ENTERTAINMENT
(See also Movies; Music; Plays; Recreation; Television)
20th century: g99 12/8 8-9
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g93 5/22 30
balance needed: it-1 102; w17.05 24-25; w09 12/15 8-9; w05 9/15 17-18; km 8/01 8; w97 10/1 27-28; g92 11/8 4-7; om 132
benefits of: g92 11/8 4-5
Bible times: it-1 101-102, 887-888
Israelites: w92 8/15 16
Bible view: w22.10 9; lff lesson 53; od 135-137, 201-202; it-1 888; lvs 76-80, 82-85; w15 8/15 24-25; lv 63-73; w13 1/15 14-15; w11 3/15 9; w11 10/15 8-12; w10 4/15 22; w06 3/1 17-21; g97 5/22 8-10; kl 128; w92 8/15 15-20; g92 11/8 5, 8-10; om 131-132; w87 9/15 18-19
bullfighting: g90 7/8 19
conscience: lvs 83-84; w04 2/15 18-19; g97 5/22 9
death featured: g00 7/8 7-8
horror movies: w89 11/1 11; g88 5/8 20
immoderate partying: ip-1 81-82
immoral content: w17.11 26; lv 65-66; w11 2/15 30-31; re 52, 54; w01 10/15 24; w94 5/15 18; w92 7/15 11-12; w89 11/1 11, 14; w88 6/15 17-18; w87 9/15 13; w87 11/1 17-18
Jesus’ example: w95 3/1 6
reasonableness: w95 6/15 20
spiritism featured: ijwyp article 86; lff lesson 53; w19.04 23; w18.05 25-26; lv 189-190; g 2/11 6
unclean content: w16.05 17; w13 2/15 24
video Avoid Entertainment That Features Spiritism: lff lesson 53
video What Entertainment Should I Choose?: lff lesson 53
violence featured: lvs 96-97; g 8/12 5; w10 4/15 22; jd 120-121; re 54; w05 9/1 29-30; w02 6/15 29; w94 11/1 20; yp 290-291; tp 152-153
bullfighting: g02 10/8 20-21; g90 7/8 14-19
children:
alternatives to TV: g 6/09 28; g05 9/22 28
parental control: w19.01 16-17
parental selectivity: w10 4/15 22; g98 7/22 31
parents provide: w13 1/15 15; w05 1/1 25
choosing entertainment: lff lesson(s) 53; w19.10 29-31; mwb19.06 7; lvs 75-80, 82-85; w16.05 17; w15 8/15 26; w14 7/15 14, 16; lv 62-73; w03 12/1 21-22; w01 11/1 5-6; ip-1 348-349; g99 7/8 9-10; g97 5/22 8-10; w95 6/15 20; g92 11/8 9-10; g89 9/8 20-22; w88 3/15 17; w88 6/15 17-18; w87 11/1 17-18
considering conscience of others: w19.08 10-11; lvs 84-85
Witnesses provide no ratings: ijwfq article 25
dangers: w19.10 30; w18.11 22; lvs 77-79; g99 7/8 8-9; g92 11/8 5-7
death featured: g00 7/8 6-7
discussion: g97 5/22 3-10; w92 8/15 15-20; g92 11/8 3-10
early Christians:
avoid Roman entertainment: w02 7/15 23; w94 2/1 13
Tertullian’s comment: it-1 888
experiences:
career given up: g98 6/8 27; w86 8/1 22-23
three sisters give up bullfighting: g90 7/8 14-15
family: w92 10/15 18
parental role: w15 11/15 7; w14 7/15 14; w13 1/15 15; w10 4/15 22; w06 1/1 27; w05 1/1 25; g98 7/22 31; g97 5/22 9-10
headphones for describing scenes to those with low vision: g90 8/8 28-29
horror: g95 9/22 28
idolizing entertainment: w96 6/15 18-19
idolizing personalities: w93 1/15 28-29; g92 11/8 8-9; yp 220-221; g87 1/8 22
life stories:
I Heard God’s Name and Forgot About My Own: g86 7/22 17-20
It Is Written That I Will See Him: g05 11/22 30; g04 12/22 10-14
Show Business Was My God: g93 10/22 12-16
Something Better Than Fame: g05 6/8 30; g04 8/22 19-23
We Found Something Better: g05 8/22 20-23
magic: g93 9/8 26-27
moral breakdown: w06 1/1 27; g97 5/22 4-7; g97 6/8 6
nightclubs: g91 2/8 15-17; g91 7/8 30; g91 8/8 30
opera: g94 7/8 24-27
reserving much time for: w92 8/15 17
video What Controls Your Time?: lff lesson 53
Roman Empire: g 11/06 30; w02 10/15 9-11; g02 10/8 20; g97 5/22 3-4
gladiatorial games: it-1 888; w02 6/15 26-29; g02 10/8 20
spectator sports: g91 8/22 8-9
staying out late: w92 8/15 17
suggestions for home area: g90 6/22 21-23
time consumed: lff lesson 53; w19.10 30-31; lvs 80, 82; lv 69; w13 1/15 15; g92 11/8 7, 10
use by demons: w94 5/15 18
use by Satan: w19.01 16; lvs 218-219; lv 189-190; w11 3/15 9; w07 10/1 28-29; w05 9/1 29-30; w02 10/15 9-11; wt 74
ventriloquism: g01 1/8 24-25
violence: g 8/12 4-5; w07 7/15 11-12; w07 12/1 20; w01 11/1 5
effect on children and youths: g 3/12 7; g 10/06 7, 30; g05 4/8 7-8; w04 1/1 6; w99 1/1 5; g99 1/8 28; g99 7/8 9; g98 11/8 29; g98 11/22 28-29; g97 9/8 28; g96 7/22 10-11; g88 9/8 29
effect on viewers: g 8/12 5; w94 11/1 18, 20; yp 290-291; g89 2/22 29; g88 5/8 19-20; g87 4/8 30; tp 152-153; g86 2/22 30
virtual reality systems: g95 11/22 29
youths: g 11/11 17-19
balance with work: fy 72-74
movies: g 11/11 17; yp2 266-269; g90 7/22 10-12; g90 8/8 10-12
parental permission: yp1 265-270; g 2/11 10-12
parental supervision: g97 5/22 9-10; fy 73, 100; g96 7/22 11
selective reading: yp 283-288
television: yp2 266-269; yp 289-295