TV killed History
The medium of television blinds us from the rich and detailed history of the last few thousand years. It focuses our limited attention on those events and ideas which have been captured on the television screen in just the last few decades.
What do we know about Reality if our notions of Nature come from National Geographic specials; what kind of Faith do we have if we get our theology and religious experience from televangelists; what kind of families will we create if we follow the scripts of situation comedies?
The God on the TV ministries is a small “God” indeed. We have gone from “God the Creator” to “God the Favorer.”
Rather than inspiring us to action, television has the effect of numbing our nihilism for just one more day.
No wonder we are disconnected with reality and incapable of Truth, Goodness and Beauty.
Culture, God, Technology | Brian Gabriel March 12, 2012
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