Thoughts on Christians who play platform games ps3 Xbox etc

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Hey guys just want others views on people like me who play the odd ps3 games like call of duty now and again. Is it ok? Good or bad? You think.
 

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Just keep in mind, if you can commit adultery because of lust in your heart... It might also mean if you kill in your heart you have killed... So playing a character who practices killing hundreds imo would mean you have practiced it...Matthew 5:27-30Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.Take in note I am not well versed on this subject so take my opinion with a HUGE grain of salt.
 
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It's what goes in that defiles a person it's what comes out?
 

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If you feed your soul garbage you will not grow for the Lord. You cannot expect to maintain a clean, pure and holy thought life if you are filling your mind with killing on an unrestrained basis.

Psalm 119 speaks of hiding Gods word in the heart that the believer might not sin against God.

Guard your heart against worldliness.

For the cause of Christ
Roger
 
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my husband got saved this year, he brought a xbox 360 before he was saved, used to play it all the time. when he got saved he said he didn't feel like playing the war games any more. cause he mention it was killing, even though it is a game, the thought and actions behind it.
 
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Call of Duty isn't bad because it's sinful or anything. It's bad because it's a linear corridor shooter with bland, cookie-cutter multiplayer, a nearly non-existent single-player mode, and gimmicky co-op modes.
 
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So should I take up boxing or other sports?
 
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Call of Duty isn't bad because it's sinful or anything. It's bad because it's a linear corridor shooter with bland, cookie-cutter multiplayer, a nearly non-existent single-player mode, and gimmicky co-op modes.
baaahahahaahhh best response! why can't you like something more than once on here!
 
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My son and daughter play online, and have those games as well as several others. They have no desire to shoot anybody or steal a car, or whatever else they have seen in a game. I'm not worried about it at all.
 

Jimbone

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Hey guys just want others views on people like me who play the odd ps3 games like call of duty now and again. Is it ok? Good or bad? You think.
Look man the fact I don't have a PS4 and/or the XB1 is a testament to the changing power of the Holy Spirit. I owned a 2600, NES, SNES, Gameboy,Sega Genesis, N64, PS1, PS2, Dreamcast, Gameboy Advanced, Xbox, 360, PSP, DS, Wii, and a PS3, I was a gamer from the start up until about a year ago. I beat GTA5, so you know I wasn't changed that long ago. What the Lords shown me is that the messages all these games (and movies, and show, and even cartoons) are putting forth are in fact garbage. They take our attention off God and give us our "relief" from reality which I realized I had made a false idol for myself. I would be thinking of the next time I could play all the time, and never put any thought to God, outside of Wed. night. I submit we need to spend more time in reality and less time in what the world tells us is ok, and what we "feel" is ok.
Just a disclaimer- I am not saying this is how you should look at it, or what all Christians should feel. I am just saying this is the Truth the Lord has led me too personally. That's all, just my view on it since being regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Because I sure loved them when I still called the shots on my own.
 
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Play Minecraft then...its a wholesome game. It's basically Legos.
 
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Call of Duty isn't bad because it's sinful or anything. It's bad because it's a linear corridor shooter with bland, cookie-cutter multiplayer, a nearly non-existent single-player mode, and gimmicky co-op modes.
You beat me to this!

PS3 and Xbox are sinful because PC is the master race and it is superior in every way and it must rule the world. PC Master Race - A fifth of a million and growing!

All jokes aside, the Bible is never against killing, only murder, and the Bible verse about lust cannot be applied to all things. There is a verse just before it about being angry with your brother being as bad as murder, but this isn't the same as thinking about killing. If in an online game you become angry at someone, that's not good, but that's the case with any competitive activity.
 
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Call of Duty isn't bad because it's sinful or anything. It's bad because it's a linear corridor shooter with bland, cookie-cutter multiplayer, a nearly non-existent single-player mode, and gimmicky co-op modes.
Haha! So true! Also, it's a FPS, not a platform game. Platform games are VERY different.
 
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Rush

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Play Minecraft then...its a wholesome game. It's basically Legos.
Ha! Yeah, wholesome. Until one night you go to sleep in your innocent lego kingdom, blissfully unaware....
You awake to the sounds of construction...intrigued rather than panicked you go outside, but your innocence has donned you. Someone has built a castle around your house and refuses to let you out, keeping you as a pet who puts the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again. True story ;)
 
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Haha! So true! Also, it's a FPS, not a platform game. Platform games are VERY different.
Agreed. SUPER METROID. Now there was a platformer that was!
 

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Just keep in mind, if you can commit adultery because of lust in your heart... It might also mean if you kill in your heart you have killed... So playing a character who practices killing hundreds imo would mean you have practiced it...Matthew 5:27-30Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.Take in note I am not well versed on this subject so take my opinion with a HUGE grain of salt.
NO NO NO t_laurich he is not killing in his heart he is pretinding to be david killing goliath or samsun killing the 3000 men serving God...
 
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You beat me to this!

PS3 and Xbox are sinful because PC is the master race and it is superior in every way and it must rule the world. PC Master Race - A fifth of a million and growing!

All jokes aside, the Bible is never against killing, only murder, and the Bible verse about lust cannot be applied to all things. There is a verse just before it about being angry with your brother being as bad as murder, but this isn't the same as thinking about killing. If in an online game you become angry at someone, that's not good, but that's the case with any competitive activity.
Now I feel at ease I'm going to get Destiny. Thanks for great feedback everyone.
 
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Ecclesiastik

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Call of Duty isn't bad because it's sinful or anything. It's bad because it's a linear corridor shooter with bland, cookie-cutter multiplayer, a nearly non-existent single-player mode, and gimmicky co-op modes.

Everyone who liked this ^ and cherished her witty reply over over the heart-spoken warnings of the saints needs to examine themselves. Satan himself appears as an angel of light. You just liked and took the advice of a non-Christian on a moral issue.

Are you truly striving to follow Christ with all of your heart? Or are you just trying to do the bare minimum to not go to hell? Who is riding the fence today? Who is more of a Christian in culture than they are in heart? Can I see some raised hands?

A wise man once said: "To obey is better than sacrifice. I want more than Sundays and Wednesday nights. Cause if you can't come to me everyday, then don't bother coming at all."
 
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