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Violent Video Game Evangelism
- Thread starter Timsings
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Do you really think God desires for you to shove your legalism down the throats of others?Aaron said:
For the record, I don't play video games...and don't talk about me or my son unless you have something positive to say. I'm sick of your ad hominems. If you can't hold a conversation without personal attacks, I have nothing to say to you in the future.
Tim - Your video lock-ins sound like a lot of fun and something we might do. We've also allowed basic decent video games to be played at church and I don't know if we still do but we USED to have challenges for DDR. It was so fun to watch the kids!
As for Pong and Frogger, well, you can't get any better than those!! Add in Space Invaders and you just might have a perfect night. LOL
As for Pong and Frogger, well, you can't get any better than those!! Add in Space Invaders and you just might have a perfect night. LOL
ccrobinson
Active Member
Still waiting for the explanation of why drag racing is sinful.
If you need a definition for that, try a dictionary.
Define "violent fantasy". That can be anything from the Roadrunner and Coyote to Medal of Honor video games.
Saying you "pity" my son is calling me out on my parenting skills and morals. That constitutes an ad hominem, and you don't know me from Adam.
You bitter calvinists usually do.
NaasPreacher (C4K)
Well-Known Member
Okay fellas, back to the topic please and lets stop the personal bickering please.
If the Box says you must be 17 years old, or even recommends that age, AND it has a rating of M for mature, then why would anyone use it at at a Teen function at church anyway?
I wonder if they are carding the kids to ensure they are of age. My 16 yr old says you must be 17 years old to buy Halo
"Sorry Johnny, you can't play with Freddy because you are a year younger"
I wonder if they are carding the kids to ensure they are of age. My 16 yr old says you must be 17 years old to buy Halo
"Sorry Johnny, you can't play with Freddy because you are a year younger"
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Ivon Denosovich
New Member
I pity the boy who has a pacifistic father. Or a melodramatic father. Boys are wired for fantasy violence... no harm no foul.Aaron said:
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Or what about this one...
What a Warrior!!!
Revelation 19:11-16 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. (12) His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. (13) And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (14) And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (15) And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (16) And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
But I guess Aaron will be hiding behind his pacifist ways huh?
What a Warrior!!!
Revelation 19:11-16 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. (12) His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. (13) And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (14) And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (15) And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (16) And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
But I guess Aaron will be hiding behind his pacifist ways huh?
Why so much bickering? Jesus is coming back to take care of the evil one and the ones who rejected Him. We don't need to worry about that.
I can see both sides of the argument, but I have a few questions. If we are to be like Jesus, who we claim to be our Lord, can you show me in the Word of God where he went to any of the Romans Games? They were pretty bloody, and that was the entertainment of the day. Did he go there and spread the good news?
Also, I have never read where Jesus picked up a weapon to use to kill a man, and in the story of the whip and the money changers it never said he struck any one of them, just chased them out.
NOT starting or adding fuel to a fire, just wondering if I have missed something....
I can see both sides of the argument, but I have a few questions. If we are to be like Jesus, who we claim to be our Lord, can you show me in the Word of God where he went to any of the Romans Games? They were pretty bloody, and that was the entertainment of the day. Did he go there and spread the good news?
Also, I have never read where Jesus picked up a weapon to use to kill a man, and in the story of the whip and the money changers it never said he struck any one of them, just chased them out.
NOT starting or adding fuel to a fire, just wondering if I have missed something....
ccrobinson
Active Member
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Ann, you must have forgotten what you wrote in post #2.
Jeremiah
Member
Joe said:
The problem is that the age guidelines are suggested and not (thank God) under federal law. The only thing that restricts your child from buying the game is parental intervention and possibly money. (Best Buy requires ID, GameStop may depending on the situation and does request at least a parent to be with the child to buy the game, Wal-Mart’s computer prompts an ID check as well…)
As far as it being used in a church function as an outreach tool, I would have no problem as long as the setting was designed for an outreach and not an inreach. The bottom line is the parents of the teen should be involved enough to stop them if they feel this is inappropriate for their child. With the massive media blitz that Microsoft put on to Finish the Fight you have to believe that most parents would have some input on their child's media choice.
Should it be an inreach event? I would dare to say most of the kids I know that would come would frag me so fast I wouldn't want to play. Still most of these teen’s Christian parents have little or no issue with the games they are playing because it does not equate to real life, it is fantasy.
If it did equate to real life I and many others were supposed to snap as a result of videogame violence long ago so you had better get off our backs!
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IMHO