Views On Video Games (Part II)
Abstain from all appearance of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:22)
The main question right now is whether it is not okay to pummel someone to death in real life- but in the video game world, it is perfectly legit, even fun.
There are some considerations before one either draws (or doesn't) a distinction between those two. The Bible verse quoted above, I think, gives us a direction to go in this issue. Abstaining from all appearance of evil, I would contend, is a main criteria in selecting what kind of video games are moral.
In my next post, I hope to highlight why some violence/magic in games cannot be really considered evil, or at least should be left up to the conscience (Main reason: Ambiguity).
The main question right now is whether it is not okay to pummel someone to death in real life- but in the video game world, it is perfectly legit, even fun.
There are some considerations before one either draws (or doesn't) a distinction between those two. The Bible verse quoted above, I think, gives us a direction to go in this issue. Abstaining from all appearance of evil, I would contend, is a main criteria in selecting what kind of video games are moral.
In my next post, I hope to highlight why some violence/magic in games cannot be really considered evil, or at least should be left up to the conscience (Main reason: Ambiguity).
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on Saturday, April 01, 2006 at 10:55 AM.
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