TOPIC: MOVIES.
Do you watch very many movies? What rules does your family have for the type of movies you watch? What do you think are good guidelines for movie-watching?

When I want to see a movie that has just come out, my parents like to view it before I am subject to whatever Hollywood has come up with now. The rules or guidelines are pretty basic: no foul language or sexual content of any kind. My parents don’t like crude remarks or similar things. We do not attend many movies at the movie theater, we wait until they come out on video before we watch them, it’s alot cheaper!! And that way we can skip through bad parts. For the most part, I think most of what Hollywood releases is trash. There’s a verse in the Bible that says: “Finally, brothers, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable -if anything excellent or praise-worthy- think on such things.” (Phillipians 4:8) And I haven’t seen anything come out of Hollywood recently that qualified.
-- Meredith, North Carolina

I watch 2-3 movies a week, usually. The rules of our movie-watching are basically, if it’s above PG, either our parents have to have seen it already or they need to be there with us when we watch it. I think the best guidelines would be: if the movie doesn’t have a good point or moral -any more than a PG- it shouldn’t be watched.
-- Julia, Connecticut


The movies a person watches reveal not only their standards but their heart’s condition to the things of God.

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