Matter Much??

Ever seen a threesome aired on television?

Am I seriously writing about to blog about one of the most controversial topics ever?

Does it really matter what we watch or listen to?

Should we be mindful of the foundational themes that discreetly underline films, performances, TV Shows, music?

As a Christian, mom, wife and leader I feel like what we watch, listen to and consider entertaining is not only important but says so much about our character and spiritual life. Go ahead, stone me. Call me old-fashioned, super spiritual, conservative or even weird. I've been called worse.

Personally, I am sick and tired of hypocrites sitting on my pue and casting verbal stones about homosexuality but ignoring the teenage pregnancy rate. It's confusing how parents can sit and wonder why their teenage girls do nothing but back bite and gossip while Gossip Girl is anticipated on their television screen every Monday night (I know when it airs b-c I used to be one of the idiots that watched it).

This blog isn't to say I am perfect or that I haven't ever struggled with what I watch or listen to but it is to challenge you as a spiritual leader to be cautious what you allow in your mind and in your home. (Phil. 4:8)

Isn't it sad that there are tolerable sins? There are actual sins that are sending people to hell everyday and yes, we are comfortable with them. Did you know that the penalty for every sin without repentance is the same? If you lie, you will reap death. If you steal, you will reap death. If you are unfaithful to your spouse, you will reap death. If you worship other gods before the one true God you will reap death. (Romans 6:23) We tolerate gossip because it makes us feel important and better about ourselves. We love to hear about our unmarried girlfriend's sexual experiences because it's interesting and liberates curiosity. We are comfortable with these things and tolerate these things because they occur so often they have developed a sense of normalcy. But what about those risque things that creep into our lives and television sets ever so discreetly? Why does that put the Christian society into an uproar.

I have so many girlfriends that watch Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl is built upon a young society of "Manhattan's elite" who love to do nothing more than make other people's lives miserable by spreading their live's worst behavior through text messages. They back bite, cheat on their significant others, engage in drugs, alcohol and sexually explicit acts but it's ok because those sins have somehow become tolerable and normal. Recently this show aired a threesome between Vanessa, Olivia and Dan. This is when you find the Christians going wild! Their facebook statuses talked about it, blogs began to picket against this show. So now all of the sudden this show is off their television sets because they saw two females kissing. What happened to sin being sin? If you are just now bothered by this show, you now more than ever need to repent for your insensitivity to sin-period. You are a cowardly hypocrite for just now turning the channel from such non-sense. That's something you should have never turned on. I know, because I once too watched this show.

So does it? Does it matter what we consume in our everyday lives? Does it matter whether its Adam Lambert shoving another male's face into his genitalia on television or whether its Fergie prancing around in a risque corset that's barely there? Seriously, does it matter? Who cares that Twilight is about vampires (a dead person that comes alive late at night to drink the blood of the living and torment their souls)? Who cares most movies say GD and have underlining themes that deal with demonic activity?

I was so disgusted by the comments from "Christians" who wrote on their facebooks things like "Get that smut off our television" (uh I think that would be your job. it's as easy as pushing a button buddy) " "If facebook had a Adam Lambert just ruined my television set I'd join it" (betcha wouldn't join one to protest Carrie Underwood and her half dressed performance) or what about this one "Adam Lambert is a disgusting queer" (way to lead them straight to the altar!) I am just disgusted. Disgusted by a generation who thinks they know everything when literally we know nothing. Disgusted by people who choose when to be disgusted instead of allowing conviction and burdens to disgust them.