Is "The Sims" Ok?

Oh yeah, my parents won't let me get "M" rated games. But I found that you can remove Gore and foul words from the Game, and that it probably reduces the rating to "T".

Is there any other game like this?

Lots of games have them. I couldn't name any off to you though.

wow...no M games.. Tough..

2) Jesus said that nothing that goes into you makes you unclean. This isused for food of course, but I belive it applies to what we watch as well

(Er...I hope I am not harmed for posting the following POV)

3) Prophets, like it or not, are mages by almost every definition of the word. They draw upon a fount of power (in this case God) and perform wonders. The frogs could be called a Summon. Parting the water could be called Hydromancery


I hope that helps...
but in the end, it is best not to be att odds with one's parents, unless they do something completely and utterly retarded like my mom did.

And of course playing violent games doesn't affect you badly...to say that video games cause violence is foolish. It is a disgusting lie pushed by fools like Joe Lieberman.

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Do you really belive this?

Violence does affect people, in fact several professors have studied and tested violence in games, and found out that it acctualy does make people more aggressive!

And things going into you body do not affect you? Do you think that inappropriate content does not affect people? People who have looked at stuff like that carry images of sex in their heads for the rest of their lives!

Their are only two kinds of prophets, true/real prophets, and false prophets.
True prophets are of God, and false prophets are of the devil, there is no in between.

And please, never ever call your parents retards.

GOOD-NIGHT!

Whoa! Kam, I'll have too TOTALLY disagree with you! One, we are the temple of God. I don't think God wants us to put "garbage" in his temple. Two, prophets are NOT mages. The miracles and signs were performed by God! He used people to do them through, but they were his works, not the prophets. Hydromancery? , that is worse than the explanation that the "parting" of the Red Sea was just some reeds, moved by the wind. The people are not drawing power from God, God is using his power through people. It's not like the people could just use God's "power" whenever they felt like it. And when Moses tried to make it appear as if he called water from the rock by tapping it twice, God rebuked him for trying to make it look like he was in control not God. I really hate to say it, but your entire post was not biblically sound. honor your Father and Mother? As long as they don't go against what God tells us, they are to be obeyed and respected.

Oh please. They are worried about the sims?

Just point them to weekly TV programs or recent movies and then show them the sims. It's no comparison. It's perfectly safe, other than consuming a lot of your time due to the gaming addiction

MechmasterII said:

Do you really belive this?

Violence does affect people, in fact several professors have studied and tested violence in games, and found out that it acctualy does make people more aggressive!

And things going into you body do not affect you? Do you think that inappropriate content does not affect people? People who have looked at stuff like that carry images of sex in their heads for the rest of their lives!

Their are only two kinds of prophets, true/real prophets, and false prophets.
True prophets are of God, and false prophets are of the devil, there is no in between.

And please, never ever call your parents retards.

GOOD-NIGHT!

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Who are these professors? I want to see your proof. I can show otherwise but I can't post links until I have 15 posts.

Of course everybody is influenced by media. However, there is a difference between a person who can differentiate between fantasy/reality and those who can't.

ChristianWarrior said:

Whoa! Kam, I'll have too TOTALLY disagree with you! One, we are the temple of God. I don't think God wants us to put "garbage" in his temple. Two, prophets are NOT mages. The miracles and signs were performed by God! He used people to do them through, but they were his works, not the prophets. Hydromancery? , that is worse than the explanation that the "parting" of the Red Sea was just some reeds, moved by the wind. The people are not drawing power from God, God is using his power through people. It's not like the people could just use God's "power" whenever they felt like it. And when Moses tried to make it appear as if he called water from the rock by tapping it twice, God rebuked him for trying to make it look like he was in control not God. I really hate to say it, but your entire post was not biblically sound. honor your Father and Mother? As long as they don't go against what God tells us, they are to be obeyed and respected.

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AMEN!

I have seen too many posts saying that Magic and the power of God is essentially the same thing.

Utter rubbish!

I love the sims series its great escapism, I have the series cept makin magic

I find it funny that you play Unreal 2K4 and are fine with it, yet you're worried if the Sims is appropriate or not

^I was about to make that point.

My 2 cents on the sims: good at first but got watered down by the endless exp packs that keep coming out for.

TerabyTe said:

I find it funny that you play Unreal 2K4 and are fine with it, yet you're worried if the Sims is appropriate or not

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Maybe this whole thread is bait or some kind of joke?

Meh..who knows.

Er, okay so my mother converting to Hare Krishna isn't retarded?

Riiight....


I do not expect you to agree with me.

Just understand that I believe all the power in the world comes fromone good source and one evil source. The good source being the lord and the bad source being the devil.

Those who are chosen by God and granted the right to draw from him are called prophets.

Those who choose to draw from the devil are the witches and sorcerors.

I mean no harm by it, begging your pardon.

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Kam_Islash said:

Er, okay so my mother converting to Hare Krishna isn't retarded?

Riiight....


I do not expect you to agree with me.

Just understand that I believe all the power in the world comes fromone good source and one evil source. The good source being the lord and the bad source being the devil.

Those who are chosen by God and granted the right to draw from him are called prophets.

Those who choose to draw from the devil are the witches and sorcerors.

I mean no harm by it, begging your pardon.

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That's a little better. Please understand that when most people say "Prophets are just like Mages" they are talking about "God" on equal terms to "white magic".

This of course is FAR from the truth. Even the most kind hearted white whitch is of course sadly drawing from a source that is not God, and thus is a decepetion.

As for you Mum, NO she is NOT retarded. She is deceived. She is still your mother, and she is still human. Therfore Christ calls you to love her and to honour her. THis does not mean that YOU have to follow her conversion to Krishna, but I would say that your attitude towards her on here is un-likley to make her want to come to know Christ.

Love the Sinner, hate the sin. You are right to be angry because she has been deceived. But please be Angry at the Devil and not at her.

Please dont take this post the wrong way. I mean it as a help not as a rebuke. All the best.

the sims... meh, i got bored after a short time. the original's completely fine, except for homosexuality and aduletry, but you have control over that.

I wasnt calling her herself retarded, just her actions. I love my mother and respect her as a person but her judgement in this manner was questionable. she was a God fearing Jesus loving pious Christian before meeting her current boyfriend. Shes in my prayers so no worries, mate.

As for magic:

I simply do not believe that all magic is evil. I believe some of it is perfectly fine in God's eyes. Or rather, its not what you use, but where you got the ability to use it from, and how you use it.

I mean come on. if I were able to heal wounds I would do it. The ability to heal would logically not come from an evil source and it would be hard to obtain. The darkness isnt stronger but it is supposedly easier and less wholesome, even unpleasant.

if you suddenly found yourself able to heal the injured would you not use your powers for the benefit of your bretheren?

would you really think that a power so selfless and miraculous in nature came from the devil?

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Well, looks like this thread is now the official Sims-Magic/Power/Something thread

I too tried The Sims a while back, while it was alright it never got me hooked. Friends and some family however, that's a different story. There's definitely a ton of worser games out there you could be playing. If your parents can accept UT2K4 they shouldn't even have the slighest problem with The Sims.

God bless!

I loved the sims when i first got it, but i am getting bored with it now and cant afford the expansion packs.
There is a crystal ball, and a magic potion set but you can delete them, if you have a problem with the grim reaper (prob not, but you never know) you can replace it with the angel of light.
you can download pulpits and pews and make your sims go to the church you build if you have hot date or unleashed. Vacation is fun too.