what kinds of shows are people NOT allowed to watch because of their church/religious beliefs/ parents?
Do you watch them anyway...
2007-03-25 19:27:25 · 14 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Let me c.
Christians and Catholics? hmm...
I am a christian but I watch the simpsons.
Evn though the simpsons are getting so violent and disgusting, I think most people watch them
Hindus and buddhist are not American usually and they wouldn't know what they are saying right?
Who knows, maybe they subbed it. So the answer would be nobody can know. Unless you meet every man on earth that is....:)
2007-03-25 19:31:32 · answer #1 · answered by sweety 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
My girlfriend wasn't allowed to watch the Simpsons growing up. It worked reallly well; she's bought every season pretty much the instant it came out on DVD.
I'm always astounded at people forbidding the Simpsons on religious grounds. Sure, the Lovejoys aren't exactly drawn in the most favorable light, but Ned Flanders has to be the most sympathetic character in the entire series - even Homer is smart enough to know that. The satire is focused on Big Organized Religion, not God (other than the fact that He has five fingers, unlike the ordinary four).
2007-03-25 19:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ha in fact I have two discs right on top of my computer. My brother has all the Seasons so I borrow them. Oh I'm Xian by the way. I like the Simpsons, and when they mock religion, etc I just look at the meaning. If they have a valid point, like the corruptions within the church, I'll grant them the point. If they say something like Jesus being a myth or God being useless or something, I just ignore it. I hear it from Atheists every day, the Simpsons wont shock me.
"If the Bible has taught us nothing else... and it hasn't.... its that girls should stick to girls sports"
"What if we picked the wrong religion, and each week we're just making God madder and madder"
Greatness.
2007-03-25 19:35:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm 21, but when I was like 8 years old and The Simpsons was popular, my Mom didn't let me and my brothers watch it cuz Bart is so disrespectful-so no not cuz of religious beliefs, but b/c of how he talked to his parents and how he's just a kid, but is supposed to be the smart one, but the Father (homer) is portrayed so negatively. My mOm didn't want us to watch it when we were so young we could possibly be influenced by its ways, which i think was the best thing back then.....
...other than that, i'm not sure-maybe people who are really christian don't like to watch it cuz Ned Flanders is always portrayed as some crazy dumb religious church-going person?
2007-03-25 19:40:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My aunt is a Baptist, and her church seems to be pretty laid back -- they sing contemporary music and lots of people come to service in jeans -- but she is so uptight about what her kids watch on television. She definitely wouldn't let them watch The Simpsons, because she won't even let them watch things like Rugrats, Spongebob, Dora the Explorer, or Fairly Oddparents. Its INSANE!!
2007-03-25 19:33:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
For thou art a slacker
Actually, some churches strongly encourage their members to refrain from watching certain TV shows because of questionable content being exposed to young minds incapable of asking questions...
I watch anything I want to, most of it is foreign cinema, eye-candy sci-fi, bible epics of the 40s/50s/60s, a couple of TV series
2007-03-25 19:33:34 · answer #6 · answered by CevnLDSNewbie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm 32 so I'm not forbidden to watch anything. But there are shows that I don't like, and I choose not to watch. I don't like the shows that are really risque, or that use a lot of cursing and sexual talk. But that's my own choice to not watch them. They just bother me.
2007-03-25 19:31:30 · answer #7 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hell ya we watch the Simpsons! Our church doesn't like them but oh well. This is america baby!
2007-03-25 19:29:58 · answer #8 · answered by SB's cafe 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard. they are americas favorite family! my friend told me that in christian school they were taught that South Park is a sin to watch. can you believe it? people are sick, that show is genuis
2007-03-26 13:25:34 · answer #9 · answered by ƎIΝΟƆ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok well I'm not into a religion but if I was and they told me what not to watch, I would tell them to kiss my @$$
2007-03-25 19:32:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