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Television and Christianity

By ⋅ June 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

On a recent episode of Friday Night Lights, there were some elements that bring up an interesting discussion about children, Christianity and television.

Sex and Violence on Television

By ⋅ January 15, 2010 ⋅ One comment

It does seem odd, doesn’t it?  Christians seem to tolerate all sorts of violence in their entertainment, but get all squeamish when it comes to sex.  And they’re called hypocrites because of this—I mean, sex is an expression of love, and violence is an expression of hate, right? I have a theory here—and correct me [...]

Abdicating Responsibility?

By ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I have never seen a single episode of “Gossip Girl”, nor do I have any desire to see one.  But I have read that an episode that was scheduled to air November 9, 2009 was to have a tryst between teenagers as a feature, and that people from Parents Television Council were urging local networks [...]

CBS and the Courts

By ⋅ September 24, 2004 ⋅ 2 comments

I have a solution for the whole Dan Rather crisis.  I think that CBS should get a new line at the beginning of 60 Minutes.  “One of these stories is false, can you guess which one?”  Then at the end they could tell you which one.  That way, people could be skeptical, trying to guess [...]

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited

By ⋅ May 12, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Having recently received the Dick Van Dyke show season 1 DVD for a gift (which I affectionately call my DVD DVD), I have enjoyed two of the discs worth of tv goodness. Seeing these characters in innocence and clean comedy is incredibly refreshing and humorous in itself. The episode where Rob and Laura are having [...]

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