Comments on: A Christian’s View of World of Warcraft http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/ Heart of Wisdom Author Mon, 07 May 2012 11:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gille http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-11330 Gille Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:09:38 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-11330 Personally, I do not think that World of Warcraft should be banned. I'm not christian, so you may choose to disregard this if you please, however the Bible is not an accurate source of information when regarding video games. Remember, it was written about 2000+ years ago, where even electricity hadn't been invented. No one would've known what a video game was, much less been able to know what video games might contain. Thanks for your time. Personally, I do not think that World of Warcraft should be banned. I’m not christian, so you may choose to disregard this if you please, however the Bible is not an accurate source of information when regarding video games. Remember, it was written about 2000+ years ago, where even electricity hadn’t been invented. No one would’ve known what a video game was, much less been able to know what video games might contain. Thanks for your time.

]]> By: Ignavis http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-11225 Ignavis Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:08:42 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-11225 Hmm, I think you are mistaking temptation for a sin. I don't play World of Warcraft, but I think there is a difference between something that has "the appearance of evil" (by the way that was a slight mistranslation, the Greek word used in place of "appearance" has two meanings, the second, less common one is form or kind, so, if not for the mistranslation, it would have read "abstain from all forms/kinds of evil"). Just because World of Warcraft indirectly causes people to stumble (unintentionally), does not mean it itself is sinful; tabaco or nicotine or even marijuana isn't itself a sin, it's the abuse of the substance that makes it a sin (I know that World of Warcraft is man made and thus is capable of being evil, but this doesn't seem to be the case, so even though some people might incorrectly use a product/substance/etc. doesn't make it a sin). Also God forbid witchcraft because the powers used are given by the Devil. Elijah called down fire from Heaven, sounds like a sort of spell to me, but the power given to him was from God, making it HOLY. A supernatural occurrence (say... magic), even harmful (say... a spell), like the fire Elijah called upon to kill a 100 men, could be something holy. It matters little what, but more why or how, in this case. As for the violence, Narnia had wars, LotR had wars, many holy wars took place in the Bible. The book of Joshua, and other OT books, is almost disturbing in the amount of violence it contains. Anyways the last point I'd like to make is that the "time" issue is too much to expect. If we devoted, and concentrated, all of our time on being rigorously productive, we'd wear ourselves out. Now are people abusing the game when they play hours upon hours, or does the game make them play that much? I think at the end of the day a warning of the dangers, or temptations, is the priority. My main point is that independently video games, drugs, alcohol, or (fill in the bank) is often not the source of the sin, but the abuse of such things. (my friend plays World of Warcraft that's why I'm so passionate about the topic, and he doesn't play very much and enjoys it without it conflicting with his belief in God). There IS a very fine line for World of Warcraft to be a sin, but most of your points I believed irrelevant, thank you for your time Hmm, I think you are mistaking temptation for a sin. I don’t play World of Warcraft, but I think there is a difference between something that has “the appearance of evil” (by the way that was a slight mistranslation, the Greek word used in place of “appearance” has two meanings, the second, less common one is form or kind, so, if not for the mistranslation, it would have read “abstain from all forms/kinds of evil”). Just because World of Warcraft indirectly causes people to stumble (unintentionally), does not mean it itself is sinful; tabaco or nicotine or even marijuana isn’t itself a sin, it’s the abuse of the substance that makes it a sin (I know that World of Warcraft is man made and thus is capable of being evil, but this doesn’t seem to be the case, so even though some people might incorrectly use a product/substance/etc. doesn’t make it a sin). Also God forbid witchcraft because the powers used are given by the Devil. Elijah called down fire from Heaven, sounds like a sort of spell to me, but the power given to him was from God, making it HOLY. A supernatural occurrence (say… magic), even harmful (say… a spell), like the fire Elijah called upon to kill a 100 men, could be something holy. It matters little what, but more why or how, in this case. As for the violence, Narnia had wars, LotR had wars, many holy wars took place in the Bible. The book of Joshua, and other OT books, is almost disturbing in the amount of violence it contains. Anyways the last point I’d like to make is that the “time” issue is too much to expect. If we devoted, and concentrated, all of our time on being rigorously productive, we’d wear ourselves out. Now are people abusing the game when they play hours upon hours, or does the game make them play that much? I think at the end of the day a warning of the dangers, or temptations, is the priority. My main point is that independently video games, drugs, alcohol, or (fill in the bank) is often not the source of the sin, but the abuse of such things. (my friend plays World of Warcraft that’s why I’m so passionate about the topic, and he doesn’t play very much and enjoys it without it conflicting with his belief in God). There IS a very fine line for World of Warcraft to be a sin, but most of your points I believed irrelevant, thank you for your time

