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Saul_to_Paul_1
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My post was to other Catholic Christians warning about an obstacle I’ve encountered on my faith journey. I guess it wouldn’t make sense to someone not on the journey. I’ll pray for your and your conversion.
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Saul_to_Paul_1
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Oh, and to answer your question, your belief or unbelief is relevant to everything in your life - how you view the world, the choices you make, the way you relate to other people - everything flows from the starting point - your faith in God or your lack of faith. So of course it’s relevant to your opinion of these kinds of games.
If we’re fighting the powers, the principalities, the evil spirits in the heavens, then interacting with images of these things in a game is problematic. If none of these things exist, if all there is is what we can experience with our senses, if there is no God and no evil one, then the only problem with this kind of game is that it’s a waste of time.
So yes, your belief or unbelief is relevant here and in every other aspect of your life.
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Nixbits
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In that case, I’m sorry I offered my opinion.
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Gethsemane
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+Praise be to Jesus through Mary+
I have this happen a lot. The closer I come to Christ the more I’m asked to let go of. Most recently in November after watching a talk from Fr. Chad Ripperger (It was one of these, I watched both: youtube.com/watch?v=WiLDxPf0vBg or youtube.com/watch?v=Tq-ppsQ9zkA ) it dawned on me that I should stop playing the Facebook game “Criminal Case.” The game showed graphic depictions of dead bodies including one body that was crucified, had sexual language, cussing, sexual depictions, but I liked playing it. I got pleasure from the puzzles of finding stuff, and so pushed aside the questionable stuff as no big deal. Eventually I was convicted on it, and deleted the game, replacing it with something that involved finding something quickly (“Word Search”). And you know what, I’m happier!
I have this happen a lot. The closer I come to Christ the more I’m asked to let go of. Most recently in November after watching a talk from Fr. Chad Ripperger (It was one of these, I watched both: youtube.com/watch?v=WiLDxPf0vBg or youtube.com/watch?v=Tq-ppsQ9zkA ) it dawned on me that I should stop playing the Facebook game “Criminal Case.” The game showed graphic depictions of dead bodies including one body that was crucified, had sexual language, cussing, sexual depictions, but I liked playing it. I got pleasure from the puzzles of finding stuff, and so pushed aside the questionable stuff as no big deal. Eventually I was convicted on it, and deleted the game, replacing it with something that involved finding something quickly (“Word Search”). And you know what, I’m happier!
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dangerousdyls
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Yeah, I agree with what Joe said earlier, it really comes down to #5. You just have to ask yourself, does this game take you closer to God, or farther away. Are there other ways to spend your time that could be better?
I used to game alot, and like you, preferred fantasy RPG’s. I didn’t have an issue with the content of the games so much as opposed to the time that I was spending on them. For me, personally, it was certainly taking away from relationships with other people and my relationship with God, especially if I was binging on a certain game. I would choose the game over spending time with real people around me, and that’s a problem.
I used to game alot, and like you, preferred fantasy RPG’s. I didn’t have an issue with the content of the games so much as opposed to the time that I was spending on them. For me, personally, it was certainly taking away from relationships with other people and my relationship with God, especially if I was binging on a certain game. I would choose the game over spending time with real people around me, and that’s a problem.
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Saul_to_Paul_1
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Thank you for the links to Fr. Ripperger’s talks. He’s an exorcist in the diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma who knows and has seen what the devil can do.
In the first one he addresses these kinds of games at 40 min and again at 1:19. Messing around with the occult, magic etc. is messing around with the demonic and is dangerous.
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