NEW ORLEANS, June 22 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In June last year a Pentecostal pastor invented a tool that can delete pre-programmed expletives from TV programs and movies while you are watching them, and ever since it has been selling like hot-cakes. Fed up with the increased bombardment of foul language from TV programs, Rev. Jonas Robertson, pastor of the Abundant Life Pentecostal Church in New Orleans, invented the TV gadget and first introduced it to the public at the annual convention of the 32 million member Assemblies of God denomination last year. The product, called Curse Free TV (CFTV), claims to be able to detect offensive language and instantly mute the audio signal or replace the word with a substitute in the computer program’s memory bank. Apparently, it has a dictionary of 150 words or phrases that it can detect.
Since its introduction the device has been featured by the 700 Club TV program, Focus on the Family and Christianity Today magazine and was one of the hottest new items selling at the Christian Booksellers Association convention last year. This was reported in the latest issue of Christian Renewal, a bi-monthly newspaper targeted at a Reformed readership. CFTV is distributed around the world via the Internet and sells for about Can$225. The device is actuated by the closed captioned signal so it only works with such programs. Original old movies and live broadcasts would, therefore, not be affected by CFTV.
Kevin Gilchrist expects to begin marketing CFTV later this year through his HeartLine company, located in Woodstock, Ontario. For more information about the device, contact him at: [email protected] or 1-888-816-4483.