Should I be worried about this?

[Veronica97]

This is going to sound crazy…perhaps I am beginning to lose my mind. But I play Farmville and on my Halloween farm I have a “witches cauldron” that when you click on it, it will give you a different colored “serum” so you can make monsters in your monster lab. Well, I clicked on my witches cauldron tonight. I need orange serum, but I thought to myself, “I don’t think it will be orange, I don’t think it will be blue–I think it will be green.” I kind of tried to “see” in my mind what color it would be and green came to my mind. And it did turn out to be green. I know I had about a 20% chance of guessing the right color (there are 5 possible colors), but I immediately thought, “Did I just try to use some kind of “psychic” power and it was of the devil?” It all happened kind of quickly–I can’t remember putting a lot of reflection into what I was going to do. But at the same time I think it may have flashed in my mind that this could be an attempt to be psychic. A friend once told me that the mind can sometimes recognize “patterns”. I knew that orange is kind of rare and I had just gotten blue the day before. Then I thought, “I think it will be green.” But then I was afraid I was trying to be psychic, so I said to myself, “But I don’t know that–it COULD be yellow or pink.” But it was green as I had felt and predicted. If I had committed a mortal sin, wouldn’t I be sure of it?

 

[ChibiViolet]

This is going to sound crazy…perhaps I am beginning to lose my mind. But I play Farmville and on my Halloween farm I have a “witches cauldron” that when you click on it, it will give you a different colored “serum” so you can make monsters in your monster lab. Well, I clicked on my witches cauldron tonight. I need orange serum, but I thought to myself, “I don’t think it will be orange, I don’t think it will be blue–I think it will be green.” I kind of tried to “see” in my mind what color it would be and green came to my mind. And it did turn out to be green. I know I had about a 20% chance of guessing the right color (there are 5 possible colors), but I immediately thought, “Did I just try to use some kind of “psychic” power and it was of the devil?” It all happened kind of quickly–I can’t remember putting a lot of reflection into what I was going to do. But at the same time I think it may have flashed in my mind that this could be an attempt to be psychic. A friend once told me that the mind can sometimes recognize “patterns”. I knew that orange is kind of rare and I had just gotten blue the day before. Then I thought, “I think it will be green.” But then I was afraid I was trying to be psychic, so I said to myself, “But I don’t know that–it COULD be yellow or pink.” But it was green as I had felt and predicted. If I had committed a mortal sin, wouldn’t I be sure of it?

Whatever you do, stay away from that game as it is BAD for you–genuinely bad for you. I do not know if you have committed a mortal sin or not, but it does seem more than likely that you have at least done something of grave matter. Please look up “grave matter” if you don’t know what it is.

 

[Veronica97]

Could you explain more about why you feel Farmville is a bad game?

 

[agnes_therese]

Mortal sin requires full knowledge & full consent. All you did was make a guess. And since you guessed two out of five possibilities, you had a pretty good chance of hitting it.
Not mortal sin in any way, shape, or form.

 

[Lost_Wanderer]

Whatever you do, stay away from that game as it is BAD for you–genuinely bad for you. I do not know if you have committed a mortal sin or not, but it does seem more than likely that you have at least done something of grave matter. Please look up “grave matter” if you don’t know what it is.

Could you explain more about why you feel Farmville is a bad game?

Yes Chibi, please do. I may not play Farmville but I certainly have a lot of magical-themed games under my player belt. Many of these games have the same element of chance as Veronica’s situation. I fail to see how any of it is demonic just because you either got lucky or you just have knack that is yet to be discovered by science.

To Veronica: One of the games I mentioned is the classic TCG Magic: The Gathering. I buy booster packs on a semi-regular basis. Every time I do, I ‘feel’ around the box. At the same time, I run through my mind that I’m looking for rares of great value.

So far I’ve hit the jackpot on many occasions. I guess that means I’ve got a bit of psychic in me too eh? I’ve even got a small reputation for being a magnet for certain types of rares! In fact, last week I bought a whole month’s worth (eight packs in total) so I won’t have commute back and forth just to buy packs.

That night, seven out of eight packs gave me pieces of GREAT VALUE!! (To any players reading this: Four of those were Shocklands while one was a Mythic Rare. )

Does that mean I really should wonder if I’m psychic? Not really. Lucky? I’d rather just sing my praises. sniffs Thank you Lord. ;w;

So why not do the same the next time you strike gold in a game?

 

[ProdglArchitect]

Whatever you do, stay away from that game as it is BAD for you–genuinely bad for you. I do not know if you have committed a mortal sin or not, but it does seem more than likely that you have at least done something of grave matter. Please look up “grave matter” if you don’t know what it is.

Are you being serious ?

To the OP, no, you did nothing wrong. I often have fun trying to guess which song is going to come up next on my playlist; this is no different. You tired to guess it, you guessed it. If you took the fact that you guessed it as s sign that you have psychic powers, then you might be straying into the grave area; but it doesn’t seem like you did. Don’t worry about it

As for playing games with occult elements, there’s nothing wrong with it so long as you recognize those elements for what they are; childish fun in no way shape or form related to reality. For instance, in the Elder Scrolls series, my characters are usually devotees of Azura and Julianos (The Magicka Daedra and Aedra, respectively). This is all well and good in the game, but if I were to allow it to color my perception of reality (into thinking there was actually magic, or that Azura or Julianos actually existed) then I would have a big problem. As it is, they’re made-up entities to color a wonderful gaming world, that’s all.

