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Sorry Sophia, you made a boo boo. However the good part about being a Christian is: correction, direction, encouragement, and inspiration. The value is irrelevant. If the item would have belonged to Jesus, or His mother Mary would you have felt right taking it the way you did? Its ok. I'm sure He is smiling over you and knows your sorry. Have a Blessed Day.
this probably not all that helpful, but here's some thoughts:
it's hard to make judgments about what goes on within a game, because, well, it's a game, and players do things to each other that they wouldn't in real life, and treat each other in ways they wouldn't otherwise, because, well, respawn, and in real life, points, XP and w/e are meaningless.
but if you feel guilty about doing something, it usually means you shouldn't have done it, and/or you might ought to apologize to someone.
i play mostly single player games so i haven't put a lot of thought into ethics in multiplayer gaming =p
but i think as Christians we ought to show more respect for other people than the world does. if scamming people out of items is a regular part of gameplay, then i wouldn't worry about. i mean, i lied, cheated and stole my way all the way through Skyrim, but i wouldn't lie to or cheat other people in a MP game. but in some games looting & stealing from others is a game mechanic. if your corpse drops medpacks and i need medpacks, yeah, ima drop you.
if it bothers your conscience to do something though, it's like sin for you, so avoid it to keep a clear conscience. as a Christian even in games, we should try not to offend people, as much as is reasonable.
it's hard to make judgments about what goes on within a game, because, well, it's a game, and players do things to each other that they wouldn't in real life, and treat each other in ways they wouldn't otherwise, because, well, respawn, and in real life, points, XP and w/e are meaningless.
but if you feel guilty about doing something, it usually means you shouldn't have done it, and/or you might ought to apologize to someone.
i play mostly single player games so i haven't put a lot of thought into ethics in multiplayer gaming =p
but i think as Christians we ought to show more respect for other people than the world does. if scamming people out of items is a regular part of gameplay, then i wouldn't worry about. i mean, i lied, cheated and stole my way all the way through Skyrim, but i wouldn't lie to or cheat other people in a MP game. but in some games looting & stealing from others is a game mechanic. if your corpse drops medpacks and i need medpacks, yeah, ima drop you.
if it bothers your conscience to do something though, it's like sin for you, so avoid it to keep a clear conscience. as a Christian even in games, we should try not to offend people, as much as is reasonable.
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I'd say that this is bad because it sounds like it involves lying or some sort of dishonesty (basically the premise of all scams). If you are playing a game where part of the game is stealing from other players (like a game where characters play as thieves or something and have to pickpocket each other), I think that's fine, or if you are playing a game like "Cheat" where you are supposed to lie about the cards you are playing as part of the game, that's fine, but if you are telling people things that aren't true, which is not part of the official game, in order to get ahead, well that's basically the same thing that people do in real life.
So again, if you are playing a war game I don't think you are guilty of murder, but if you are going around making promises to other people in the game (real people, not NPCs) and then breaking them that's a different thing.
So again, if you are playing a war game I don't think you are guilty of murder, but if you are going around making promises to other people in the game (real people, not NPCs) and then breaking them that's a different thing.
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So let's put it this way... If someone were to steal something from you even if it had nothing of value, would you still at least feel bad on the fact that someone tricked you into something to have them steal it? How is it not the same online, with the exception that the person doesn't know anything about you behind your screen just as you don't know about them. The person(s) would still feel like they got ripped off by you. The only difference is that we have technology to not make it seem as confronting as to how it'd be played in real life. The same goes for just about anything.
So yes, it's still considered stealing.
So yes, it's still considered stealing.
Sophia, being quite a bit older than you, I haven't got a clue what on earth you are talking about. But I do know that the two big commandments govern and trump the rest:
1) Love God with all your strength,
2) Love neighbor as self.
I am convinced that if an ethical issue has nothing to do with 1 & 2, it is theological tiddlywinks. We must focus on 1 & 2. So once you figure out how your ethical problem fits with 1 & 2, I think you will have your answer.
1) Love God with all your strength,
2) Love neighbor as self.
I am convinced that if an ethical issue has nothing to do with 1 & 2, it is theological tiddlywinks. We must focus on 1 & 2. So once you figure out how your ethical problem fits with 1 & 2, I think you will have your answer.