Do you watch television on a regular basis?
Television has now been a part of our lives for over a hundred years.
The idea of the television was officially announced at the World’s Fair in Paris at the first International Congress of Electricity in 1900.
The 1920s was the time for research and development.
By the 1930s the first commercial was broadcast.
The introduction of Cable television for the rural areas happened in 1948.
The first color television, remote control, and recording system appeared in the ’50s.
The 1960s brought us the first Satellite broadcast.
The ’70s gave us the big screen, video cassette recording, and satellite delivery system.
The 1980s catapulted us forward with 1,125 lines of resolution and surround sound with super-recording capabilities.
Two hundred television programs existed in the ’80s.
Now, it’s over 1780.
The 1990s continued the advances in technology with closed caption and HDTV;
Exploding the consumption to a billion televisions worldwide.
This decade was filled with innovations, creations, and revelations beyond people’s wildest dreams.
Television is a constant presence commanding people’s attention; competing in combination with cell phones, IPADS, and computers.
Cell phones now allow users to talk and browse the Web at the same time.
Facebook and Twitter are now verbs. They bring social networking to a whole new level.
They have convinced people that a virtual friend and a virtual follower is just as good as a real-life —
Human interaction has been brought down to a minimum.
These electronics have hypnotized our society while influencing our views, attitudes, and beliefs;
affecting our social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, ultimately, dictating our behavior and thought process.
Technology is shaping our cultural form.
One of the hardest hit has been the Church.
Poll results show 68% of men in America, view porn on a regular basis.
It is common knowledge that porn is addictive and children are now exposed at a much earlier age.
The majority of our citizens have always professed to be Christians;
but the boxes we idolize on our walls engage us in scenes of sex, greed, and violence.
Every night we come home after a long day at work, sit down in front of our idol and intently absorb into our brains whatever poison is administered.
It has become a convenient projection of us being the center of the universe.
It hypnotizes us into believing that money, power, and comfort is what we should worship.
Television has now become one of the biggest stepping stones between man and God.
1 Corinthians 10:23 says “I have the right to do anything.”
you say — but not everything is beneficial
“I have the right to do anything.”
— But not everything is constructive.
