New slant on "What games should we play" topic

[CHR15T05]

Forgive me but I am purposly going to stir you up for the sole reason of provoking thought, prayer and insite......

But if it is ok to see and play games that depict the act of killing people (which is wrong according to the bible... the act that is)....

...is it ok to play games that depict the act of people having sex outside of marridge?

Same question could be asked of videos.....

Oh I love being awkward!

 

[Durelen]

Actually, the commandment is ‘You shall not murder’ which is not the same as ‘You shall not kill’ the translation is just a little general. If killing was entirely wrong, the scriptures would reflect this, yet it is full of war from beginning to end. God raises up warriors. Unfortunately, this view is often distorted and I would guess with good reason. If the Devil can convince the people of God that killing and defense is wrong then the Devil can murder them all.

Proverbs 23:7 For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he
I think that says a lot for games like ‘going postal’ or ‘Diablo’ among many. What do you fill your heart with? If you fill your heart with the word of God then that is what you think and that is who you are. If you fill your heart with the occult, sex and murder then who are you?

Would it be more valuable to claim of the most excellent works that God has done to your life, such as feeding orphans or whatever, or is it more glorifying to boast in the fact that you can play the Nightmare level in Diablo the game? Would you tell a man that he is wrong for mentioning the works (apart from salvation) that God is doing in his life (to the glory of God) yet glorify a man for boasting in his skill of playing Diablo? No this is not directed at you nor anyone in particular.

Psalms 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100I understand more than the aged, for I keep thy precepts. 101I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep thy word. 102I do not turn aside from thy ordinances, for thou hast taught me. 103How sweet are thy words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104Through thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. 105Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 106I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe thy righteous ordinances. 107I am sorely afflicted; give me life, O LORD, according to thy word! 108Accept my offerings of praise, O LORD, and teach me thy ordinances. 109I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget thy law. 110The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from thy precepts. 111Thy testimonies are my heritage for ever; yea, they are the joy of my heart.

 

[Mr.Cheese]

You must be talking about the Sims.
I marvel that that game is popular. Why on God's green earth would I want to play a sim of real life? I play games to take a break from real life.
Anyway...
I don't watch TV or play games with sexual themes.
Sex in video games...that's just dumb.

 

[Bohemian]

SHEESH! This forum always has some thread talking about how bad games are! How 'bout talking about enjoying rather than destroying. Hey! That rhymes! I'm just gonna go play Pong!

 

[Isair50]

Play any video game that you wish except those that are Adults only. And play only games that you feel that you should play. IF you think playing games with killing is wrong, then don't play it. Play what you feel like playing, just NEVER EVER do the things that are done in video games, just play for entertainment and fun. But play the stuff your comfortable playing, and always be sure that you know the game is fake, and has nothing to do with real life.

 

[Durelen]

Play any video game that you wish except those that are Adults only. And play only games that you feel that you should play. IF you think playing games with killing is wrong, then don't play it. Play what you feel like playing,

And you have scripture to back up your view? I would like to see these references. Basically you are saying to do anything that seems right in your own eye except for something like pornography.

And since a game can deliver pornography, is it capable of delivering other things rejected by God?

 

[cube66]

Ever played with action figures as a child? Notice how you kill the bad guys with superman by knocking them off building, bashing into them, or smashing them with a huge piece of plastic shrapnel? It the same as playing a videogame, except a videogame is depicted by a TV. Remember, TV is not satan, neither is the light your eyes decipher as a dying human being.

It's all in your head, your killing no one, your doing nothing wrong, so just relax.

 

[armed2010]

I find violent videogames to be a great stress reliever. Nothing calms me down more than mowing down a squad of covenant baddies with the warthog chaingun in Halo.

 

[CHR15T05]

I find violent videogames to be a great stress reliever. Nothing calms me down more than mowing down a squad of covenant baddies with the warthog chaingun in Halo.

...and some would say the same about porn.... see my point

(Remember I'm just stiring you up)

 

[Durelen]

...It's all in your head,...

Yes, Cube66, I completely agree with that part of your comment. Lets shed some more light on that comment and find out exactly what it means by the word of God.

THE MIND IS WHERE THE BATTLE IS FOUGHT

A person is what he thinks about:
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is.

Earl Nightingale searched for the “secret of success” in the secular world for years. He finally discovered it. He called it “the strangest secret” and it is: “We become what we think about.”

William James, the father of modern psychology, said that the greatest discovery of his generation was that a person can change his life by changing his thinking.

Your mind is where you are first led into sin:
II Corinthians 11:3 But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

Almost every sin you commit, you commit it in your mind before you commit it in reality.

