Date nights
Mrs EG White says the following in the Adventist Home page 410:
“Many youth are eager for books. They read anything that they can obtain. I appeal to the parents of such children to control their desire for reading. Do not permit upon your tables the magazines and newspapers in which are found love stories.”
She carries on and on in the whole section about what we watch on TV, cinema, read and think.
What is you take about this? Does it mean out goes the movie on date nights?
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Permalink Reply by Water Lilly on
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Well for me , as a 100% single woman, I dont like a movie as a date night with a guy. A groups of friends or family , fine.
With a guy, I want to know him, see him when he talks, laughs, sneezes, lol.And so going to a movie for me in the early stage , I would not welcome that idea.
Later on in the relationship , when we have gotten to know each other, it is fine.
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Well for me, in general or not , I would prefer to do something like playing ball, skating or playing a board game.
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Permalink Reply by Chim Nuka on -
True. Actually I do not even go to movies nor have Tv at home. I agree
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Permalink Reply by Marcia Goffe on -
Hi Chim, long time I haven't given my two cents on here...here goes (now I'm going to get...lol) I enjoy watching movies... and movie on a date night, yes siree that's me!
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Permalink Reply by Chim Nuka on
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Hi Marcia. long time indeed. How are you? I am cool.
For record purposes, I stopped TV and movies already nothing to do with dates but spiritually, movies are a tool the devil uses to get into the avenues of our soul.
On the other hand I concur with Stacey that movies are not a good for dates, simply reason: the two or three or four people will engage with the screen other than with each other.
So movies and me are enemies. I would prefer a meal, games, walks, and just sit dow and talk.
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Permalink Reply by Marcia Goffe on
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Well Chim, you want to go on a movie date with we Jamaicans, trust me, you may have to go watch that movie twice, LOL!
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Permalink Reply by Quacinda Jodyne Topkok on -
I didn't read the section on the subject, but it would seem she is wanting us to guard our mind and thinking by choosing to place before ourselves and before others in our home only things that are good (or generally good, since nothing is perfect) for us to consider or think upon.
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Permalink Reply by Rejean on -
I think it means we need to be careful what we think about. I used to read a lot of fiction. My brain became addicted to those action / adventure stories and it made it hard for me to be interested in reading my Bible. Another problem is that fiction is so easy to read that it trains the mind to be lazy. I found it hard to understand my Bible until God helped me break my addiction and I stopped reading rubbish. Movie / date nights are okay as long as the movie is chosen with care. Of course when you watch a movie, it doesn't let you get to know the other person too well.
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Permalink Reply by Josué Enrique Cezar Corrêa on -
Yeah, that's true.
The concept is "what you are permitting get in your mind and hearth?"
If we look to the society we will see many girls and women very sad with the love and the men.
For years they have received in their mind a wrong concept of romance and love from holywood, disney, magazines and a lot of other bad sources of content.
The result is a lot of frustrated women that have realized in real life that the love and romance are not the same thing that the media shows and affirms as true.About date-nigths, well, who want to see movies while there's so much other things to do?
A date is supposed to know the other person, so, talk, laught, play games, know places and do a lot of other things is so much better isn't?
But still, I do not see a problem with the movies, if is a good, inteligent and pure choice.:)
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