{"id":3387,"date":"2006-12-27T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2006\/12\/tv-or-not-tv-that-is-the-question\/"},"modified":"2014-12-23T18:25:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T23:25:56","slug":"tv-or-not-tv-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2006\/12\/tv-or-not-tv-that-is-the-question.html","title":{"rendered":"TV or not TV…that is the question."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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  1. An Amish elder was once visited by some city slickers who asked him why he didn\u2019t have television. He stroked his beard, thought for a moment then asked them if they had seen anything on TV that week that they could recommend. There was an embarrassed silence. He\u2019d made his point.David Palmer <\/a>is a former Anglican priest who blogs from Britain. Check out his anthem for getting rid of your TV.\n

    I grew up without a television, and didn\u2019t really miss Gilligan\u2019s Island and The Beverly Hillbillies that much. We don\u2019t have a television now, but we do have a nifty wide screen TV and home cinema. We use the screen for limited Playstation gaming and watching films.<\/p>\n

    Ten Reasons for getting rid of the television:<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. It saves money. You can cancel your cable subscription<\/li>\n
    2. It gives you more time to pursue a creative hobby<\/li>\n
    3. It gives you more time with people<\/li>\n
    4. It restores your perspective on reality<\/li>\n
    5. No TV helps to cleanse your imagination<\/li>\n
    6. No TV means more silence (including visual silence)<\/li>\n
    7. It\u2019s counter cultural and radical (and this makes you feel good)<\/li>\n
    8. It puts you in charge of the culture rather than the other way around<\/li>\n
    9. You can still watch football at a friend\u2019s house and this way you\u2019ll strengthen your friendship (and drink his beer instead of yours)<\/li>\n
    10. It gives you more time to pray.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Do you have television? Do you really need it? Have you recently or ever given up TV? What diference did it make? What are your thoughts?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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