HOW CAN YOU WIN THE BATTLE IN YOUR MIND

Realize that you can transform your life by renewing your mind.
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Take every thought captive.
II Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

Take your mind off of earthly things and set your mind on Godly things.

Christians are commanded to set their minds on heavenly things.
Colossians 3:2 - Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

Christians should replace fleshly thoughts with spiritual thoughts.
Romans 8:5 - For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

You can’t just stop thinking sinful thoughts, you have to replace sinful thoughts with spiritual thoughts.The Bible commands us to resist the devil. To resist the devil is a spiritual battle and most spiritual battles are fought in our minds.

 

[armed2010]

Yes, Cube66, I completely agree with that part of your comment. Lets shed some more light on that comment and find out exactly what it means by the word of God.

THE MIND IS WHERE THE BATTLE IS FOUGHT

A person is what he thinks about_:
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is.

Earl Nightingale searched for the “secret of success” in the secular world for years. He finally discovered it. He called it “the strangest secret” and it is: “We become what we think about.”

William James, the father of modern psychology, said that the greatest discovery of his generation was that a person can change his life by changing his thinking.

Your mind is where you are first led into sin:
II Corinthians 11:3 But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

Almost every sin you commit, you commit it in your mind before you commit it in reality.

HOW CAN YOU WIN THE BATTLE IN YOUR MIND

Realize that you can transform your life by renewing your mind.
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Take every thought captive.
II Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

Take your mind off of earthly things and set your mind on Godly things.

Christians are commanded to set their minds on heavenly things.
Colossians 3:2 - Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

Christians should replace fleshly thoughts with spiritual thoughts.
Romans 8:5 - For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

You can’t just stop thinking sinful thoughts, you have to replace sinful thoughts with spiritual thoughts.The Bible commands us to resist the devil. To resist the devil is a spiritual battle and most spiritual battles are fought in our minds.

So what exactly is going to happen from playing violent videogames? Am I going to become more violent, or find myself able to handle real life violence more or something?

 

[Durelen]

So what exactly is going to happen from playing violent videogames? Am I going to become more violent, or find myself able to handle real life violence more or something?

3,000 Abortions served daily
Television reality shows promoting fornication, adultery, lying...
Corruption of the church allowing gay ministers and molestation scandals
Murder in schools
Video games full of occult, sex, murder, pornography...
The removal of God from government libraries, schools, court houses...
Music full of occult, sex, murder, pornography...
Internet used for kitty porn, pornography, anything goes...
Perversion of the justice system

Pick your poison, Armed. In your position, yes you will undoubtedly only grow more evil until it may be too late. This world is going down fast and only those who put/keep their faith in God will escape world judgment. Every day you delay, the more corrupted you shall become and there will be a point (if not already past) where it will be too late for you.

 

[armed2010]

3,000 Abortions served daily
Clearly violent videogames are the culprit here

Television reality shows promoting fornication, adultery, lying...

.....looking for videogame related stuff....i fou...oh wait, nm....um.....nope, cant find anything related to violent videogames.

Corruption of the church allowing gay ministers and molestation scandals

Another tragedy caused by Grand Theft Auto 3

Murder in schools

Because this stuff never happend before videogames were around


Video games full of occult, sex, murder, pornography...

....and? Am I going to become a sorcerer who fornicates while stabbing someone in the head, and do it all while naked?

The removal of God from government libraries, schools, court houses...

Ah yes, I think Halo is the cause.

Music full of occult, sex, murder, pornography...

Same response as to the videogame one


Internet used for kitty porn, pornography, anything goes...

Hmm, which game could cause this. Perhaps Quake 3?

Perversion of the justice system

Ya, corruption in the government is only a recent development



Pick your poison, Armed. In your position, yes you will undoubtedly only grow more evil until it may be too late.

Hmm, thats strange, ive been watching tv youd call "bad", playing violent videogames, etc etc, yet im a non violent person who trys to keep to his morals. I dont have daily sex with multiple people, I dont look at porn, dont accept bribes, etc etc.

This world is going down fast and only those who put/keep their faith in God will escape world judgment. Every day you delay, the more corrupted you shall become and there will be a point (if not already past) where it will be too late for you.

ya, because all christians are free of any wrongdoings whatsoever. If anything dude, the world is far better than it was centuries ago. Women have rights, we are able to live longer and treat diseases, slavery is almost nonexistant, education is being spread throughout the world, quality of life has gone up, etc. Go live in the 1500's, and then tell me how horrible the 21'st century is.

 

[Radio-Free Gnosis]

I'm fairly certain that God can tell fantasy from reality...but perhaps we should fast forward to Judgement Day:

GOD: "Step forward, Drew"

Drew: "Okay."

