Time to Quit

During this Christmas break I have been overwhelming challenged to simply quit TV! There is so much trash on the tube (not just immoral sexual garbage, but just pure banality!) The commercials are absolutely ubiquitous and the programming (with the exception of The History Channel) are empty and purposeless. If, as Paul wrote, it is true that our transformation into the likeness of Christ and  spiritual revolutionaries takes place primarily by the renewing of our mind; surely television is the greatest, most  powerful detractor we face. I am convinced that the reason we care so much about stupid, meaningless, shallow,and selfish stuff is because of our constant exposure to television and other media made in its image(fueled by our fallen nature). How many books have not been read and written because of TV? How many transformational thoughts have not been thought because of TV? How many hours of intimacy with God have not been enjoyed because of TV? How many meaningful conversations between family members have been missed and how much enriching music has been unheard because of TV? I am convinced that the cause of Christ would experience a significant surge and our spiritual and social fabric would be richer if we just quit.