Guard You Mind

"[Television] poisons the minds of our young people...with destructive messages of casual violence and even more casual sex."
-Bob Dole (former Senator and Republican presidential candidate)

Oh gosh! Is that not true?! Television influences us more than we wanna think about. Just like everything else we see. It's sad, but so true.

We are an influential species. We do what we see. He say what we hear. It's just how it has been since we were babies. It's in our blood.

But there are things in life that we should not listen to or follow after. For instance, when you see someone kill someone on a show, yeah, you might get some adrenaline going and all, but it does not mean you should go and kill someone. Well, duh! But it gets in our head and we can get violent because of things we have seen on TV. Not to the point of killing, but we might hit or punch or something along the lines. TV makes it seem like violence is okay and normal. Guys! It's not unless it's for defense purposes.

Then you do have the casual sex. So freaking much! A guy takes a girl out for a date and then he walks her to her house. He says bye and then she stops him and gives him "the look" and he goes in after her. It wont show anything, but you know exactly what is happening in there. Then you have other shows (or movies) of teenage girl hanging out with the guy. They are making out and then the next thing you know, they are on the bed. She has her shirt off and he's got his off. Then he takes off his pants and her pants and they go for it.

Holy crap! No wonder this generation and the ones after are going off and getting pregnant and getting themselves STDs and all. Not because they "don't wear protection" but because they are having sex. They see it on TV and think that it's okay (even though they are sneaking around with it).

So, why watch stuff like that if you are going to get influenced? Why not watch things that will influence you in other ways? I mean, if it is truly influencing you in those ways, why keep watching them unless you want to be considered violent or a whore?

But I'm not in charge of what you do. I mean, I watch stuff like that also. Not gonna lie. And I should definitely think about what I am putting into my mind more than I do. You can do whatever you want though, but just think about what it does to you.

God bless!!
Philippians 4:13