To Veronica: One of the games I mentioned is the classic TCG Magic: The Gathering. I buy booster packs on a semi-regular basis. Every time I do, I ‘feel’ around the box. At the same time, I run through my mind that I’m looking for rares of great value.

So far I’ve hit the jackpot on many occasions. I guess that means I’ve got a bit of psychic in me too eh? I’ve even got a small reputation for being a magnet for certain types of rares! In fact, last week I bought a whole month’s worth (eight packs in total) so I won’t have commute back and forth just to buy packs.

I miss playing Magic >_> How’s the latest set? My wife and I don’t have the funds to play it right now.

 

[Robertanthony]

Could you explain more about why you feel Farmville is a bad game?

I’ll use my extended psychic powers and say that Chibi was pulling your leg and trying to make you ponder just what “grave matter” is.

 

[Veronica97]

. If you took the fact that you guessed it as s sign that you have psychic powers, then you might be straying into the grave area; but it doesn’t seem like you did. Don’t worry about it

I didn’t take it as fact that I was psychic but I was worried that maybe the knowledge had come from the devil. The thought occurred to me, “What if I did try to be psychic and the knowledge came from the devil?” But if it had turned out to be a different color, I would have been relieved and thought nothing more about it.

 

[Lost_Wanderer]

I didn’t take it as fact that I was psychic but I was worried that maybe the knowledge had come from the devil. The thought occurred to me, “What if I did try to be psychic and the knowledge came from the devil?” But if it had turned out to be a different color, I would have been relieved and thought nothing more about it.

The knowledge didn’t come from the devil. You made no pact or performed no ritual. You simply willed it in your mind and tried to visualize what color it would be. For all you know, that could be psychic. How is that NOT demonic? Easy, it’s something you have. Not the devil. If focusing your mind on a mental image was some form of making demonic pact, then the Church is in error.

I miss playing Magic >_> How’s the latest set? My wife and I don’t have the funds to play it right now.

The set’s nice though I don’t comment much on gameplay. I’m more of a serious collector first, casual player second. I collect the cards based on teh flavor. Ravnica’s my favorite plane though so you can guess how a set that has just returned to it has been aweshum.

 

[MnMomOf5]

I have done a tiny bit of research on Magic the Gathering Card game as my son’s friends are interested. I have found a couple of new updates to the Magic Game. See website: wizards.com/Magic/Summoner/

Their description of the trading card game is this:
In the Magic game, you play the role of a planeswalker—a powerful wizard who fights other planeswalkers for glory, knowledge, and conquest. Your deck of cards … contains the spells you know and the creatures you can summon to fight for you.

The images on the cards are evil-looking. The names of the characters are evil-sounding. and the card spells (powers) are frightening. see: gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Se…advanced&set=+%22Dark%20Ascension%22]

card names include: Alter of the Lost, Archdemon of Greed, Beguiler of Wills, Chalice of Death, Faithless Looting, Hellrider, Undying Evil and how about
Ravenous Demon described as a “Creature — Demon whose power is Sacrifice a Human: … Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.”

I do think this is something to worry about. Normalizing these “powers” and having children pretend to have these powers is very scary to me.

to ProdglArchitect - “As for playing games with occult elements, there’s nothing wrong with it so long as you recognize those elements for what they are; childish fun…” You are an adult, I am more concerned for all of the kids who are growing up with occult themes all around them. I would prefer that it frighten them than intrigue them.

 

[CatholicGeek1]

I have done a tiny bit of research on Magic the Gathering Card game as my son’s friends are interested. I have found a couple of new updates to the Magic Game. See website: wizards.com/Magic/Summoner/

Their description of the trading card game is this:
In the Magic game, you play the role of a planeswalker—a powerful wizard who fights other planeswalkers for glory, knowledge, and conquest. Your deck of cards … contains the spells you know and the creatures you can summon to fight for you.

The images on the cards are evil-looking. The names of the characters are evil-sounding. and the card spells (powers) are frightening. see: gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Se…advanced&set=+%22Dark%20Ascension%22]

card names include: Alter of the Lost, Archdemon of Greed, Beguiler of Wills, Chalice of Death, Faithless Looting, Hellrider, Undying Evil and how about
Ravenous Demon described as a “Creature — Demon whose power is Sacrifice a Human: … Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.”

I do think this is something to worry about. Normalizing these “powers” and having children pretend to have these powers is very scary to me.

to ProdglArchitect - “As for playing games with occult elements, there’s nothing wrong with it so long as you recognize those elements for what they are; childish fun…” You are an adult, I am more concerned for all of the kids who are growing up with occult themes all around them. I would prefer that it frighten them than intrigue them.

I do not think there is anything wrong with fantasy and imagination. These things are fun, and they are fine so long as you do not think them real, or get into some kind of worship with them. It is nice to take a break from reality sometimes and there is nothing wrong with that.

At the same time, I do not think kids should be allowed to play with or watch things that have these themes until they are able to understand the difference between reality and fiction, and have been taught what is ok in fantasyland vs what is ok in the real world. Who is the best decider of that - the parents.