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Now for anyone saying that watching movies is bad, then if they make a movie about Steve Pavlina's life (where he played himself in the movie), then they are saying that it would be bad to watch that movie. Also what if a terrorist watches the movie Gandhi and then becomes a non-violent person and does not kill your kids?

Did you think that Ronald Reagan was a bad president. Without movies, he would have never become president. Some ask is being on forums bad. Without movies, the governor of CA would not be governor. Is watching the news bad? Is having sex if you do not want to have kids bad? Is enjoying yourself bad?

Movies are not bad for you anymore than being in front of the computer screen. Now you are talking about something different. You are talking about what you do with your time.

For example there are many things to choose to do with your time. So here are the questions. Is it better to watch a movie or go out a rape a woman after robbing a store. Everyone has to choose what to do with their time. What about watching a movie or going out drinking, which is better.

I have never drank alcohol in my life but have watched lots of movies. You can see from my website below that it has not affected my intelligence.

Now for a Christian I wish I could say that they would say that it is better to read the bible or go to church than watch TV or a movie. But I cannot. They have Trinity Broadcasting Network. It has movies and shows that teach you about Jesus and their religion.

Now if someone watches movies and does not work a job, he can become homeless. But that is not from watching TV or a movie. Many watch TV and smoke pot. Also if you have a choice between watching a movie or doing work on your own business, the latter is more profitable.

But watching TV is entertainment like watching football while getting drunk, or playing bingo or many other things. So is playing bingo bad for you? Now if I watch a movie and do nothing, that is very different than watching a movie while eating dinner since then watching the movie takes none of my time.

Also watching a movie and doing nothing is different than watching a movie and doing exercise while watching it. The same with writing an article, answering an email etc.

Then there is the matter of what you watch. Is it good to have friends? Well if those friends encourage you to rape, steal and take drugs then it is bad to have friends. In fact most bad activities are caused by friends.

So should someone get on this forum every time he needs to decide what to do between 2 things. Now I also read a great deal as you can tell with all the quotes on my website. My webpage on fasting has quotes from 19 MDs. Now I feel that reading a fiction book is no more productive than watching that story as a movie and it takes less time.

I only read non-fiction. You can learn how to create websites from reading whereas reading a fiction movie in a book, does not teach you anything. Now any Muslim terrorist will tell you that it is better to go and kill Americans than watch a movie.

Also if people are negative and depressed, going out drinking will not help. But if they watch a positive and uplifting movie, that can help them. Your question is similar to is fire good? It can burn your house down, but can also heat your home.