Would Jesus really Approve of Violent video games?

[D_loaded]

like the ones where you pretend shoot and kill other people. Even though its just fake, A Righteous mind would become sick at the thought of slaying another man for fun. Doesent that mean that all of us here are commiting a great sin? Just blindly playing these games with the assumption given to us by own sinful minds that there ok because there not real. Arent we all hipocrites like the pharaseses, to go premoting God and at the same time enjoying the killing and evil in these games? Doesent this mean that all of us will come to Jesus on the last day and he will say he "does not know us" because we never apolidgised or repented for our apeisment of our barbaric human minds lusting for killing and violence?

[D_loaded]

I am deeply concearnd about this, perhaps you have never considerd it.

[(VKN)Asphalt Cowboy]

Where is your heart at? That is what you want to know before playing a game were you you kill for the score of the day. Its the same with murder and killing, it all starts at the eart bro.

[D_loaded]

Origineel geplaatst door (ASH)Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen:

Where is your heart at? That is what you want to know before playing a game were you you kill for the score of the day. Its the same with murder and killing, it all starts at the eart bro.

Dont give me that "where is your heart at?" nonsence you know good and well if you desire to play these games then your heart is not in the right place!

[Kodyack]

D_loaded, please be respectful to other people. You asked a question and given a response. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you can put others down.

Now that being said;
I have no problem playing violent video games because:
1) My faith is in Jesus Christ and that is enough.
2) It's a game. Period. Whatever happens has no affect on my life.

On the other hand, I agree with Smitty that it's a matter of the heart. If you are mature enough to handle the content, then there's no problem.

[D_loaded]

Origineel geplaatst door Kodyack:

D_loaded, please be respectful to other people. You asked a question and given a response. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you can put others down.

Now that being said;
I have no problem playing violent video games because:
1) My faith is in Jesus Christ and that is enough.
2) It's a game. Period. Whatever happens has no affect on my life.

On the other hand, I agree with Smitty that it's a matter of the heart. If you are mature enough to handle the content, then there's no problem.

Telling him his heart is not in the right place is being disrespectful? or "putting him down" ?
Wow ill think twice next time im about to tell the truth. Go on playing those games with sex drugs and violence... Wishing you could do all those things in real life without getting punished just like in the game. When i talk about violent video games i mean the REALLY VIOLENT ones, such as Grand theft Auto, Saints row, La noar, Resedent Evil, Bioshock, and things like that.

I guess I underestimated the level of Faith in this group, I would love to believe your right because I like some of those games too... But my Lord tells me otherwise. God bless you reguardless.

[† Benz]

Video games are fake, and are not in real life I have played loads of shooting games and I dont think Jesus take shooting games as a sin

[† Benz]

Or some games are based on a true story or a real thing that happend, but still I dont think Jesus takes shooting games as a sin!

[Tanis]

I dont think its a problem exept for grand theft auto I dont like the...elements in the game but like COD your killing bad guys and that doesnt bother me

[D_loaded]

Origineel geplaatst door T1lynn:

I dont think its a problem exept for grand theft auto I dont like the...elements in the game but like COD your killing bad guys and that doesnt bother me

Or your killing other players violently stabbing them or pumping them full of lead watching the blood gush out of them, feeding the demon inside of you that hungers and thursts for violence...

OR yelling curse words at other players as they kill you...

The Bible clearly teaches that you can sin in your thoughts in addition to actions.

[D_loaded]

Im not neccisaraly saying the games themselves are a sin, but i am saying that its probably extreamly hard to play them and keep your christan morals... This is just my expirience with them.

[Aberran]

To me, as I read this, 1 Corinthians 8 just comes to mind. I was having a similar discussion with a friend earlier this week but about swearing (now I don't mean taking the Lord's name in vain, I mean the swear words thrown here and there in conversation instead of other words that could replace them) and how they didn't understand how I could listen to youtubers who occassionally swear.

Now I understand your concern about the violence in many have, and some games are really violent, but in my experience in playing these games I feel little to know desire to curse or to try to end each player I find in a bloody end, but rather do the best I can for the game it is. For a game like Mass Effect where you have a choice, I always go the more "good" route, but there is still death throughout the game. Other games, like Gears of War, just have such content nativley in the game, so I just accept that is how it is made, and move on.

Now back to the chapter in the bible I mentioned earlier and get to my point. In it, Paul talks about how there are believers who are able to eat sacrificial meat without any concern, because that part of eat doesn't bother them because they believe in a soverign God who is in charge of all. But some struggle with that, and so Paul asks that those who are ok with eat to not eat such meat around those people.

I think a similar thing is happening here. There are some christians who are unaffected by the content of games because they understand that God is still the King over all things, and these games are just a part of the world and not something that can effect those who are the children of God. Others will have a harder time with that, and that is different from person to person.

I myself am able to handle swearing outside of taking the Lord's name in vain, and violence doesn't bother me at all and I don't crave it, but I won't play games like The Witcher because of certain content in those games that I know I cannot handle. But, even though I can't handle it, there will be others who can.

Sorry for the long post. I just thought that a discussion like this should have some verses included into the discussion.

[Kodyack]

Good post Hitbier. That's pretty much how I feel when it comes to games/youtubers.

[D_loaded]

yea that is well worded. Definatly the right way to look at it.

[Rail/ slave]

All of this is wrong realy("in veiw of the present situation" ), in time we will have the maturity to see the complete waste of time it is.... just not yet :) , one more go!

[Acedirt234]

I want to add that your attitude while playing video games is important too. Ex. about half the time in TF2, I am stuck with the losing team. Does it bother me? No. Although I get frustrated with my team at times, I never let anger take over my judgment.