]]> By: Will http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-11110 Will Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:38:17 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-11110 It seems like you put quite a bit of thought into this. I am Christian as well and i find the game quite fun. Because well that's exactly what it is. The game actually helped me to pass my SAT's when i took them. It provided me with a great social experience. I have friends i met when i played that are closer to me now than some friends i met at school. There is bad things in everything, if you look hard enough you will find something that can be considered against God. One of those things is knowingly sacrificing your self, that could be considered by some as suicide. It seems like you put quite a bit of thought into this. I am Christian as well and i find the game quite fun. Because well that’s exactly what it is. The game actually helped me to pass my SAT’s when i took them. It provided me with a great social experience. I have friends i met when i played that are closer to me now than some friends i met at school. There is bad things in everything, if you look hard enough you will find something that can be considered against God. One of those things is knowingly sacrificing your self, that could be considered by some as suicide.

]]> By: Johnny http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10965 Johnny Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:43:53 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10965 Thank you for posting this. I do in-fact play Wow but, this has given me much to think about. Thank you for posting this.
I do in-fact play Wow but, this has given me much to think about.

]]> By: john http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10740 john Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:40:58 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10740 i play wow. iv been playing for a year or more, i have a lvl 84 warlock, and 79 paliden. im not addicted at all, i play maybe 3 times a week. sometimes on holidays i play a bit more but only when im bored. i have two jobs, im in school i get good grades, im strong in my faith. i think warcraft should be classes with lord of the rings and narnia. if you know about the lore of the game, then you know about how the orcs were corrupted by the demonic legion, but broke free when a young orc showed them the wrongs of their people and told them of the once honorable race. (sounds a bit like jesus) you would know that the undead were once humans who were murdered by a corrupted man, who raised them from the dead, now they seek to end the evil that created them. you would also know that the priests and pallydens are fallowers of the holy light. you would know that the horde and allience banded together to destroy the evil legion and damned lich king. you would see how the tuaren, (bull people) respect earth and the great creatores. you would here the storie of the death knights, once agents to the lich king but bruoght back to the light by the holy pallidens of the argent dawn. you would know that the dragons are not evil but protectors of the world. the reds are the life binders and love all the mortal races. the greens protect the dreams and plant life, the blues monitore the magic use so no mortals will blow up the world. the bronze keep peace over time to stop intruders from disrupting history. and the once proud black dragons (who were driven mad by the evil ones) protected the earth and primeordel powers. you could hear the tale of how the creatore morned the loss of his friend seargeras (now the demon lord) much like the fall of lucifer. it can be an addicting game yes, but thats due to week minds. take the game in bits. dont toss your life at it. and it is a game. no need to get jazzed over spell casting thats fake. and not all the classes cast spells. most use weapons. and the violence is like none, you hear a sword clash, you might see some red stuff (you can turn off the blood) and you might here the thing make a sound before it dies. as for players, they are monitored and booted for essive language use, scamming, or asking for personal information. plus you can turn on the word block that filters all the curses and even things like kkk. blizzard is trying to clean up the world. the creatore of warcraft is a christian. if you have any questions ask for my email. i play wow. iv been playing for a year or more, i have a lvl 84 warlock, and 79 paliden. im not addicted at all, i play maybe 3 times a week. sometimes on holidays i play a bit more but only when im bored. i have two jobs, im in school i get good grades, im strong in my faith. i think warcraft should be classes with lord of the rings and narnia. if you know about the lore of the game, then you know about how the orcs were corrupted by the demonic legion, but broke free when a young orc showed them the wrongs of their people and told them of the once honorable race. (sounds a bit like jesus) you would know that the undead were once humans who were murdered by a corrupted man, who raised them from the dead, now they seek to end the evil that created them. you would also know that the priests and pallydens are fallowers of the holy light. you would know that the horde and allience banded together to destroy the evil legion and damned lich king. you would see how the tuaren, (bull people) respect earth and the great creatores. you would here the storie of the death knights, once agents to the lich king but bruoght back to the light by the holy pallidens of the argent dawn. you would know that the dragons are not evil but protectors of the world. the reds are the life binders and love all the mortal races. the greens protect the dreams and plant life, the blues monitore the magic use so no mortals will blow up the world. the bronze keep peace over time to stop intruders from disrupting history. and the once proud black dragons (who were driven mad by the evil ones) protected the earth and primeordel powers. you could hear the tale of how the creatore morned the loss of his friend seargeras (now the demon lord) much like the fall of lucifer. it can be an addicting game yes, but thats due to week minds. take the game in bits. dont toss your life at it. and it is a game. no need to get jazzed over spell casting thats fake. and not all the classes cast spells. most use weapons. and the violence is like none, you hear a sword clash, you might see some red stuff (you can turn off the blood) and you might here the thing make a sound before it dies. as for players, they are monitored and booted for essive language use, scamming, or asking for personal information. plus you can turn on the word block that filters all the curses and even things like kkk. blizzard is trying to clean up the world. the creatore of warcraft is a christian. if you have any questions ask for my email.

