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For the Christians who come to talk about how playing video games arent the best way to spend your time, I cant help but wonder, how much time do you spend in front of a tv screen, or in front of your computer watching youtube videos?
Its not that I completely disagree, as I believe that His will is not for us to buy up treasures and love the things of this world. But at the same time, I think its silly to come and tell people that the things they do to entertain themselves needs to change when its no different from the things you do yourself : p Instead of telling those who like video games they should change, we can instead make a productive thread on how we can all make a change. That way it doesnt look as if one person is putting themselves on a higher level for not doing this one thing themselves.
Oh and survival horror games, I just recently got into them earlier this year with the first RE game. It was fun, though I too often found myself stuck not knowing what to do next : p May restart it all over again and make a new file one day.
Its not that I completely disagree, as I believe that His will is not for us to buy up treasures and love the things of this world. But at the same time, I think its silly to come and tell people that the things they do to entertain themselves needs to change when its no different from the things you do yourself : p Instead of telling those who like video games they should change, we can instead make a productive thread on how we can all make a change. That way it doesnt look as if one person is putting themselves on a higher level for not doing this one thing themselves.
Oh and survival horror games, I just recently got into them earlier this year with the first RE game. It was fun, though I too often found myself stuck not knowing what to do next : p May restart it all over again and make a new file one day.
Oh, Ive actually heard that RE3 was bad, but I really want to try it : p I hope to one day have RE1,2,3 and Code Veronica for Gamecube, though it would cost a bit : p
Oh and Monnkai, if you like 3rd person shooter games, you should totally try Winback for either N64 or PS2, its my all time favorite 3rd person shooter, its not real well known but its great : p
And I understand the movement thing, the tank controls in RE can be difficult when you first try it. After a while it becomes second nature to you though : p I felt like RE1 had more substance, where RE4 was fun, it was more of an action thingy that youd play for a bit for the fast paced gameplay but wouldnt touch again afterwards : p
Oh and Monnkai, if you like 3rd person shooter games, you should totally try Winback for either N64 or PS2, its my all time favorite 3rd person shooter, its not real well known but its great : p
And I understand the movement thing, the tank controls in RE can be difficult when you first try it. After a while it becomes second nature to you though : p I felt like RE1 had more substance, where RE4 was fun, it was more of an action thingy that youd play for a bit for the fast paced gameplay but wouldnt touch again afterwards : p
Am I the only that would play video games with Jesus? I'm thinking Mario Kart tbh.
Can you imagine? lol
It's okay to have fun and enjoy things you like to do and not be super serious all the time.
*makes super serious face*
Can you imagine? lol
It's okay to have fun and enjoy things you like to do and not be super serious all the time.
*makes super serious face*
That was probably just my stunt double Fernando. He's harmless. That would be so weird running into someone that looked like me though lol...
That would be so weird running into someone that looked like me though lol...
I don't know if Jesus is a baseball or college football fan. I dont know if he would sit on the couch next to me and have a beer while going back and forth between said games.. So would Jesus play a game? I don't know. You could ask would He do just about anything that we would do. Would He drive a car? Watch a movie on Netflix? Talk on the phone? These questions aren't any different than what you asked.
No one’s claiming to be perfect, but when you know better you do better. If you’re going to claim to be a christian, there are beliefs and practices that you leave behind as part of your new life, not your former life style. As I grew in my walk with Jesus, as I studied the word, I came to see that things like not doing drugs, not looking after my health, not sleeping together before marriage, films I don’t watch, books I don’t read, not following the 10 commandments, not encompassing the fruits of the spirit were all things I had to make a commitment to developing and practicing because they’re in line with the word of God. One of those is games that don’t exemplify Jesus, rather, has all kinds of things that is not of God in the messages they postulate. It's not so much a timing issue as it is a content one.
To use your example, I’d rather spend too much watching videos that don’t contradict the christian ethos than entertain myself with games that absolutely do. There’s a distinction there that you’ve missed. “oh well if you spent too much time reading today then using tarot cards/following Buddha is totally fine because I consider that entertainment”. If it’s not inline with God’s word as the substance in so many games are, then that needs to be left behind totally as part of your Christian walk.
To try and justify them by saying “you spent too much time today reading christian books/exercising today – that’s your entertainment - so I’m going to play all these games today that don’t glorify God at all because that’s my entertainment!” is not a comparison to be made. It’s the wrong analogy. If you believe that kind of activity you’re engaging in doesn’t contradict the Christian ethos, then that’s your decision, God speed. I don’t believe those activities i.e, many of those games, are in line with God’s word. Just like all those who claim to be Christian, we’re not perfect, God is far from finished with us, but where and when we know better we strive to do so according to the word of Christ. That’s inclusive of those calibre of games, that after much study and prayer, I can't take part in. That’s not putting myself ‘on a higher level’ that’s my own personal choice according to what resonates with me as the right thing to do.
To use your example, I’d rather spend too much watching videos that don’t contradict the christian ethos than entertain myself with games that absolutely do. There’s a distinction there that you’ve missed. “oh well if you spent too much time reading today then using tarot cards/following Buddha is totally fine because I consider that entertainment”. If it’s not inline with God’s word as the substance in so many games are, then that needs to be left behind totally as part of your Christian walk.
To try and justify them by saying “you spent too much time today reading christian books/exercising today – that’s your entertainment - so I’m going to play all these games today that don’t glorify God at all because that’s my entertainment!” is not a comparison to be made. It’s the wrong analogy. If you believe that kind of activity you’re engaging in doesn’t contradict the Christian ethos, then that’s your decision, God speed. I don’t believe those activities i.e, many of those games, are in line with God’s word. Just like all those who claim to be Christian, we’re not perfect, God is far from finished with us, but where and when we know better we strive to do so according to the word of Christ. That’s inclusive of those calibre of games, that after much study and prayer, I can't take part in. That’s not putting myself ‘on a higher level’ that’s my own personal choice according to what resonates with me as the right thing to do.
