If, like me, you are a jobless nobody with too much time on his hands after sending out CVs all day, switching on the idiot lantern can be a welcome escape.
Some might argue that prime time is the best time to get some viewing done. These people don't know how wrong they are. TV after midnight is a glorious thing.
You might be lucky enough to catch a repeat of Penn & Teller: Bullshit on the FX Channel. Bullshit is a hidden gem that sees the legendary illusionists debunk all the guff that is accepted in our society. Psychics, censors, UFO-ologists, new age medicine are among the junk that's rightly mocked in each "fair but biased" half hour.
Ok, so they were wrong about climate change and passive smoking, but the other stuff? Nailed especially the bloody dolphins.
My other favourite shows are ones that I find both morally repulsive (yes, I have morals) and utterly entertaining at the same time. GOD TV is the main source for scaremongering, money-grabbing crap on your Sky box. What looks like a Lego safari guide and his spirit wife introduce and present hours of mind-rotting filth that will no doubt leave you looking for a Bible and a box of matches.
If you're lucky, you'll find some of the greatest showman of our time plying their trade in an attempt to make God lots of money. He is all-knowing and all-powerful but he really needs your money, saints!
Pastor Benny Hinn and Peter Popoff are two of the finest practioners of the art of conning the innocent in the game today. Combining the pantomine of a ringmaster with fear-inducing sermons that Hitler would think were a bit much, these guys will "cure" you of anything from HIV to poor bank balance. Well, they say they can make you money if you give them a cash gift to "make a convenant with the Lord", but emptying accounts seems to be their most successful trick.
Channels such as Revelation and Genesis TV are slightly less strict in their preaching in the sense that Pol Pot was a bit nicer than Stalin. Yes, they'll say a cheering hello over a mug of tea and a copy of Daily Mail, but they still think the Baby Jesus is soing to smite all the Jews and gays come Judgement Day.
Why the Prince of Peace didn't change the name of his big dukeroo after Terminator 2 came out, I'll never know.
Of course, you might want to feel aroused yet extremely guilty by watching Babestation or a True Movie soft porn-fest afterwards. Just make sure you don't wipe yourself down with Leviticus 2:10 afterwards.
Some might argue that prime time is the best time to get some viewing done. These people don't know how wrong they are. TV after midnight is a glorious thing.
You might be lucky enough to catch a repeat of Penn & Teller: Bullshit on the FX Channel. Bullshit is a hidden gem that sees the legendary illusionists debunk all the guff that is accepted in our society. Psychics, censors, UFO-ologists, new age medicine are among the junk that's rightly mocked in each "fair but biased" half hour.
Ok, so they were wrong about climate change and passive smoking, but the other stuff? Nailed especially the bloody dolphins.
My other favourite shows are ones that I find both morally repulsive (yes, I have morals) and utterly entertaining at the same time. GOD TV is the main source for scaremongering, money-grabbing crap on your Sky box. What looks like a Lego safari guide and his spirit wife introduce and present hours of mind-rotting filth that will no doubt leave you looking for a Bible and a box of matches.
If you're lucky, you'll find some of the greatest showman of our time plying their trade in an attempt to make God lots of money. He is all-knowing and all-powerful but he really needs your money, saints!
Pastor Benny Hinn and Peter Popoff are two of the finest practioners of the art of conning the innocent in the game today. Combining the pantomine of a ringmaster with fear-inducing sermons that Hitler would think were a bit much, these guys will "cure" you of anything from HIV to poor bank balance. Well, they say they can make you money if you give them a cash gift to "make a convenant with the Lord", but emptying accounts seems to be their most successful trick.
Channels such as Revelation and Genesis TV are slightly less strict in their preaching in the sense that Pol Pot was a bit nicer than Stalin. Yes, they'll say a cheering hello over a mug of tea and a copy of Daily Mail, but they still think the Baby Jesus is soing to smite all the Jews and gays come Judgement Day.
Why the Prince of Peace didn't change the name of his big dukeroo after Terminator 2 came out, I'll never know.
Of course, you might want to feel aroused yet extremely guilty by watching Babestation or a True Movie soft porn-fest afterwards. Just make sure you don't wipe yourself down with Leviticus 2:10 afterwards.
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I have written an article in my blog that attempts to analyse the the background and theological position of Revelation & Genesis TV.
Read it here:
Revelation TV and Genesis TV
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