Members of CUT Ireland have long complained that their broadcaster has an anti-Catholic bias. This is very surprising when you consider that the Irish people have been among the most devout Catholics in the world. Perhaps this is the problem for any form of media in any country? The media and particularly the TV thrive on materialism and secularism which is the opposite to Christian teachings.
Click here to read a report from CUT Ireland on the latest disgraceful goings on at RTE.
Latest Newsletter update 01-12-2011
Contents:
* Just how dangerous is the TV for children?
* Research shows the harmful affect of Children's TV
* Is there a child abuse cover up at the BBC?
* Primetime Propaganda - the Liberal Monopoly on TV
* St Nicholas a gentle reminder of Christmases past
* The Crusade of Prayer
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BBC’s Culture of Death propaganda (update 28 June 2011)
We call on pro-Life campaigners to give up the TV and stop funding the BBC.
Sir Terry Pratchett’s ‘Choosing to die’ documentary on 13 June 2011 was designed to put pressure on legislators to change the law and allow assisted suicide in Britain. The BBC has done this type of interventionist programming before most notoriously with abortion. ‘Choosing to die’ had Sir Terry Pratchett, who is as pro-euthanasia as they come, flying to Switzerland with a Motor Neurone Disease patient and sat with him while he committed suicide in the creepy Dignitas clinic. There have been many protests about this programme but as usual to no avail.
The is only one way to stop the BBC’s promotion of the Culture of Death is to STOP PAYING THE LICENCE FEE.
We are not suggesting that people watch TV and not pay the licence we say throw the TV out! Therefore deprive the BBC of funds and influence.
CARE NOT KILLING
CUT's winter campaign is to make parents aware of the damage being done to children by the TV and video games
Be careful what you let your children see
for what they see they may be
The image above is called "Les demoiselles d'Television" and is after Picasso's painting "Les demoiselles d'Avignon" in which the artist portrays a brothel scene. The nudes are distorted and Picasso is using African ritual masks for some of their faces. In the foreground are three young girls watching TV, will the TV distort their lives like it has affected other children? Is TV watching for children really Russian Roulette?
CUT epetition in other blogs
To see the Catholic Hearld's William Oddie blog on our petition click on the link below:
Even TV programmes directed at children are not good for them.
Please sign the epetition to the UK government
To sign click the link below and follow the government epetition instructions:
What the TV can do to your children:
Stunts a child’s brain development
Delays child language acquisition
Encourages passivity
Reduces concentration
Sexualises children
Increases child sleep disorders
TV violence and child aggression
Obesity leading to type 2 diabetes
High Blood pressure in Children
Even in some cases ADHD
See links in The damage done to children by the TV page
See also one of the reports on the French Government's Warning on the effects on young children of TV exposure.
With the latest horrific TV inspired killing by a boy with a hammer of his mother we once again return to this awful subject of TV violence this time in the soap Coronation Street.
Coronation St copycat killer'The Debate is Over' say the American Parents Television Council Click the link below to read their report:
With young people being fed a TV viewing diet of violence, porn, materialism, contempt for religion and disrespect for traditional moral values are they just following the values of their teachers? Their teachers being celebrities, pop stars, actors and directors of programmes like Skins.
We did originally post this "Violence on TV = violence in society" box before the riots of last summer in England. Now we have this latest horrific killing. The TV is fundamentally flawed and we plea with parents - keep your children away from the television.
'Gay' marriage is Grotesque!
Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's most senior Catholic, sets out his opposition to the Government's plans to legalise gay marriage
We cannot afford to indulge this madness
See the Rt Rev Mark Davies Bishop of Shrewsbury's excellent homily against 'Gay' Marriage.
Oppose plans to redefine marriage, says BishopCUT is supporting this petition against 'Gay' Marriage: c4m.org.uk
CUT asks:
What are the implications of 'Gay' Marriage regarding bisexuals?
Click here
C U T and non Catholics
We have received many expressions of support from other Christians.
We encourage all Christians to give up the TV and stop paying the licence fee. If you hold the Bible to be your Source authority in matters of faith and morals how can you reconcile this with what appears on the television?
Is the TV Satan’s secret weapon?
So join our cause, give up the television, and stop funding Satan's work.
We believe that the television changes people's values and beliefs, and lead many away from Jesus.
Therefore, we encourage Catholics to give up the TV and get a life.
St Padre Pio - described the TV as Satan's Tabernacle
St Elizabeth Seton - in the early 1800's she reputedly had a prophetic vision of the twentieth century in which she saw a black box from which Satan would enter peoples' homes.
Who are CUT (Catholics Unplug your Televisions)?
We are mainly a group of lay British Catholics (although we do have supporters on three continents).