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]]> By: Greg http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10696 Greg Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:56:27 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10696 Hello Eko. I noticed you said that you haven't met a true Christian. That's unfortunate. I'd be interested in learning what a true Christian would look like to you. Do you think a true Christian would make themselves vulnerable to criticism and verbal attack in order to try to warn people they don't even know of the dangers of occult involvement? Please do a simple Google search for "occult danger" and browse through the mountain of results. Perhaps you'll reconsider your position. God bless. Hello Eko. I noticed you said that you haven’t met a true Christian. That’s unfortunate. I’d be interested in learning what a true Christian would look like to you. Do you think a true Christian would make themselves vulnerable to criticism and verbal attack in order to try to warn people they don’t even know of the dangers of occult involvement?

Please do a simple Google search for “occult danger” and browse through the mountain of results. Perhaps you’ll reconsider your position. God bless.

]]> By: Reformation1 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10692 Reformation1 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:12:40 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10692 I am glad that someone is taking a stand and exposing the evil that is in some of these video games. The mentality of those that have *no fear of GOD (which the Bible says those people have no wisdom) will always try to justify there actions. If you are NOT A CHRISTIAN (striving to obey the teachings of Jesus Christ and come to the full knowledge of GOD) there is NO NEED for you to read this article. Because you will not understand the Christian perspective concerning this game because you are not following our standard. When someone says "I DONT THINK GOD WILL MIND IF..." of course he wouldnt, because he doesnt exist, because you are making a god up in YOUR MIND (IDOLATRY) with what YOU THINK he should feel or think (in other words you are god). This is dangerous because you are breaking the first commandment which is Idolatry "thou shalt have no other gods before me." IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN WE MUST ALWAYS REFER TO THE BIBLE FOR GOD's PERSPECTIVE AND INSTRUCTIONS IN LIFE (not what you think or feel). The author of this article is right on with GOD's perspective. W.O.W. definitely has the appearance of evil with its lust, witchcraft, profanity and anything else that is ungodly within it. I am sorry but the tricks of the devil is not obvious easy to detect and noticeable (like the lie of him having horns, tail, pigmentation is red and a pitchfork). The Bible says he is an angel and that he is beautiful and a deceiver a liar that seeks whomever he can destroy. If you are not a Christian reading this please trust and believe in Jesus Christ as your savior and you will be saved from the wrath of GOD that is going to come upon this world. Being a Christian doesnt mean sitting in church all week. You can do any and everything in this life as a Christian except sin & disobey GOD that is it.Burn world of warcraft, break it and destroy it in Jesus name! I am glad that someone is taking a stand and exposing the evil that is in some of these video games. The mentality of those that have *no fear of GOD (which the Bible says those people have no wisdom) will always try to justify there actions. If you are NOT A CHRISTIAN (striving to obey the teachings of Jesus Christ and come to the full knowledge of GOD) there is NO NEED for you to read this article. Because you will not understand the Christian perspective concerning this game because you are not following our standard. When someone says “I DONT THINK GOD WILL MIND IF…” of course he wouldnt, because he doesnt exist, because you are making a god up in YOUR MIND (IDOLATRY) with what YOU THINK he should feel or think (in other words you are god). This is dangerous because you are breaking the first commandment which is Idolatry “thou shalt have no other gods before me.” IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN WE MUST ALWAYS REFER TO THE BIBLE FOR GOD’s PERSPECTIVE AND INSTRUCTIONS IN LIFE (not what you think or feel). The author of this article is right on with GOD’s perspective. W.O.W. definitely has the appearance of evil with its lust, witchcraft, profanity and anything else that is ungodly within it. I am sorry but the tricks of the devil is not obvious easy to detect and noticeable (like the lie of him having horns, tail, pigmentation is red and a pitchfork). The Bible says he is an angel and that he is beautiful and a deceiver a liar that seeks whomever he can destroy. If you are not a Christian reading this please trust and believe in Jesus Christ as your savior and you will be saved from the wrath of GOD that is going to come upon this world. Being a Christian doesnt mean sitting in church all week. You can do any and everything in this life as a Christian except sin & disobey GOD that is it.Burn world of warcraft, break it and destroy it in Jesus name!

