I was amazed at the number of people who believed themselves to be informed, yet went right along with the plan. It was at this time, the Other 1% threw out their TVs, if they hadn't already. I haven't had a television in my home since 1999, and long before that, it was banished from the main part of the house. Even before I was following Messiah, I saw a real problem with the television providing constant "noise" and of course the children's inability to hear my voice in the same room, when it was on. The television was banished to the wreck room in 1990, then a spare bedroom became the "TV room" in 1992, and our family just didn't have much time for the "boob tube," after that, as you might miss something going on in the kitchen or main part of the house.
I failed a lot as a mother, but keeping the television from having "member of the family" status was one of the few things I feel I did right. Of course I wish I'd have done it even sooner, but I did take action when I realized the impact.
When my Granddaughters were visiting a few years back, right after receiving cell phones for their 10th birthday, one of the girls was speaking with a friend. The friend was telling her about a show she needed to be sure and watch. Adeline said, it would have to wait til she got back home as there is no television at her G-ma's. The friend wanted to know if her grandma was super religious or very old . . .
Enough about my television history. It seems our Heavenly Father was protecting me, long before I knew there was a battle. In the old days, we wives would joke about our husbands falling asleep in the recliner front of the television, making the comment, "the television was watching them . . ." As it turns out with the move from analog to digital, that statement may be no joke at all!
http://thetruthandlight.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/the-real-reason-behind-the-switch-from-analog-to-digital/
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