Contact us for free newslettes to distribute
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and the Crusade of Prayer
We have long tried to point out to faithful Catholics how much the BBC has promoted the Culture of Death. However, see for yourself click on the link above The BBC and the IPPF and this will lead you to the BBC’s Sexwise website. This website in-conjunction with BBC World Service gives the BBC's version of sex education to the world. The IPPF is one of the world’s leading abortion providers.
We urge all Catholics and other Christians to unplug your televisions and not watch broadcast TV. Therefore, you do not need to pay licence fee and fund a television corporation that has a partnership with the IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation).
The 9th Crusade of Prayer
Started on
All Saints Day November 1st 2011
Is for children and the media
That they will be preserved from the harmful effects of the screen media, especially the most powerful form, the TV and also other screen media such as video games that are doing such harm to children.
Anyone can join our 9th Prayer Crusade which is under the patronage of the Holy Family Please say Rosary to Our Lady of Good Success. We will continue with this crusade for the next year.
The daily prayer of a Prayer Crusader
O glorious St ...(insert your saint here)... pray for us
And for those in the public sphere
Especially those influenced by Satan's lies
May the Lord touch their hearts and bring them to repent.
And walk upon the path of truth and temperance.
O Subjects of the heavenly realm pray also for all led astray.
Pray especially that Children may be protected from the TV, pornography, and video games
And pray for me, a sinner
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
St. Michael, the archangel defend us in the day of battle, be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the Devil,
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O prince of the heavenly host.
By the power of God
Thrust down to hell Satan and all wicked Spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
The Work of a Prayer Crusader
Prayer Crusaders engage in spiritual combat to counter the media, the Cult of Celebrity, and their often bad influence.
If you have a favourite saint please let us know and we will send you a prayer card with your saint on it (or we can allocate a saint that has not been taken).
Ask your saint to intercede before the Holy Trinity for the souls of celebrities who are in the news and whose influence may lead many away for Christ.
Enrolment in the Crusade of Prayer is free.
The November 2011 mini Prayer Crusade is for the Catholic Children and adoption agencies.
That, despite the media's promotion of lifestyles that are incompatible with the teaching of the Catholic Church and Sacred Scripture, and the forced closure of Catholic adoption agencies, Catholic Children will be found families which will raise them to be true to the their Catholic faith.
We are a lay led group of Catholics, we were formed in Wales in 2003, to study the media particularly the television. We have found that the TV is damaging society and particularly children.
We have members in 9 countries and on 3 continents. CUT also has priests and nuns as members. We have also had many messages of support from bishops and Cardinals.
Our rule is to be completely faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church we believe it is difficult to reconcile these teachings with what is transmitted on the television.
Our studies have concluded that the TV and other screen based media can cause violence in society and sexulise children
The American Psychological Association has concluded that Childhood Exposure to Media Violence Predicts Young Adult Aggressive Behavior.
CUT - under the patronage of Our Lady, Mother of Good Counsel and St Michael the Archangel
We are currently engaged in our Ninth Prayer Crusade. We pray that all children will be preserved from the harmful effects of the screen media. Remember we are at war but we save lives.
Spiritual Combat
Prayer Crusaders and supporters of CUT need to arm themselves. There are many pro-Life organisations and Catholic charities that do excellent and very necessary work. However, there are very few that take on the media and the television. CUT does this from a Catholic point of view and the Devil does not like this and will put obstacles in our way. There is therefore the possibility that you may come under supernatural attack, you may think that you are simply having a spell of ‘bad luck’ or inexplicable obstacles are being put in the way of your Crusade of Prayer and CUT work. Therefore, you will need to arm yourself by prayer, saying the Rosary, going to confession, being in a state of grace, and making a good Holy Communion. If you are able, fasting is also a very powerful weapon for good. Our Guardian Angels are there to help protect us; do not forget them, and pray to them. Your intercessor saint or spiritual ‘battle buddy’ as we like to call them is part of your armoury. You may also have a blessed if you wish.
CUT's only rule is that we are completely faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church
Give the TV licence fee to charity
The TV and Children
The damage done to children by the TV
The TV and the Culture of Death
The BBC and the Culture of Death
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Two more reasons to give up the TV
1) From the 30 April 2012 commercial abortion providers will be allowed to advertise on the TV
2) The BBC5 Live to broadcast live from an abortion clinic
How long can Catholics justify paying the TV licence fee which also funds the radio?
The Vatican has released the prayer intentions of Pope Benedict XVI for May 2012.
An Aide Memoire of Spiritual Combat
A hermit-priest on the Silence of Solitude
Spiritual combat
And the Crusade of Prayer
The May 2012 mini Prayer Crusade
Please pray for the Irish people that those who do not watch TV will not be forced to pay for it.
That the Irish Government will not impose a household broadcast Tax irrespective of whether the householder watches TV or even receives any broadcast media.
Please write to the Irish minister involved, Pat Rabbitte, T.D. Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources