How Do Video Games Affect A Christian's Life?
Can a person imagine themselves on their favorite sports team and making them win the championship? Well, video games are created to give a person that kind of experience and fun. Although video games are well known for fun, if other Christians are not careful, video games can promote worldliness into a new of carnal minded Christian's life.
Video games were first created to give people some entertainment and help people learn. Early in the history of video games, a video arcade was created to give people some sort of entertainment that would cost a quarter to play. Later in history, game creators decided to make a game counsel system so people can just pay a set price for their game system or game and play it whenever they wanted to start playing. Also in history, early games began to help little children ages five and up learn how to read and count with fun while playing the game. …show more content…
Although video games were fun and a little educational in the past, the modern age of the world eventually made video game creators to start input worldly situations and thoughts on the game which entered into the mind of its players.
First of all, the game creators were generally putting ungodly actions and images in their games such as drinking alcohol, smoking, cursing, and stealing; but this list goes on. Another thing that modern video game creator started to input, is different false religions into their games. The modern game had started with the well known false religions, but then started to make up different types of religions and gods into their games. So anyone can see that 85% of video games can give a Christian some ungodly
ideas.
However, there are many different ways that a Christian can prevent certain types of video games from entering their home. One way is if a person who is buying a game, they should check the rating of the game on its cover to see if it is suitable to play. Another way is, the buyer can check the games content which is listed on the back cover of the video game box to see why the game has that rating. Finally, the buyer can check the games review through game magazines, television, and internet websites. Since there are many different ways to check a game, the buyer can now know which game would be suitable to buy or play.
Most video games promote worldliness into a game player life; when the game player is a new of weak minded Christian. Since the transformation of the video game began through the years it was out, at least the games are still being created to do what it was created to do in the past. As a result of the modern world's choices; their decision on what is or not allowed are now being imputed into the video games that people or Christians are buying to play. Although this has happened, it is up to the buyer of these games, Christian or not, to set a standard on which game to buy.
Video games were first created to give people some entertainment and help people learn. Early in the history of video games, a video arcade was created to give people some sort of entertainment that would cost a quarter to play. Later in history, game creators decided to make a game counsel system so people can just pay a set price for their game system or game and play it whenever they wanted to start playing. Also in history, early games began to help little children ages five and up learn how to read and count with fun while playing the game. …show more content…
Although video games were fun and a little educational in the past, the modern age of the world eventually made video game creators to start input worldly situations and thoughts on the game which entered into the mind of its players.
First of all, the game creators were generally putting ungodly actions and images in their games such as drinking alcohol, smoking, cursing, and stealing; but this list goes on. Another thing that modern video game creator started to input, is different false religions into their games. The modern game had started with the well known false religions, but then started to make up different types of religions and gods into their games. So anyone can see that 85% of video games can give a Christian some ungodly
ideas.
However, there are many different ways that a Christian can prevent certain types of video games from entering their home. One way is if a person who is buying a game, they should check the rating of the game on its cover to see if it is suitable to play. Another way is, the buyer can check the games content which is listed on the back cover of the video game box to see why the game has that rating. Finally, the buyer can check the games review through game magazines, television, and internet websites. Since there are many different ways to check a game, the buyer can now know which game would be suitable to buy or play.
Most video games promote worldliness into a game player life; when the game player is a new of weak minded Christian. Since the transformation of the video game began through the years it was out, at least the games are still being created to do what it was created to do in the past. As a result of the modern world's choices; their decision on what is or not allowed are now being imputed into the video games that people or Christians are buying to play. Although this has happened, it is up to the buyer of these games, Christian or not, to set a standard on which game to buy.