Video games?
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I dont think tarot cards are an equal comparison, as they are an abomination. Do video games contain things that could be considered an abomination? Sure. But is it really fair to assume that every single video game that everyone plays does? No. Not every video game is about stealing cars, killing people and doing lewd and sexual things. In fact, one of my all time favorite games is a game where you build a farm, get married, raise a family and build up your homestead. Cant really think of anything too sinful in it : p
I do think there are good arguments against video games biblically speaking, and I dont think its wrong for Christians to help other Christians turn away from them when using the right argument, as a way to encourage each other to focus on Christ and not on earthly treasures. But to assume that all video games are filled with sin and abominations, thats not a fair argument.
And with the argument in your second post, can you really say that everything you do for entertainment is studying the Word of God? And even if you are being completely honest about that, dont you think theres a better way to help others get their mind off earthly treasures than telling them how wrong they are playing them?
Also, like I have said before, the first thing I think of when I hear people talk about things like this, one form of technological entertainment, the first thing I think of, they probly have a television, they probly have a computer, and they probly use all of these things. So I feel that the people who, instead of talking about how we can do better, come and tell others that they need to do better, are hypocritical.
I do think there are good arguments against video games biblically speaking, and I dont think its wrong for Christians to help other Christians turn away from them when using the right argument, as a way to encourage each other to focus on Christ and not on earthly treasures. But to assume that all video games are filled with sin and abominations, thats not a fair argument.
And with the argument in your second post, can you really say that everything you do for entertainment is studying the Word of God? And even if you are being completely honest about that, dont you think theres a better way to help others get their mind off earthly treasures than telling them how wrong they are playing them?
Also, like I have said before, the first thing I think of when I hear people talk about things like this, one form of technological entertainment, the first thing I think of, they probly have a television, they probly have a computer, and they probly use all of these things. So I feel that the people who, instead of talking about how we can do better, come and tell others that they need to do better, are hypocritical.
The way I see it if I notice that I am getting to addicted to video games I have to cut myself off if I notice they are starting to have a negative effect on me that makes me distracted from God I cut myself off as I fear becoming addicted to them again.
Believe me when I say that I know from experience that there is a vast difference between owning a game and a game owning you the scary thing is when the game owns you rarely ever do you realize it
Believe me when I say that I know from experience that there is a vast difference between owning a game and a game owning you the scary thing is when the game owns you rarely ever do you realize it
No assumption was made about every single game, I made this disclaimer at the outset and throughout my post:
No, because that's not the claim I made to start with. When I say that everything we do should be inline with the Christian ethos and glorifying God that doesn't mean reading the bible is the only thing we do or the only way we can glorify God. I do many things with my time outside of my work, but as was reiterated throughout my post I make an attempt to make sure they're in line with the word of God. If there's movies, books and pastimes that aren't consistent with that, then I leave them behind.
Absolutely, if that was the case to start with. If there's an open thread or a current ongoing issue in society about the issue, then I will reply as I have done in this thread about my understanding about the genre of certain games in line with the word of God. It's got nothing to do with condemning them as a person, but rather the discourse over the nature of the activity according to the bible.
Myself specifically I don't own a tv, I do have my macbook and yes I do use it. However that's not the crux of the matter, it's not what you own, it's what you do with it. If you're going use those devices for things that aren't consistent with being a Christian, i.e: some of the games that you've described earlier on in your post, then that was the point, not that you have those things, but what you do with them.
You made an excellent point in one of your other posts in a different thread that illustrates my own:
When we come to Christ we leave certain things behind because we know it's not what God wants of us, it doesn't make us hypocritical or more righteous than the next person, we're all on our imperfect walk with Christ, but if a discussion evolves about why we don't engage in certain things, it's that simple: because it doesn't feel ok in our spirit and we try and match everything we do with what God is instructing us to do.
No, because that's not the claim I made to start with. When I say that everything we do should be inline with the Christian ethos and glorifying God that doesn't mean reading the bible is the only thing we do or the only way we can glorify God. I do many things with my time outside of my work, but as was reiterated throughout my post I make an attempt to make sure they're in line with the word of God. If there's movies, books and pastimes that aren't consistent with that, then I leave them behind.
Absolutely, if that was the case to start with. If there's an open thread or a current ongoing issue in society about the issue, then I will reply as I have done in this thread about my understanding about the genre of certain games in line with the word of God. It's got nothing to do with condemning them as a person, but rather the discourse over the nature of the activity according to the bible.
Myself specifically I don't own a tv, I do have my macbook and yes I do use it. However that's not the crux of the matter, it's not what you own, it's what you do with it. If you're going use those devices for things that aren't consistent with being a Christian, i.e: some of the games that you've described earlier on in your post, then that was the point, not that you have those things, but what you do with them.
You made an excellent point in one of your other posts in a different thread that illustrates my own:
When we come to Christ we leave certain things behind because we know it's not what God wants of us, it doesn't make us hypocritical or more righteous than the next person, we're all on our imperfect walk with Christ, but if a discussion evolves about why we don't engage in certain things, it's that simple: because it doesn't feel ok in our spirit and we try and match everything we do with what God is instructing us to do.
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