HI Charles, Well said. I couldn't have said it better myself. I mean some of these religious types need to just need to relax and look at things rationally. They also need to draw a line between harmless make believe and reality.
I too have been harped on by religious types about alcohol, but they clearly don't know what they are talking about. I'm not a drunk, an alcoholic, and I have a glass of beer or wine once and a while and that doesn't make me into a drunk by any means. Yet there are people who constantly tell me I'm going to hell because of it. That's just stupidity talking. I could talk about my choice in music, the games I play, what I drink, the way I whare my hair, and some religious person will have something to complain about. So I don't worry about it. All I care about is my own personal relationship with God, and let him decide if what I'm doing is right, wrong, or otherwise. Everyone else can go jump in a lake if they don't like it. On 2/27/11, Charles Rivard <woofer...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > What are your own personal beliefs about playing games? Those are more > important then the beliefs of an intolerant Church that bases all games on a > single aspect that may or may not be the main theme of the game. The same > goes for books. I base my beliefs of a book on what I have read rather than > what I have been told by others about the book. > > In the case of Sarah, do you believe that Phil wants anything to do with > anything against God, or that he wants others to stray from God? When > deciding to play a game or not, I think it is more important to base my > beliefs of a game's merit on how the game affects me. If it causes me to > become a violent person, if it changes my character, if it changes how I > deal with others, then I should not play that game. > > When I was a kid, the church I attended did not believe in the use of cards > in games. They believed that playing cards would lead to gambling and was a > sin. I did not believe it. I am not a gambler to this day. They also did > not believe in dancing because it would lead to sinful behavior. They felt > the same about drinking alcoholic beverages. I have done all 3 of these > things. I am a Christian. I am not an alcoholic, I do not partake in > sinful behavior with women, and I do not gamble. What matters is what you > do with what is presented to you, not the material itself. If you allow it > to affect you in a nonChristian way, it is not the fault of the game, the > beer, or the women. It is the fault of you. I am adult enough to know the > difference between reality and make believe, and I do not allow one to creep > into the other. Phil's game is a game, and nothing more. Shades of Doom is > a game, and nothing more. I will never kill someone in real life because of > a game I have played or a book I have read. I am a big fan of the Harry > Potter series, but will never try to cast a spell to open a door. I know it > won't work. > > --- > Laughter is the best medicine, so look around, find a dose and take it to --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
