inflammatory. Hate and anger drive up ratings and page hits. That's the only reason news networks use the stories they use. "If it bleeds, it leads" was the old saying. More viewership means more money from ad revenue. On tv, it's based on commercials. On the internet, websites set up comment sections and let people tear each other to pieces. The comment sections don't exist for the sake of debate; they exist to drive up page hits. People will continue to come back to a story when they are furious and arguing. There are even people who are paid to incite others in comment sections, solely for the sake of driving up page hits and ad revenue.
This is absolutely intentional on the part of all news networks, large or small. Don't be deceived by journalists or networks masquerading as impartial or honest - none are. What is happening is caustic, malevolent, and it's destroying our society. Add in social media, and it seems hopeless. Maybe on a macro level it is. However anyone can personally stop this by simply ignoring and disregarding the news media. The world will keep turning if you stop watching. I did, and everyday that goes by I'm happier and happier. It's as if I've given up a destructive vice like smoking.
God has given us a beautiful world to enjoy. There's nothing on tv or the news that is going to make your day better. Turn it off. Don't let them have any power or influence over you.
This is absolutely intentional on the part of all news networks, large or small. Don't be deceived by journalists or networks masquerading as impartial or honest - none are. What is happening is caustic, malevolent, and it's destroying our society. Add in social media, and it seems hopeless. Maybe on a macro level it is. However anyone can personally stop this by simply ignoring and disregarding the news media. The world will keep turning if you stop watching. I did, and everyday that goes by I'm happier and happier. It's as if I've given up a destructive vice like smoking.
God has given us a beautiful world to enjoy. There's nothing on tv or the news that is going to make your day better. Turn it off. Don't let them have any power or influence over you.
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It's not just the news media, but "all" the media...
It is/they are responsible for thing like bad, perverse, sick, and twisted, disturbing, and distressing thoughts, and all kinds of human depravity (that people blame themselves for) and mental disorders like scitzophrenia, and even things like physical seizures and the like, all kinds of things, depression/anxiety/panic/mood disorders, and the list just goes on and on and on...
God Bless!
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It is infuriating when those who are supposedly Gospel preachers abuse their opportunity to preach the Gospel, and instead make merchandise of the Gospel by asking for cash. So you have a few options:
1. Throw something heavy on your TV and be done with it.
2. Be extremely selective in what you watch.
3. Shun TV and radio all together.
You could also write to false teachers and false preachers about how you feel, but chances are your protest will fall on deaf ears.
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So called "christian" tv is anything but. It is a money making machine and a place to indoctrinate the masses with this kind of satanic agenda of the compromised. I stopped watching so called Christian tv 6 or 7 years ago entirely. I can not think of a single legit person on christian tv.
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(10) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
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(1) Now about the collection for the Lord's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do.
(2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
(10) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
1 Timothy 5:17-18
(17) The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
(18) For Scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," and "The worker is worthy of his hire."
1 Corinthians 11:7-9
(7) Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?
(8) I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you.
(9) And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
Philippians 4:15-18
(15) Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only;
(16) for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need.
(17) Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account.
(18) I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
1 Corinthians 16:1-2
(1) Now about the collection for the Lord's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do.
(2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
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It should be noted that these instructions (and others) are for Christians gathering together to worship on the first day of the week.
They have no bearing whatsoever on people making public broadcasts and asking for cash. Indeed, if they have been commissioned by their churches to engage in these ministries, then the churches should be supporting them on the basis of 1 Cor 16 etc. and asking the preachers to never mention money. Neither Christ nor the apostles ever asked for remuneration.
Actually the Scripture applicable to media evangelists (if genuine) is "Freely ye have received, freely give". This is also supported by Christ sending out the 70 to preach the Gospel and instructing them to simply accept whatever hospitality was provided, making no requests for cash.
As to tithes, that is a different subject, and is not applicable to Christian liberality. Tithes were tied to the temple and the Levitical priesthood, but the offerings of Christians are tied to the grace of giving as described by Paul.
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What you witnessed in this program looks to me like an emotional con. It is designed to get the programmer get you to give them money. It is entirely possible that the emotional con perpetrated by the women was designed to tear down the pro life argument. Needless to say it is sensationalism.
I avoid TV preachers. Many of them are looking to tap your wallet. Not all of them are, but there are many nefarious individuals are out there.
I avoid TV preachers. Many of them are looking to tap your wallet. Not all of them are, but there are many nefarious individuals are out there.
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Even your outrage at creates a siphon of spiritual attention. If you are "cynical, and jaded," perhaps that is a blessing for the time, because that is the best mentality you would need to be durable against these arrows (along with an cemented alignment with the Most High God.)
It is an attack on your mind; the physical world is a distraction compared to what is real, not reality.
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Technically speaking, it could be defined as sorcery. If you're using stories, images, music, etc., to purposely evoke specific spirits (emotional states) then you're practicing magic.
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They're using, or your using...?
I mean I mainly want to be taught things, and I know some use for entertainment, or to provoke certain emotional states, but I seek knowledge, and to learn from it, and try to be very selective with it to custom tailor it to that purpose, but no real emotional state being sought from it there though...?
Now they are most certainly using for that (to provoke certain emotional states in people), for very sinister motives much of the time...
God Bless!
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