balrogdude27 said:
My parents have told me that killing in games is wrong. I want to believe them and obey them because they are good christian believers who want what is best for me. I got counterstrike Source with HL2 and bought 1.6 seperataly. I think my parents will be ok with me playing it if I get some good reasons why it is OK to play games where you kill people. I Think it is fine, because it is not real and is harmless fun. But i want REAL reasons. Like scripture and other biblical reasons. Please help me on this one! I would think this belongs here because it has to do with CS and i want to join ur guys clan if i am good enough.
Why is it ok to kill, This has raged since dawn immortal, Or since Cain and Able I would hazard a cliché’
Your parents have chosen to communicate that killing in games is wrong. That is their right and the values they wish to institute in you. The leader of the CS team has written a wonderful “paper” on this and I believe it is linked in the 1st few pages of this discussion.
Is it ever ok to kill even in a game; violence is a way of life, and those who can not protect themselves become victims. Even as little kids play, solider, cops and robbers, Cowboys and Indians, we make the analogy in our minds, there are heroes and villains, good guys and bad guys, winners and losers.
This is life as its pinnacle. I taught my children violence tempered with wisdom and mercy. I did this before I was a Christian, while a Christian and a stand I believe firmly in. If you or anybody has had the privilege never to never have encountered a violent situation. You are blessed, lucky or both.
A man woman or child has the unalienable right to protect themselves with temperance, mercy and intelligence with in reason. I could have easily been a villain, but I had children and while I did not mind being who I was, I did not want to raise villains too, they world was screwed up enough with out me adding more of me.
So I decided to raise productive and decent little citizens. That’s what I did. There are many wonderful pastors and teachers here, you need to pm and find bible verses that support protection. And that’s what it is, Killing is wrong; that spans multiple religions and cultures. It can not be questioned or side stepped.
But the right of the people to protect themselves from injustice and violence is a right we all have. In the Bible God used men to kill, destroy and protect and punish. I have a wonderful friend who is a US Marshall who takes his duty to protect to a complete “God ordained” level. Thank goodness he is also a very humble and god fearing Christian.
The hardest challenge you face is the killing/protection issue. Your parents will probably say that it’s the same. It isn’t and your challenge is to express that in a way your parents can understand.
But some folks feel any sort of violence is unnecessary. Then you are in a bind. I would encourage you not to rebel against them but just keep trying to respectfully present your convictions with intelligence and research as a mature young man.
When I was a lad, I wanted to play D&D, my parent heard nothing but the propaganda at the time, I talked and begged my mom, she was set. I found out everything I could on it and even talked with a teacher on how to show her I would not be come some freaked out teen playing mazes and monsters in the sewers. That teacher did and I keep up my grades and maintain a decent attitude and my mother allowed me to play it. But it didn’t happen over night.
Good Luck, and remember there are a tone of God fearing folks here who will help you present it in a mature way, use your resources!