For those who are gamers, how do you handle Christian Ethics vs gaming?

[Delvianna]

I hope I'm posting in the right spot, if I'm not, my apologies and please move it to where it needs to be.

I want to talk about video games, table top games, etc and look at it from a place of Christian moral ethics. To give an example, I play the game Medieval Dynasty, which is mostly just building a city and managing it with all the resources. But due to it being close to Halloween, they've updated it to give the main towns halloween decorations. This isn't standard decorations... This looks purely pagan witchcraft to me.

So when you run across instances like this, what do you do? I'm not required to engage with it. Like, there isn't quests or anything but how do you handle video games and following Christian ethical standards? (This is just an example as I mean this discussion to be more broad than just the example I'm showing).

 

[ChubbyCherub]

I have mostly stopped playing them. Most games (even where this isn't the intended them like the game you are playing, currently) include passive witchcraft, paganism and demonology and covert and overt mocking of Christianity. It wasn't easy to stop because my husband and I played games a lot of years together. We weren't big drinkers, had a toddler and worked a lot so it was our hobby but I couldn't and can't continue to fund organizations/societies who are profiting from promoting anti-Christ behavior.

 

[Delvianna]

I have mostly stopped playing them. Most games (even where this isn't the intended them like the game you are playing, currently) include passive witchcraft, paganism and demonology and covert and overt mocking of Christianity. It wasn't easy to stop because my husband and I played games a lot of years together. We weren't big drinkers, had a toddler and worked a lot so it was our hobby but I couldn't and can't continue to fund organizations/societies who are profiting from promoting anti-Christ behavior.

Thanks for your reply. I've gotten rid of a lot of games that do this. Covert stuff that would be very much anti-Christian stuff and kept anything that was neutral. City building/managing/tower defense, stuff like that. This game I'm currently playing is solo + Co-op so its not even like I run across people that I don't know. I have to host my map with a password in order for someone else to join it and I get they want to promote big holidays but come on... who looked at that and went "this is fine". At least the game has no subscription or anything.. so I'll just not play it until they remove it after halloween as they aren't getting anymore of my money anyways... the game is bought. So nothing new for them... But this is getting harder and harder to find games to play in my down time that are at least, neutral.

 

[ChubbyCherub]

Thanks for your reply. I've gotten rid of a lot of games that do this. Covert stuff that would be very much anti-Christian stuff and kept anything that was neutral. City building/managing/tower defense, stuff like that. This game I'm currently playing is solo + Co-op so its not even like I run across people that I don't know. I have to host my map with a password in order for someone else to join it and I get they want to promote big holidays but come on... who looked at that and went "this is fine". At least the game has no subscription or anything.. so I'll just not play it until they remove it after halloween as they aren't getting anymore of my money anyways... the game is bought. So nothing new for them... But this is getting harder and harder to find games to play in my down time that are at least, neutral.

Yeah, I can sympathize. I used to love Sims 4. Grew up with it but no way.

 

[Delvianna]

Yeah, I can sympathize. I used to love Sims 4. Grew up with it but no way.

oh my gosh, yeah thats another one... after they updated the gender/pronouns and stuff... ugh.

 

[ChubbyCherub]

We were playing The Banishers Ghosts of New Eden which started out so promising and now it's witchcraft and constant subliminal messaging about how bad Christians are....so..........bible trivia it is, I think!

 

[Delvianna]

We were playing The Banishers Ghosts of New Eden which started out so promising and now it's witchcraft and constant subliminal messaging about how bad Christians are....so..........bible trivia it is, I think!

Wow... never heard of the game, but thanks for the heads up. Reminds me of Palia which is supposed to again... just be a game you grind for resources and build but they have this whole quest line which FORCES you to pray to dragons... and this is supposed to be for kids

 

[NBB]

i draw the line at nudity, unnecessary horror or gore towards human npc, and probably crappy immoral modern ideologies in games.
I don't think the Holy spirit gets offended by us playing some games, sometimes they even can help in my opinion, to discharge anger relief stress, and let your mind fly.

 

[Delvianna]

i draw the line at nudity, unnecessary horror or gore towards human npc, and probably crappy immoral modern ideologies in games.
I don't think the Holy spirit gets offended by us playing some games, sometimes they even can help in my opinion, to discharge anger relief stress, and let your mind fly.

I agree. I don't see all games as an issue as long as you're doing what you're supposed to do in real life and it's not an addiction. But definitely limiting which game over others is something I think we all should do. Its just a matter of, where is the line? What would be unnecessary horror for you?

 

[NBB]

I hope I'm posting in the right spot, if I'm not, my apologies and please move it to where it needs to be.

I want to talk about video games, table top games, etc and look at it from a place of Christian moral ethics. To give an example, I play the game Medieval Dynasty, which is mostly just building a city and managing it with all the resources. But due to it being close to Halloween, they've updated it to give the main towns halloween decorations. This isn't standard decorations... This looks purely pagan witchcraft to me.

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So when you run across instances like this, what do you do? I'm not required to engage with it. Like, there isn't quests or anything but how do you handle video games and following Christian ethical standards? (This is just an example as I mean this discussion to be more broad than just the example I'm showing).

I mean if you think about it, real life also have all kind of evil things, but you just don't engage with it and thats it.

 

[Delvianna]

I mean if you think about it, real life also have all kind of evil things, but you just don't engage with it and thats it.

Very true!

 

[NBB]

I agree. I don't see all games as an issue as long as you're doing what you're supposed to do in real life and it's not an addiction. But definitely limiting which game over others is something I think we all should do. Its just a matter of, where is the line? What would be unnecessary horror for you?

I don't like horror games, they usually have satanic themes, that sometimes can hurt my sensibilities, i don't like to be exposed to that.

 

[Delvianna]

I don't like horror games, they usually have satanic themes, that sometimes can hurt my sensibilities, i don't like to be exposed to that.

Makes sense. I steer clear of horror too.

 

[com7fy8]

But this is getting harder and harder to find games to play in my down time that are at least, neutral.

If they are putting out what is not the kind of games you have had, before, then they are not putting out games that are for you . . . possibly.

If a toy gun company morphs into a firearms business . . . they are no longer making what is for children.

Oh, of course . . . those toys also might not have been right for children. And likewise possibly those earlier games might not have been really what is good. And in case they got you "hooked" . . . that's a concern. Some companies on purpose put out products that they hope will addict their customers.

But our Apostle Paul says >

"All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any." (1 Corinthians 6:12)

So, you might evaluate how you could move on to better than games, versus trying to get back to something.

 

[Delvianna]

If they are putting out what is not the kind of games you have had, before, then they are not putting out games that are for you . . . possibly.

If a toy gun company morphs into a firearms business . . . they are no longer making what is for children.

Oh, of course . . . those toys also might not have been right for children. And likewise possibly those earlier games might not have been really what is good. And in case they got you "hooked" . . . that's a concern. Some companies on purpose put out products that they hope will addict their customers.

But our Apostle Paul says >

"All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any." (1 Corinthians 6:12)

So, you might evaluate how you could move on to better than games, versus trying to get back to something.

I meant buying new games, not returning to old ones. I'm struggling finding any new game to buy that isn't littered with problems.