Re: My life of gaming: A closing chapter
to Phil and several others, I believe the point Patrick is making here is not that "all games are bad" or even "all games are against christian principles" only that for him, at this point in time, gaming has become an addiction.
As epicurus said, a pleasure is anything taken in moderation, but when that thing ceases to be moderate it is no longer a pleasure. Several modern ethicists working on well being such as James griffin have expanded this idea to state that an addiction is any desire who's need for satisfaction is such that it severely restricts the rest of life.
There are many things that can become addictive, not just the obvious such as food drugs and alcohol, but also gam bling, shopping, isolation, sport, work, tv. Probably pretty much anything a person wants to do could be harmful if taken far enough and done to the exclusion of other things in life, elationship with God included.
This is why I mentioned C S Lewis, si nse in the Screwtape letters there is a section where Lewis (or rather the Devil Screwtape), defines the "sin of gluttany" not as simply the consuming of lots of food, but as treating other people to a means to satisfy a person's dietry whims.
I therefore would suggest that people do not argue this point. The question of whether games themselves cause harm generally or are against christianity is a very different question to one person's decision about what they do in their life, and, assuming I have understood Patrick's post correctly, his point was only a reflection on himself! not an opinion or a judgement about others.
I do not imagine this is an easy decision to make so I would ask people to please remember as much when answering this thread, sinse while the question of whether games are good or bad and how this might or might not reflect on christianity, while an interesting one is not the question under discussion here.
Btw, I appo logise to Patrick if I got the wrong idea about his point, it just struck me a little clarrification might be helpful here.
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