Conflict between perception and reality

[Bob8102]

What's really going on in the world and life is the war between God's kingdom and Satan's kingdom. ABC News wants to paint you another picture of what's going on. So there is a conflict between perception and reality. This conflict is enough to drive some people crazy, such as myself. My OCD intensifies my insanity, but the root cause is the conflict between perception and reality, which is universal.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

What's really going on in the world and life is the war between God's kingdom and Satan's kingdom. ABC News wants to paint you another picture of what's going on. So there is a conflict between perception and reality. This conflict is enough to drive some people crazy, such as myself. My OCD intensifies my insanity, but the root cause is the conflict between perception and reality, which is universal.

ABC News truly is not your enemy, and Satan only operates within the will of the Father. Your conflict can be easily remedied by obstaning from all news which has become a trigger. Focus on your Lord and Savior who has already conquered Satan's kingdom.
Be blessed

 

[dms1972]

Oh I've taken major breaks away from News watching and I highly recommend it. I am taking one right now. I cannot avoid it entirely as sometimes when I visit my mum, she has the News on. I do have a tendency at times to take the burdens of the world on myself. News is always a small frame of what is going on. Depending on the News service it can be laced to varying degrees with elements of factual reporting, opinion, opinion as fact, misinformation, disinformation even mal-information.


I cannot comment on ABC News as I never watch it.

Additionally there is a thing called 'pathologies of velocity' with TV News coverage, meaning you are not given time to reflect, that you don't get if you read the News as you can stop and reflect while reading. Also with the Internet you can do your own research.

Now my taking breaks from watching the News (for maybe a week or longer) doesn't mean I don't give a toss about the world. But eventually if you keep watching it you might either throw your hands up in the air in exasperation or despair, or feel quite guilty (which might be MSM induced false guilt)

So take an interest in what is local - your family, community etc.

I do pray about what is going on in the world, but the News coverage I was following recently was making it harder for me to pray in faith.

So I am deliberately taking a week long break from watching most of it. I did this before, and there was some anxiety to begin with, that I might be out of the loop, out of touch. But I'm not. I seen enough to know several of the major things that are going on in the world. I just won't let the News reports get me bogged down in the bickering and squabbling of politics. Sure I'll miss something now and again that everyone is talking about, but if its important I can go read up on it.