Game Of Thrones Is Evil????

Robert6671 · May 21, 2019

I have seen many comments on it so I am going to be brutally honest here. I loved the show...not for the gore or violence or sex...it was a good story though the ending war horrible. Now as far as people talking about the softcore inappropriate content and evil etc etc. Lets see the old testament...rape, incest, genocide. Kill every man woman and child. And sometimes keep the virgins. So tell me even if there ordered to kill everyone what do you guys think a bunch of kill drunk soldiers did to the women before they killed them. Or when they kept the virgins for slavery what do you think those men did to those women. When they were ordered to kill children what do you think they did to the babies, the picked them up and bashed there brains in on rock or gutted them with spears or swords. The bible might not go into graphic description but unless your delusional that is what happened. GRR Martin wrote a medieval story and he did not pull punches. The medieval world was brutal and cruel and unfair. Get over it

Neogaia777 · May 21, 2019

Robert6671 said:
I have seen many comments on it so I am going to be brutally honest here. I loved the show...not for the gore or violence or sex...it was a good story though the ending war horrible. Now as far as people talking about the softcore inappropriate content and evil etc etc. Lets see the old testament...rape, incest, genocide. Kill every man woman and child. And sometimes keep the virgins. So tell me even if there ordered to kill everyone what do you guys think a bunch of kill drunk soldiers did to the women before they killed them. Or when they kept the virgins for slavery what do you think those men did to those women. When they were ordered to kill children what do you think they did to the babies, the picked them up and bashed there brains in on rock or gutted them with spears or swords. The bible might not go into graphic description but unless your delusional that is what happened. GRR Martin wrote a medieval story and he did not pull punches. The medieval world was brutal and cruel and unfair. Get over it

Are we better than that now...? And if so, are we in danger of going back to it ever...? Or are we past that now...? And if so, how...?

Some say we could be going back to it now, or are turning toward headed back to it now, with what's happening and all...

And I would like to note that it is completely unknown if the Hebrews or Israelite men ever did "some of the things you describe" or not, but I think they had certain rules against it, but I'm not completely sure... I think They went by what God said, and God said "kill" not rape, and not torture or mistreat or use or abuse, before killing, ect, just quickly kill them, cause it's "war" and that's it... They were an army, a killing machine, with commanders, ect, who kept order, and thought they and their people and their nation were going by the direct commands from God, were God's chosen people, ect... I think they knew those things were wrong and did not do them like the other nations did, ect... But I have no proof, and I don't know if anyone does either way... I mean yes, sometimes kept virgins alive or certain ones ect, but not always, but not to have as "rape toys" or anything like that...?

Many of the soldiers came home to wives and children, Uriah would not even sleep with his own wife when he got back home, having something to do with His commitment and loyalty to David, his King, and look what David did to him, ect... Anyway, I don't think Uriah or his troop were out getting drunk and raping women before killing them, kind of "thing" you mention at all, but that may be just me...

Most of the governments or rulerships of the past, did, and some of them were trying to, bring the world to a point or place where those kinds of horrible things that happen in war and sometimes with some men sometimes, would no longer be so, and some order and hopefully a kind of peace could be established, in a very choatic world, ect...

God Bless!

God Bless!

Robert6671 · May 21, 2019

Neogaia777 said:
Are we better than that now...? And if so, are we in danger of going back to it ever...? Or are we past that now...? And if so, how...?

Some say we could be going back to it now, or are turning toward headed back to it now, with what's happening and all...

And I would like to note that it is completely unknown if the Hebrews or Israelite men ever did "some of the things you describe" or not, but I think they had certain rules against it, but I'm not completely sure... I think They went by what God said, and God said "kill" not rape, and not torture or mistreat or use or abuse, before killing, ect, just quickly kill them, cause it's "war" and that's it... They were an army, a killing machine, with commanders, ect, who kept order, and thought they and their people and their nation were going by the direct commands from God, were God's chosen people, ect... I think they knew those things were wrong and did not do them like the other nations did, ect... But I have no proof, and I don't know if anyone does either way... I mean yes, sometimes kept virgins alive or certain ones ect, but not always, but not to have as "rape toys" or anything like that...?

Many of the soldiers came home to wives and children, Uriah would not even sleep with his own wife when he got back home, having something to do with His commitment and loyalty to David, his King, and look what David did to him, ect... Anyway, I don't think Uriah or his troop were out getting drunk and raping women before killing them, kind of "thing" you mention at all, but that may be just me...

Most of the governments or rulerships of the past, did, and some of them were trying to, bring the world to a point or place where those kinds of horrible things that happen in war and sometimes with some men sometimes, would no longer be so, and some order and hopefully a kind of peace could be established, in a very choatic world, ect...

God Bless!

God Bless!

