Ewtn

branie

Anyone here watch this channel?

Fanny Cradock

No

kelly1

branie wrote: »

Anyone here watch this channel?

Yes, when I have time. Did you ever hear Fr. John Corapi preach?

robindch

After something went wrong with the set-top box in the flat I was staying in last time I was in Russia, EWTN and some other very bizarre US-based religious channels were the only English-language stuff available.

I wouldn't imagine that anybody but the most earnest catholics would enjoy it, but in short spells, it can be quite ... engrossing?

kelly1

robindch wrote: »

I wouldn't imagine that anybody but the most earnest catholics would enjoy it, but in short spells, it can be quite ... engrossing?

Careful now, you're slipping

There's a lot of silly stuff on it - way too American at times. But they have some good philosophical discussions now and again. I find Fr. Corapi very inspirational.

CerebralCortex

Ewtn is as funny as it is judgmental.

kelly1

CerebralCortex wrote: »

Ewtn is as funny as it is judgmental.

I don't actually watch it a whole lot but how is it judgmental? Does explaining Catholic doctrine count as judgmental in your book?

robindch

kelly1 wrote: »

Careful now, you're slipping

Darn -- people complain when I'm being polite. Us atheists just can't win, can we? Oh well!

That was "engrossing" in its hilarious, belly-wobbling, point-and-cackle, thigh-slapping, tears-of-laughter sense of course

PDN

I find EWTN is the religious equivalent of watching a game of chess on television. It is slow moving but probably quite fun to those who share an interest in the subject at hand.

Most other religious television is the equivalent of professional wrestling - garish clothes, exaggerated facial expressions, totally fake, and appears to be aimed at those who are uneducated, inarticulate, but still capable of shelling out money.

kelly1

robindch wrote: »

Darn -- people complain when I'm being polite. Us atheists just can't win, can we? Oh well!

That was "engrossing" in its hilarious, belly-wobbling, point-and-cackle, thigh-slapping, tears-of-laughter sense of course

You had me worried there

PDN wrote: »

I find EWTN is the religious equivalent of watching a game of chess on television. It is slow moving but probably quite fun to those who share an interest in the subject at hand.

Most other religious television is the equivalent of professional wrestling - garish clothes, exaggerated facial expressions, totally fake, and appears to be aimed at those who are uneducated, inarticulate, but still capable of shelling out money.

LOL Some of those preachers are just so over the top.

CerebralCortex

kelly1 wrote: »

I don't actually watch it a whole lot but how is it judgmental? Does explaining Catholic doctrine count as judgmental in your book?

No you're right. But I guess I'm going to find it judgmental, there are many things about my lifestyle or the lifestyle I aspire to that would be completely unacceptable to the Catholic Church. In fairness to you if I don't like it I shouldn't watch it but sometimes I get a kick from it (the auld ones wearing like 5 million pairs of tights are hilarious).

Soul Winner

branie wrote: »

Anyone here watch this channel?

I seen a documentary on EWTN one night about Derek Prince which I really liked and found very interesting.

Michael G

As it's American, it can seem a bid plodding and earnest sometimes, but a lot of the content is good. The mainstream American church authorities don't like it because it is 100% orthodox. Shortly after it began to broadcast, some modernising American bishops complained to Rome about. The Vatican didn't reply; instead, they sent EWTN a gift of a very valuable monstrance which was a delightfully Roman way of giving the finger to the bishops.

Splendour

Soul Winner wrote: »

I seen a documentary on EWTN one night about Derek Prince which I really liked and found very interesting.

Never heard of EWTN-I don't have any Christian channels at all and from what I've heard, I don't think I'm missing much. However, I listen to Derek Prince on UCB radio and have read one of his books and I think he's both a good preacher and author.