Featured Is theater/movies/tv sin?

I have pretty much no problem with TV shows or movies or theater. Now straight-up porn I have absolutely no interest in whatsoever. I don't watch as much TV as I used to before my wife died. Watching TV was something that my wife and I did and enjoyed doing so together.

Nowadays I mainly watch sports, old episodes of the "The Andy Griffith Show" and "The Addams Family", Godzilla movies, and several hours of pro wrestling per week(mainly Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor).

 

We should all follow the instructions of the apostle Paul:

Romans 14:1-4 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

 

No. Not sin. But they sure can be used for sin. We do not watch tv, and rarely watch movies. Internet use is more dangerous than tv or movies, in my opinion. They must all be placed under the Lordship of Jesus and used accordingly.

 

Every decent-sized city that Paul visited, except for Jerusalem, is likely to have had a theatre, but he makes no comment upon theatre-going, so I think there can be no objection to the theatre or cinema in themselves, nor indeed to Television. However, we should heed Paul's words in Philippians 4:8, and not go to things that are impure or contain bad language. Unfortunately that seems to cut out around 80% of the stuff on UK television!
The reason that the Puritans disliked the theatre was that in the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries they were magnets for prostitutes, pickpockets and footpads. I think that Spurgeon and Pink may have followed their lead even though society was being steadily cleaned up throughout the Victorian era.

 

Depends on what you're watching at the movies and the context of it.

Movies portraying demons for example can be good things. Movies portraying bad language can be good. This is only the case though if they're portrayed in a bad light in opposition to a character that overcomes them via God.

Some things are never good, I.E nekkid folk.

A theatre, just like books, can be good or bad depending on what it is that you're reading and watching.

 

No, not in and of themselves. Such things can be used for good or bad, and some are more sensitive to them.

 

Don’t go by someone else’s conscience. If your conscience tells you it’s not for you, then that’s that.

 

Romans 14:22-23 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

 

1) "Bewitched" - one of my favorite shows. I would watch this with anyone.

2) "I Dream of Jeannie" - one of my favorite shows. I would watch this with anyone.

3) "The Good Witch" - haven't watched it.

4) "The Wizards of Waverly Place" - haven't watched it, but Selena Gomez has a music video to her song, "Naturally", in December 2009, that I really like a lot. The Vevo video has well over 363 million views on YouTube. Thanks for the reminder, I hadn't watched it in a while until tonight. I would watch the music video with anyone.

Now there are some shows that I have watched that I wouldn't want to watch with children below a certain age - such as "True Blood", or "Strike Back", or "Game of Thrones". Now what age I don't know since my wife and I did not have children.

 

" I Dream of Jeannie" is the most inspirational show of all time. Barbara Eden following the Major around all the time in a skimpy genie outfit, calling him "Master" - and never once did he have an inappropriate thought. Billy Graham wouldn't have done any better.

 

Barbara Eden was well clothed compared to what "Jeannie" would probably be clothed in a remake today.

 

Yes. And in all seriousness, watching that stuff will affect you and change you. There is nothing legalistic about saying "I will not watch that stuff".

 

I don't know. I watched it for the drama and the storylines. When I watch a show that has sex scenes(now that I don't watch so many TV shows after my wife died, I guess maybe I should say "When I watched") the quicker those are over with and get back to the story, the better as far as I am concerned. I am not watching any of the new dramatic TV shows. I started the first episode of the "Game of Thrones" spinoff and also started the first episode of "1883", but I just wasn't into watching another big, heavy drama in either case. Now I just prefer sports(horse racing, tennis, baseball, football, basketball, hockey), old episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" and "The Addams Family" and "Dark Shadows", pro wrestling, and Godzilla(and other kaiju) movies.

In all seriousness, watching "True Blood or "Strike Back" or "Game of Thrones" did not affect and change me. Now what did affect me, after watching the first six seasons of "The Walking Dead", the episode to open season seven, which became known as the "Torture Porn" episode, disturbed me enough that I stopped watching "The Walking Dead" cold turkey and never went back to it.