You know what the lives of women and children have meant very little over there years...It is only been in the 1 to 200 years that it started to improve. The old testament was brutal...if not more so than Martins books. That is what I am saying

AppleGold · May 21, 2019

First of all, that show is fantasy. However, the sex scenes can cause arousal and not a good thing to lust after people you ain't married too. The fantasy violence does not cause you to do more violence.
I do wonder if the makers of the show were aethiest though.

Dwarf to John Snow"You've been, to the other side, is there life after death?" John "Not from what I've seen, no." They could have made the character say anything they wanted to since he experienced death, but they choose oblivion. Unless of course the makers of the show are Jahobah Witness and John Snow was lost in sin, cause their version of Hell is Oblivion instead of everlasting torcher.

Neogaia777 · May 21, 2019

Robert6671 said:
You know what the lives of women and children have meant very little over there years...It is only been in the 1 to 200 years that it started to improve. The old testament was brutal...if not more so than Martins books. That is what I am saying

There have been many of those movements in the past, usually just before the disasterous (brutal) fall of a rulership or society or kingdom, that was trying to hold all of "it" or "that", together, to begin with...

Think we've changed...? We hold ourselves to a higher moral code are you saying...? If so, then what is that based on...? and what happens if that base is removed...?

God Bless!

Ignatius the Kiwi · May 21, 2019

It's exploitative in it's casual use of explicit sexual content. I feel that's at least somewhat evil and in a way a disservice the story. I do remember trying to listen to the books and I stopped at the point of Khal Drogo and Daenerys's first sex scene. What is the purpose for describing her nipples being squeezed except to arouse sexual impulse of the reader? That's where I stopped.

The bible in contrast, doesn't typically have those lurid type of descriptions, though it does tell us of the the actions people committed good or bad.

The violence doesn't bother me as I'm also moderately knowledgeable about the ancient world and just how vicious and cruel rulers could be to their enemies or the people.

Neogaia777 · May 21, 2019

Ignatius the Kiwi said:
It's exploitative in it's casual use of explicit sexual content. I feel that's at least somewhat evil and in a way a disservice the story. I do remember trying to listen to the books and I stopped at the point of Khal Drogo and Daenerys's first sex scene. What is the purpose for describing her nipples being squeezed except to arouse sexual impulse of the reader? That's where I stopped.

The bible in contrast, doesn't typically have those lurid type of descriptions, though it does tell us of the the actions people committed good or bad.

The violence doesn't bother me as I'm also moderately knowledgeable about the ancient world and just how vicious and cruel rulers could be to their enemies or the people.

I honestly don't watch it or know much anything about it, and may not ever, I don't know...? (Game of Thrones)... Not judging, just...

God Bless!

Neogaia777 · May 21, 2019

I mainly responded due to the accusations of the ancients and the ancient world, or nations, more specifically Israel... Which could reflect badly on their God, or our God, ect...

God Bless!

Neogaia777 · May 21, 2019

All I can say is trusting the world, to show you what the world (or humanity) is (or was) like, is like asking or volunteering to be deceived...

God Bless!

Sketcher · May 21, 2019

Robert6671 said:
I have seen many comments on it so I am going to be brutally honest here. I loved the show...not for the gore or violence or sex...it was a good story though the ending war horrible. Now as far as people talking about the softcore inappropriate content and evil etc etc. Lets see the old testament...rape, incest, genocide. Kill every man woman and child. And sometimes keep the virgins. So tell me even if there ordered to kill everyone what do you guys think a bunch of kill drunk soldiers did to the women before they killed them. Or when they kept the virgins for slavery what do you think those men did to those women. When they were ordered to kill children what do you think they did to the babies, the picked them up and bashed there brains in on rock or gutted them with spears or swords. The bible might not go into graphic description but unless your delusional that is what happened. GRR Martin wrote a medieval story and he did not pull punches. The medieval world was brutal and cruel and unfair. Get over it

GoT sex and violence was there to entertain. OT stories are there to morally instruct. Bad comparison.

Oh, and Season 8 was terrible. I do not have high hopes for D&D's upcoming Star Wars projects.

Nithavela · May 21, 2019

Sketcher said:
GoT sex and violence was there to entertain. OT stories are there to morally instruct. Bad comparison.

Oh, and Season 8 was terrible. I do not have high hopes for D&D's upcoming Star Wars projects.

I doubt the movies will be good, but the reviews will be gold.

A_Thinker · May 21, 2019

Sketcher said:
GoT sex and violence was there to entertain. OT stories are there to morally instruct. Bad comparison.

Oh, and Season 8 was terrible. I do not have high hopes for D&D's upcoming Star Wars projects.

Part of the problem was that they rushed to complete the series ... so as to get started on their Star Wars project.

As a result, they didn't do justice to the seven preceding seasons of character portrayal, which ended up which characters behaving in ways that were out-of-character.

GRRM's claim to fame is that he was true to real human behavior. But this final season presented us with characters acting against the real complex character they had previously presented. They became too cardboard.

