Interests left behind

Ok in light of your transparency and forth coming lately (thanks, btw), I'll confess...

A few weeks ago I was wrapped up in a Netflix series. It is so entertaining and it wasn't this only one I had been allowing myself to compromise with lately.

Well a couple weeks ago, I got me some grub, got comfy and turned to the next episode. Right off the bat, I was hearing the f word and G.. D and JC spewed over and over. I had noticed it before, but just decided to tune out the aspects of the series that were definitely going against what I know doesn't honor Him.

Well, what was happening is I was becoming more and more desensitized by so much of the things that should have cued me to step away. Thanks be to the Lord, I finally chose to turn that off. I won't lie, temptation rises on lonely or boring moments in the still of the night to go back. It was a show that had me on the edge of my seat.

He is helping redirect me and encouraging me to not harm myself by choosing that which can be destructive to my well-being, to take captive my thoughts and what I choose to do.

I am so encouraged by your choice to lay certain things down. I also appreciate that you say, it isn't always easy. I get it, most all do, I believe. Thanks be to Him, our edge of the seat true joy combined with peace that surpasses all understanding comes only from trusting and honoring Him.

I love hearing how God is moving in the lives of others, in the big things and in the day to day choices.

Way to go young brother, may the Holy Spirit continue to prick our consciences everytime we grieve Him, and may be submit versus quench.

So you went PG 13... Don't know if I would ever go there... But good for you...

For me it's been a slow process. @CharliRenee I've had moments like that. Compromise, ignoring...then finally something tips the scale and even though you still feel guilty (and accusations come later for me too often) you turn from it. Resisting the temptation until it disappears. I will say that there have been a few times where I have given in and gone back to things I know are filth (shows/games) and sure enough...the Lord was working in the background and however I was experiencing it before as far as enjoyment it's just boring.

I feel like we mature past it when we make the mature decision even though we dilly dallied.



It's coincidental that you mention Mortal Kombat @Kojikun because I turned on a SNES version and instantly felt vibes that I don't recall ever feeling. Did one fight with my bro and we went back to wii golf. Then I remembered all the finishing moves and just garbage violence in that stuff. I could give long lists of the reasons why I've stopped certain things

I have a blanket ban on films/TV at present but occasionally fall into gaming which is just as bad in a different way of poor stewardship. MMOs have become really dark.

It's been a LONG process like I said. I can't believe some of the stuff I watched when I was younger. I gave my life to the Lord young but it's like it's been this consistent process lifelong.


Even something like Crash Bandicoot I've been really wanting to play...but then tribal masks (Aku) my mother used to say it's said "Ohmigod" when they activated when we were children. I shrugged it off then, but nowadays...that's how she heard it, which says something. Even if I don't hear that, it still affected someone else (a parent) and caused a conscience conflict of some kind.

At least with CTR I can put a cheat in so that we only use potions when racing...so that's my middle of the road fix. I call these "hotfixes" for my flesh. I pray about them and eventually they become non issues...because I'd rather have a healing than a bandage

For me it's been a slow process. @CharliRenee I've had moments like that. Compromise, ignoring...then finally something tips the scale and even though you still feel guilty (and accusations come later for me too often) you turn from it. Resisting the temptation until it disappears. I will say that there have been a few times where I have given in and gone back to things I know are filth (shows/games) and sure enough...the Lord was working in the background and however I was experiencing it before as far as enjoyment it's just boring.

I feel like we mature past it when we make the mature decision even though we dilly dallied.



It's coincidental that you mention Mortal Kombat @Kojikun because I turned on a SNES version and instantly felt vibes that I don't recall ever feeling. Did one fight with my bro and we went back to wii golf. Then I remembered all the finishing moves and just garbage violence in that stuff. I could give long lists of the reasons why I've stopped certain things

I have a blanket ban on films/TV at present but occasionally fall into gaming which is just as bad in a different way of poor stewardship. MMOs have become really dark.

It's been a LONG process like I said. I can't believe some of the stuff I watched when I was younger. I gave my life to the Lord young but it's like it's been this consistent process lifelong.


Even something like Crash Bandicoot I've been really wanting to play...but then tribal masks (Aku) my mother used to say it's said "Ohmigod" when they activated when we were children. I shrugged it off then, but nowadays...that's how she heard it, which says something. Even if I don't hear that, it still affected someone else (a parent) and caused a conscience conflict of some kind.

At least with CTR I can put a cheat in so that we only use potions when racing...so that's my middle of the road fix. I call these "hotfixes" for my flesh. I pray about them and eventually they become non issues...because I'd rather have a healing than a bandage

Indeed there are games that I had stop simply because characters showed to much skin. Also when the magic in games goes into great detail. I was playing a jrpg and one of the items I had to make was a voodoo doll. I'm like "Nope" and shut it off. I am apart of Christian game developers group and every once in awhile games they made would be released and its encouraging know that not ever game is not bending over backwards to include secular views.

Indeed there are games that I had stop simply because characters showed to much skin. Also when the magic in games goes into great detail. I was playing a jrpg and one of the items I had to make was a voodoo doll. I'm like "Nope" and shut it off. I am apart of Christian game developers group and every once in awhile games they made would be released and its encouraging know that not ever game is not bending over backwards to include secular views.

Do you develop Christian games or developers that are Christian? Cool either way, just curious. I play garden and home scapes, once in awhile. It isn't as fun if you don't pay. Anyhoooo, it would be neat if they had a Christian game like that, to maybe fiddle a bit on them and maybe learn something. To include him in developing, one way or another is a very good thing, right?

It's irritating (also good) when it's so clear that you have no choice. Vague lores that echo to deeper doctrines it takes longer to figure out and you can convince yourself it's just fantasy. I'm at that point with one game...the sunk cost fallacy is a hard one.

I saw a group like that on FB but it was closed. I think a very clean (but not cheesy) MMO could be created but I don't have the technical skills for it, just the ideas on implementation/content.

Slaying NPCs that aren't humanoid I don't have much issue with as that is hunting/fishing/etc in a nutshell.

There are ways to make a game educational and "semi" productive. I've learned things over the years but maybe 5% of what I could have because a lot of it is junk. An active community with skills that are realistically based off real world skills (where it could in a way function something like wikipedia knowledge/encyclopedic) has a lot of merit.

I've worked on a few card games in the past. I joined the group about a year ago and the members are christian and they usually have a christian theme to the games they make. If I find some videos of things they've made I will post them.

Please do!!!

I'm fine with slaying monsters and such in games. (The Metroid series and Zelda are some of my favorites) when there are humans though I only fight back in self defense (on the game obviously lol) but yeah most fps games are a no go. I did play a Mortal Kombat 3 a few weeks ago and I turned the blood off but I couldn't do more than a few rounds. I'd rather play Street Fighter II

Yeah street fighter is all people iirc. I'd be down to have that as an arcade game (the box thing) at some point if I ever put some of my ideas in practice. I liked old school arcades and you can still buy em.

One of the churches I went to as a child eventually had a game room with arcade games (DK) and the basketball shooting mini game (with the really little balls). Only time I realistically got to play with all the people was during a lock-in once.


There's a game I'm on the fence and just having a hard time giving up...where it used to be you didn't have to do anything "obvious" in quests but it's gotten a lot worse

Yeah I notice some games quest systems have rather unsettle themes. Like games with morality systems. I first became acquainted with these systems in the ps2 era with Darkwatch. The choices were do or dont situations. I usually avoid games with it as it feels restricting in a way.