Idaho45guy
05-05-2023, 03:15 PM
I was shocked to learn that my on-again, off-again girlfriend was watching the show with her 12yr old daughter.
They both love it and my girlfriend actually thought it was appropriate to have the daughter watch. The girlfriend is born-again and was just baptized in January. She was raised by abusive parents who were Episcopalian and she became a self-described progressive liberal hippy chick.
She got divorced a few years ago when she became more conservative and the husband became more liberal. He wanted an open marriage, so she left. The parenting plan for the daughter stipulates that the mom can't make the daughter attend church, or "force her beliefs on her". So the mom is trying to encourage the daughter to go to church.
With that background, I would think that the mom would be very careful in what media she exposes the daughter to. I would also think that the mom herself would be sensitive to shows that deny Christ and the teachings of the Bible.
But we got into a heated argument over the phone last night and she hung up on me. She then messaged me again this morning saying that I was wrong and a hypocrite for watching TV shows and movies that aren't Christian.
I contend that there is a huge difference between watching a show like Big Bang Theory that occasionally has anti-Christian lines and The Good Place, in which the entire show is based on the premise that Christianity is completely false and going to heaven is based on points you earned while alive.
I went online to find articles from respected Christians that were able to make a thoughtful and intelligent argument as to why the show should be avoided by Christians and is heretical and blasphemous.
There were none. Instead, I could only find a couple of articles by Christians singing it's praises for making Americans think about mortality and the afterlife, even if the show's version of afterlife denies Christ and salvation through a belief and surrender to Christ.
I'm confused as to why any Christian would endorse the show, and how Christians would think it's appropriate to let a child, who is already confused about religion, watch it.
What am I missing? Or has the world just gone completely mad?
They both love it and my girlfriend actually thought it was appropriate to have the daughter watch. The girlfriend is born-again and was just baptized in January. She was raised by abusive parents who were Episcopalian and she became a self-described progressive liberal hippy chick.
She got divorced a few years ago when she became more conservative and the husband became more liberal. He wanted an open marriage, so she left. The parenting plan for the daughter stipulates that the mom can't make the daughter attend church, or "force her beliefs on her". So the mom is trying to encourage the daughter to go to church.
With that background, I would think that the mom would be very careful in what media she exposes the daughter to. I would also think that the mom herself would be sensitive to shows that deny Christ and the teachings of the Bible.
But we got into a heated argument over the phone last night and she hung up on me. She then messaged me again this morning saying that I was wrong and a hypocrite for watching TV shows and movies that aren't Christian.
I contend that there is a huge difference between watching a show like Big Bang Theory that occasionally has anti-Christian lines and The Good Place, in which the entire show is based on the premise that Christianity is completely false and going to heaven is based on points you earned while alive.
I went online to find articles from respected Christians that were able to make a thoughtful and intelligent argument as to why the show should be avoided by Christians and is heretical and blasphemous.
There were none. Instead, I could only find a couple of articles by Christians singing it's praises for making Americans think about mortality and the afterlife, even if the show's version of afterlife denies Christ and salvation through a belief and surrender to Christ.
I'm confused as to why any Christian would endorse the show, and how Christians would think it's appropriate to let a child, who is already confused about religion, watch it.
What am I missing? Or has the world just gone completely mad?