As for the sex and violence, that's just a part of real life. I don't think that anyone could really say that GOT was obsessed with sex, ... just that they didn't shy away from the presentation of sex when it was a part of the story.

As for violence, we are inundated with violence as entertainment as a regular fare in our modern living. This is a larger concern for me.

section9+1 · May 21, 2019

So the medieval world was brutal, cruel and unfair. Sounds like all the ingredients for a great show and great entertainment.

BNR32FAN · May 21, 2019

Robert6671 said:
I have seen many comments on it so I am going to be brutally honest here. I loved the show...not for the gore or violence or sex...it was a good story though the ending war horrible. Now as far as people talking about the softcore inappropriate content and evil etc etc. Lets see the old testament...rape, incest, genocide. Kill every man woman and child. And sometimes keep the virgins. So tell me even if there ordered to kill everyone what do you guys think a bunch of kill drunk soldiers did to the women before they killed them. Or when they kept the virgins for slavery what do you think those men did to those women. When they were ordered to kill children what do you think they did to the babies, the picked them up and bashed there brains in on rock or gutted them with spears or swords. The bible might not go into graphic description but unless your delusional that is what happened. GRR Martin wrote a medieval story and he did not pull punches. The medieval world was brutal and cruel and unfair. Get over it

I have to agree that the show is evil. I’ve always heard many people say it’s a very good show but having heard of all the inappropriate contentography and foul language I decided not to expose myself to it. The things we subject ourselves to can come back to haunt us thru temptation.

Archivist · May 21, 2019

I enjoyed the television GoT, although I've enjoyed the books more and after the first season the HBO GoT really started to deviate from the books. Of course I'm suspecting that Martin will never finish the book series.

Original Happy Camper · May 21, 2019

Robert6671 said:
I loved the show...not for the gore or violence or sex...it was a good story though the ending war horrible.

Would Jesus watch this with you.

The Theater the Hotbed of Immorality—Among the most dangerous resorts for pleasure is the theater. Instead of being a school for morality and virtue, as is so often claimed, it is the very hotbed of immorality. Vicious habits and sinful propensities are strengthened and confirmed by these entertainments. Low songs, lewd gestures, expressions, and attitudes deprave the imagination and debase the morals. Every youth who habitually attends such exhibitions will be corrupted in principle. There is no influence in our land more powerful to poison the imagination, to destroy religious impressions, and to blunt the relish for the tranquil pleasures and sober realities of life than theatrical amusements. The love for these scenes increases with every indulgence as the desire for intoxicating drink strengthens with its use. The only safe course is to shun the theater, the circus, and every other questionable place of amusement.

https://egwwritings-a.akamaihd.net/pdf/en_AH.pdf
pg 410

RDKirk · May 21, 2019

Apply the Philippian Prescription and then judge:

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

The story may be ugly, but ultimately is the story true? Noble? Right? Pure? Lovely or admirable? Was it excellent or praiseworthy?

Has your perspective on life been elevated or debased by having experienced it?

Did it provide lessons or examples you can carry into Sunday School?

carp614 · May 21, 2019

The world loves Game of Thrones. That's cool. Good for them. Good for you.

You can call what I'm going to describe here whatever you want. You can call me a sissy or a nancy or whatever term you like. You may rest assured I will do everything I can to ensure that I forgive you.

I used to watch all kinds of terrible stuff like Game of Thrones. I regularly gorged on profanity, sex, violence, sarcasm, and cynicism. "It's no big deal" I said to myself. It was though. It had a terrible impact on my conscience. The steady diet of this stuff deadened my conscience. I sowed all kinds of evil in the lives of everyone I cared about because of my dead conscience. I can't blame the TV. I don't. I used it to keep my conscience dead so that I could do what I wanted.

But God worked on me anyway. Eventually I read Philippians 4:8 and understood that I should turn away from this focus if I was serious about serving the Lord.

I can honestly say I have not regretted turning away. My conscience is much more sensitive and God has done enormous, miraculous things in my soul since I started the process of excluding this kind of stuff from my life.

Don't believe this stuff has no affect on you what-so-ever. Don't arrogantly believe that you are above it's impact. Don't do what I did. I guess that's what I would say.

Sketcher · May 22, 2019

RDKirk said:
Apply the Philippian Prescription and then judge:

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

The story may be ugly, but ultimately is the story true? Noble? Right? Pure? Lovely or admirable? Was it excellent or praiseworthy?

Has your perspective on life been elevated or debased by having experienced it?

Did it provide lessons or examples you can carry into Sunday School?

Here's what in my opinion is the best one from the series (spoiler-free version).

Lost4words · Aug 22, 2020

Thread revival....

Only recently finished watching Game of Thrones.

Ok, yes, lots of sex and violence but, what an AWESOME series! Best i have ever seen! Superbly made and acted. Definitely going to watch again!

The music from the series is stunning too.

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