GOD: "Okay...you lived mostly free of violence...never raped anyone...okay...okay...everything seems to be in order..."

Drew: "Whew" (Drew heads for the pearly gates)

GOD: "Whoa! hang on. Seems that you have a thing for killing little collections of pixels which represent lines of computer source code."

Drew: "Huh?"



Seriously people. They're games.

 

[CHR15T05]

Ive created a monster lol.

The subject was kind of meant to be a "violence vs sex" thang, but hey, looks like it's just the same old debate again!

Can you close a thred on here?

 

[cube66]

3,000 Abortions served daily
Television reality shows promoting fornication, adultery, lying...
Corruption of the church allowing gay ministers and molestation scandals
Murder in schools
Video games full of occult, sex, murder, pornography...
The removal of God from government libraries, schools, court houses...
Music full of occult, sex, murder, pornography...
Internet used for kitty porn, pornography, anything goes...
Perversion of the justice system

^Hey, promote the "devil" all you want, but you can never deny the much larger part of the world, a positive one. Don't rely on TV for your life's directions, it's got plenty of greedy men making lots of money off sex scandles. No, I'm not blaming Larry King or any other news reporter/politition etc., but our own foolishness. Your day has more good than bad, it's all how you view it, not conceive or at times understand it.

 

[Durelen]

Yes the world is evil and it is getting worse exceedingly fast. Of course my list is far shorter than what I could have listed but some view that some video games can easily fit into that list. Video games are not the source of these things happening to the world but are just a part of the cause.

Even if the non-believer were to turn from these games, he/she would fall to any of the other evil things of this world just the same. The only true freedom from the influences of these things is to admit that you are a sinner (Romans 3:23), repent (turn from) your sinful way (mark 1:14-15) confess that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9) and follow Him (john 14:23-24).

This is not a long process but can be done this moment by simply turning to God and saying something like this with a sincere heart: “Lord, Thank you for sending your Son to die for me and rise again. I ask that Jesus come into my life and save me so that I might live with you forever.”

Once you do that you really need to let other Christians know that you made this decision. Not as anonymously over the Internet but with Christians in your area who know you or will know you as you grow in your relationship with God. (1 Timothy 6:12) (James 5:16) (Hebrews 10:24-25)






Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

Mark 1:14-15 - 14Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Note: Baptism of the Holy Ghost through confession/repentance not from water baptism i.e. it's Spiritual Baptism from above)

John 14:23-24 - 23Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Hebrews 10:24-25 - 24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one another : and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

 

[armed2010]

Yes the world is evil and it is getting worse exceedingly fast.

Compared to centuries past, the world is hardly as evil as it used to be.

Of course my list is far shorter than what I could have listed but some view that some video games can easily fit into that list. Video games are not the source of these things happening to the world but are just a part of the cause.

So violent videogames are part of the reason that abortions happen?


Even if the non-believer were to turn from these games, he/she would fall to any of the other evil things of this world just the same.

Ya, like girls and rock music.

The only true freedom from the influences of these things is to admit that you are a sinner (Romans 3:23), repent (turn from) your sinful way (mark 1:14-15) confess that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9) and follow Him (john 14:23-24).

Ya, and let me guess, your a perfect example of such a superior human being, who is able to resist the urge to do evil, correct?


*snip* random preaching *snip*

Yes, thats very lovely and all, but I see no reason to subscribe to your religion out of the other hundreds that exist. You make claims, they make claims, everyone makes claims. However, this is a videogame forum, not a street corner, so lets try to keep this topic centerd on videogames.

 

[CHR15T05]

ERM ADMIN....

This topic I started is now waaaaaaaaaaaay of track and totaly off of the original topic.... anyway of closing it pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaase???

 

[Durelen]

This is a Christian web site. What I am speaking of fits perfectly in this forum and this topics lead:

Forgive me but I am purposly going to stir you up for the sole reason of provoking thought, prayer and insite......

But if it is ok to see and play games that depict the act of killing people (which is wrong according to the bible... the act that is)....

...is it ok to play games that depict the act of people having sex outside of marridge?

Same question could be asked of videos.....

Oh I love being awkward!

You guys can dish it out but can’t take it at all. You guys want to shut me up for speaking the Gospel to the un-saved and my questioning of these games in light of scriptures. I’m not ashamed of the gospel and I will need to be banned from these forums to shut me up about it (been banned in non-Christian forums before). When I feel moved to the words I shall say them, I am well known for this.

Still yet I’ve only questioned these games but I’m seeing now how wrong they are just by the actions here by non-Christians and some Christians alike. This is the fruit of these games. My position is changing now for the better. Time to dump some junk in the trash can.