Video Games and the Christian

[Tye#2]

Greetings to all of you in Christ Jesus.

I thought this would be a interesting topic to discuss. As we all know there are many video games out there and can be played via computer, arcade, game consoles. Many games ranging from single player to mmporg(role playing) etc. Do you think video games impact a person? And do you think there harmful ?Are they good or evil ? I have mixed feelings about them and was curious what you all think and feel about this. Lets discuss this intelligently and with a christian perspective...

I do think that video games impact a person! I also think that most of them are harful. Anything that is of the world is automaticly evil to me. At one point I swore that I would never alow a game system into our house. However, that was before they started to reproduce the old game system Atai. Then I caved being swept off of my feet by happy childhood memories. Now that we own one I believe that it depends on the game more than the system. That is the game should be educational I think, or at least they should be challanging (without breaking any of the ten comandment).

[billie]

Anything that is of the world is automaticly evil to me.

You are transmitting via PC, right?

[Kabowd]

Greetings to all of you in Christ Jesus.

I thought this would be a interesting topic to discuss. As we all know there are many video games out there and can be played via computer, arcade, game consoles. Many games ranging from single player to mmporg(role playing) etc. Do you think video games impact a person? And do you think there harmful ?Are they good or evil ? I have mixed feelings about them and was curious what you all think and feel about this. Lets discuss this intelligently and with a christian perspective...

I do think that video games impact a person! I also think that most of them are harful. Anything that is of the world is automaticly evil to me...

What is your criteria for determining what is "of the world"?

[AndrewA]

There seems to be alot of paranoid people who spout of that every single computer game is poison and evil, but in reality they havnt even bothered researching the subject but simply follow and repeat in brainwashed fashion right wing paranioa rehtoric they have been told to follow. Yes there are some games that I would consider to be nasty and horrible and wont touch with a barge pole and some others that I consider adult enough for me to play but wont allow kids near, but if others don’t want to touch them then fine. however to tarnish all games as bad is wrong. It is the same as saying you will stop reading all books just because there are a good number of books that contain evil things.

I was in my last years of school when likes of ZX81 were launched along with my Dragon32. Since then there hasn’t been hardly a week or even a day since I haven’t spent some time even if it has been a for a few minuets playing games on a computer or consol. These days I don’t play as much I have too many things going on to find time, although it is quite easy to give in when daughter asks me for a game.

Paying games is like any other activity or past time, it is easy to simply loose 3 or 4 hours in sitting playing something especially things like strategy games and simulations. It is also easy to become addicted to games and allowing them to take over your life, Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplay Games can be damaging to your life in that you would rather live a fantasy life than a real one and you allow it to take over your life, there are also plenty that are simply too magic and spell orientated to be healthy. However there are plenty that do not have a mystical creature or a spell in sight. I have played a good half dozen varying MMORPGs they are great fun but again can consume a lot of time. There are even a couple of MMORPGs that have no violence what so ever!

Therefore, palying games on your computer and console is not wrong. It only becomes a problem if you get involved with things that dishonour God or they become addictive and take over your life.

Edited October 22, 2006 by AndrewA

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The Sims 2, Petunia Mae?

I played that one for a while, but the characters kept initiating gay relationships when I wasn't watching over them. Yuck. The Sims 2 isn't exactly a good example of a moral, positive game, at least not in some of the relationship aspects.