Yeah. We actually don't have filters right now on our laptops. (We don't have internet at home btw) But you can control what you see.bookworm wrote:bookworm wrote:You don’t watch live tv because there could be objectionable content in things like commercials.
But you do use a tv machine for things like movies, because then you have complete control over what you’re seeing.
Do I have it so far?Okay, good.odysseyfan1 wrote:Yes.
Now transferring that to computers (assuming you use the same standards there) the reason they are okay is because you also have control over which sites you view? So it’s assumed to be the equivalent of using a television machine, not the live television where you have lessened control?
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Okay great. If that’s the reasoning you’re using then I see where you’re coming from.
But, I think you matched the devices wrong.
I’m pretty sure the internet would be the equivalent of the live tv, not the tv machine.
With a tv machine: You can only view what you expressly put on it through a tape or dvd. You couldn’t view the bad channels even if you wanted to.
With live tv: There are multiple channels you could view, some bad, but you choose which to put on the screen.
With the internet: There are multiple sites you could view, some bad, but you choose which to put on the screen.
Why do you see the internet as the equivalent of complete control over a tv machine when it’s rather obvious (to me) that it should be matched with the live tv?
But, I think you matched the devices wrong.
I’m pretty sure the internet would be the equivalent of the live tv, not the tv machine.
With a tv machine: You can only view what you expressly put on it through a tape or dvd. You couldn’t view the bad channels even if you wanted to.
With live tv: There are multiple channels you could view, some bad, but you choose which to put on the screen.
With the internet: There are multiple sites you could view, some bad, but you choose which to put on the screen.
Why do you see the internet as the equivalent of complete control over a tv machine when it’s rather obvious (to me) that it should be matched with the live tv?
Who even needs live TV when you have the internet, though? The internet has everything.
Fallacy of false continuum. // bookworm
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Any cupcake can be made holy through being baptized in the name of the Butter, the Vanilla and the Powdered Sugar. // Kait
Fallacy of false continuum. // bookworm
Any cupcake can be made holy through being baptized in the name of the Butter, the Vanilla and the Powdered Sugar. // Kait
Any cupcake can be made holy through being baptized in the name of the Butter, the Vanilla and the Powdered Sugar. // Kait
Just... google search for yourself. The internet has everything, I tell you!
Fallacy of false continuum. // bookworm
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If you're worried about things being evil, why do you even step outside your door and talk to people? People are evil right? You can't control what they do.
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This. post.The Hippie wrote:If you're worried about things being evil, why do you even step outside your door and talk to people? People are evil right? You can't control what they do.
Not that I agree that 'people are evil', but I'd like to see an answer to the 'why do you even step out your door' question.
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"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." People are inherently evil.
And let's be reasonable; staying hidden behind closed doors is not a feasible (or healthy) option. We're people, and we have to function in the real world just like everyone else. Nobody, no matter how conservative, can seal themselves into a little sin-proof bubble and avoid the world. TV can be avoided; large parts of the internet can be avoided; the society we live and work in, however, cannot be. They want to do without TV, that's their decision, but it's not the equivalent of trying to live in an evil-proof bunker all your life.
And let's be reasonable; staying hidden behind closed doors is not a feasible (or healthy) option. We're people, and we have to function in the real world just like everyone else. Nobody, no matter how conservative, can seal themselves into a little sin-proof bubble and avoid the world. TV can be avoided; large parts of the internet can be avoided; the society we live and work in, however, cannot be. They want to do without TV, that's their decision, but it's not the equivalent of trying to live in an evil-proof bunker all your life.
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Well, yes, if you subscribe to the theology of total depravity, they are. But if you don't then human beings are merely sinful creatures and not thoroughly polluted with evil, a la Luther's snow-covered dung heap.Amethystic wrote:"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." People are inherently evil.
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Sinful, evil, the degree of pollution may vary from person to person, and all human beings are created and loved by God, but until we come to Christ we're not living for the right reasons.
*cough* But anyways, that's probably another discussion for another time. Back to the topic at hand...
*cough* But anyways, that's probably another discussion for another time. Back to the topic at hand...
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Jesus commands us to tell the world about him? We couldn't really survive without going outside? (Of course there is online shopping, but then you have to have internet which is worse than being outside) Are those enough reasons?The Hippie wrote:If you're worried about things being evil, why do you even step outside your door and talk to people? People are evil right? You can't control what they do.
Ads?bookworm wrote:Okay great. If that’s the reasoning you’re using then I see where you’re coming from.
But, I think you matched the devices wrong.
I’m pretty sure the internet would be the equivalent of the live tv, not the tv machine.
With a tv machine: You can only view what you expressly put on it through a tape or dvd. You couldn’t view the bad channels even if you wanted to.
With live tv: There are multiple channels you could view, some bad, but you choose which to put on the screen.
With the internet: There are multiple sites you could view, some bad, but you choose which to put on the screen.
Why do you see the internet as the equivalent of complete control over a tv machine when it’s rather obvious (to me) that it should be matched with the live tv?
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Um there are ads on this website...
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I don't get ads on this website. >_>
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It's just the occasional little green text ones for me.
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That used to happen all over the web for me, but I haven't seen any of the green text ads in a long time.Knight Fisher wrote:It's just the occasional little green text ones for me.
But, Luke, if you want to see ads, go to Marvin's blog: www.theaiofanslife.jigsy.com. It always has ads running across the top of the page, and some of them can actually get quite inappropriate. But he has no control over them, so don't blame him.
What about them?odysseyfan1 wrote:Ads?bookworm wrote:I’m pretty sure the internet would be the equivalent of the live tv, not the tv machine.
With a tv machine: You can only view what you expressly put on it through a tape or dvd. You couldn’t view the bad channels even if you wanted to.
With live tv: There are multiple channels you could view, some bad, but you choose which to put on the screen.
With the internet: There are multiple sites you could view, some bad, but you choose which to put on the screen.
Why do you see the internet as the equivalent of complete control over a tv machine when it’s rather obvious (to me) that it should be matched with the live tv?
Hey, OF1, I have a question. (I promise I am not trying to be snarky, but I have been dying to ask this question for a while now.)
Do any of the girls in your denomination play sports? I'm just curious because I love soccer, and it would be a tad bit uncomfortable to play soccer (or other sports such as basketball, volleyball, or tennis) while wearing a skirt.
Do any of the girls in your denomination play sports? I'm just curious because I love soccer, and it would be a tad bit uncomfortable to play soccer (or other sports such as basketball, volleyball, or tennis) while wearing a skirt.
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Men who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with. --Stoic the Vast
Let's go down together for one more chance. The skeletons are screaming for one last dance. --Hawthorne Heights
Tell 'em turn it up 'til they can't no more. Let's get this thing shakin' like a disco ball. This is your last warning, a courtesy call. --TFK
You have nice manners for a thief and a liar. --Smaug
I know you mean well, but leave me be. Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free. --Elsa