It is obvious to me that most video games are fictional, take City of Villains, a game that I play. You create a Villain with "Powers" that no human can posses for they are fictional. The missions you do that are suppose to be crimes are really not something a human would ever do because you fight characters that like the one you created have fictional "powers". Yet some religions would put a stamp or seal on this type of game and would want to ban or censor it. Logically none of the things in most video games would be physically posible for a human to do, so why would it be censored or banned?
2006-07-24 06:21:39 · 13 answers · asked by Enterrador 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ethicts? I think we are all smart enough to know right from wrong thank you
2006-07-24 06:22:09 · update #1
Beliefs? If you believe that a human can leap over a building on his own, then maybe video games arent the crazy ones
2006-07-24 06:23:36 · update #2
It is because they think the truth will be revealed. They only want you to have a narrow minded view of the world, and not think for yourself, or have any fun for that matter. I find it amazingly odd that there are more violent crimes in this country then any other country, but all of those other countries watch the same movies, play the same games, and listen to the same music. The fundamentalists want to blame it on these things. Why? Free thinking is the enemy of the religious world bottom line. I mean come on they burned people at the stake for thinking the way they wanted to.
2006-07-24 06:30:24 · answer #1 · answered by trevor22in 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not afraid of fiction, I just don't take it in as fact. I've played some video games in the past (Legend of Zelda) but, I never let it affect me spiritually...It's only a game and isn't that important, but it seems like this City of Villains is important to you. It rules your life even though it's fiction. Which is the problem...
Some Christians have stuff like games ruling their lifes. Taking the place of God, who should be the highest and most important in our lifes. Not games...and I think that's the major problem and that's why many ban fiction...though, we're not afraid of it.
-God Bless!
Perilous Rose
2006-07-24 06:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by Perilous Rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fear is a component of most organized religions. It may not be fair, though, to lump all of them into a broad statement of 'religion'...in terms of fearing fiction. You propose that it is religion that prohibits these fictional creations of man, not so, it is man who sanctions his/her 'fellow' man...sometimes in the guise of religion. I agree that we should be evolved enought to tell right from wrong, but if you've ever watched the 'news' on TV or read any of the 'scholoarly' journals, you know that this is far from being the case. I don't like the idea of censorship any more than you do...however, rating and enforcing age/maturity levels is a good way to help with these issues.
2006-07-24 06:42:48 · answer #3 · answered by Rev Debi Brady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who's attempting to censor here? It seems to me that you are, by using rhetoric such as "afraid" when describing opinions that differ from yours.
The gay-rights crowd does the same thing -- anyone who disagrees with them is labeled a "homophobe." Such rhetoric only serves to stifle debate and silence critics by portraying them as having an irrational fear.
But there's no fear involved with homsexuality -- and there's no fear involved with this video game.
The concern, though, is that video games promote violence and make people (especially kids) desensitized to real violence and suffering.
That's a valid opinion to hold, even if it differs from yours. It need not be labeled "fearful" as if people whose opinions differ from yours are somehow weaker than you.
2006-07-24 06:29:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is similar to when the church argued that is was bad to read Harry Potter books because it supposedly enedorsed witchcraft. Sometimes people just take things too seriously or think that others would be unable to resist even the simplest of "tempatations."
2006-07-24 06:47:51 · answer #5 · answered by x 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are what you take in. If all you see is violence etc. even if it is fictional nonsense it does change you. This is the reason why Christians often try not to do some of things they did before they were Christians. Not necessarily that it makes you feel bad yourself but that we understand that "Crap in, Crap out" is very true.
2006-07-24 06:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by prinsin99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems they may be afraid of those who think for themselves.
It also seems some people deleted their answers?
Da Vinci Code has caused quite a stir to. It's mostly (if not all fiction), and religious groups are afraid of it. Ha Ha religious groups are afraid others might believe everything they read. (pun intended)
2006-07-24 06:29:05 · answer #7 · answered by elliott 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, religion is not afraid of fiction. Fictitious writers are afraid of the truth of religion so that more books will be written to upbring their novelty and yet they know so well that religion wins in the end.
2006-07-24 06:25:52 · answer #8 · answered by Springboard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they're afraid that their children, and other children as well, will see these and somehow get "corrupted." I don't know if they think it will teach them the wrong values, but it seems like if they're wanting the proper values to be instilled in their kids, they need to be doing it themselves, and teaching the kids how to judge what is correct, not sheltering them from what "awful" influences might be out there.
2006-07-24 06:44:58 · answer #9 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think religions are afraid of fiction just look at how literally some people take the bible, fiction junkies.
2006-07-24 06:26:48 · answer #10 · answered by lawsonmc11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