]]> By: eko http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10614 eko Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:29:11 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10614 I fail to see your point. Evil characters? obviously but where in the bible does it mention trolls, undead or goblins?. Casting spells?? i hardly consider them the act of standing around a satanic altar chanting in some pathetic attempt to summon something. It is a computer graphic nothing more that summons lightning or fire or something similar. The poster of this article is one of those steriotypical anal retentive christians who sees great fear and evil in everything and takes it waaaaaay over the top. For the record if any of you actually bothered to read the bible properly in the first place you would realise that not any single one of you is actually a christian. Did you know that christians are not allowed to marry outside of the Jewish community?, did you know that Jesus himself CONDEMS and FORBIDS divorce yet how many people do you have in your churches that are divorced?, and the best one is how you all sit and judge, judge, judge day after day after day.....yet might i remind thee that you are too take the plank of wood out of your own eye.....yet none of you actually do. I have yet to meet one true christian in my life and it is IMPOSSIBLE for it to actually happen. You are also meant to stone a woman to death for things like cheating on their husband.....see you only take what YOU want to act upon and IGNORE the rest. So do us all a favour and chill the hell out already, you make me laugh you get so anal over a video game yet in your churches we find pedos, rapists, murderers and all sorts of corrupt nasty conedmning people. Get a life already and just find your own path and enjoy it instead of jumping on the bandwagon and acting like moronic sheep. Oh......wait.........HELP ME.......WORLD OF WARCRAFT HAS JUST KICKED MY DOOR DOWN WITH POINTY POINT HORNS TO DRAG ME OFF THE LAND OF ELVES AND TAVERNS AND FLYING HORSES.......hang on a minute.......WOOOHOO. I fail to see your point. Evil characters? obviously but where in the bible does it mention trolls, undead or goblins?. Casting spells?? i hardly consider them the act of standing around a satanic altar chanting in some pathetic attempt to summon something. It is a computer graphic nothing more that summons lightning or fire or something similar.
The poster of this article is one of those steriotypical anal retentive christians who sees great fear and evil in everything and takes it waaaaaay over the top.
For the record if any of you actually bothered to read the bible properly in the first place you would realise that not any single one of you is actually a christian.
Did you know that christians are not allowed to marry outside of the Jewish community?, did you know that Jesus himself CONDEMS and FORBIDS divorce yet how many people do you have in your churches that are divorced?, and the best one is how you all sit and judge, judge, judge day after day after day…..yet might i remind thee that you are too take the plank of wood out of your own eye…..yet none of you actually do.
I have yet to meet one true christian in my life and it is IMPOSSIBLE for it to actually happen. You are also meant to stone a woman to death for things like cheating on their husband…..see you only take what YOU want to act upon and IGNORE the rest.
So do us all a favour and chill the hell out already, you make me laugh you get so anal over a video game yet in your churches we find pedos, rapists, murderers and all sorts of corrupt nasty conedmning people. Get a life already and just find your own path and enjoy it instead of jumping on the bandwagon and acting like moronic sheep.
Oh……wait………HELP ME…….WORLD OF WARCRAFT HAS JUST KICKED MY DOOR DOWN WITH POINTY POINT HORNS TO DRAG ME OFF THE LAND OF ELVES AND TAVERNS AND FLYING HORSES…….hang on a minute…….WOOOHOO.

]]> By: Rey http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10520 Rey Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:52:51 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/a-christian-view-of-world-of-warcraft/#comment-10520 You need to seriously reconsider what you believe in. Jesus Christ, not religion, freed people, us, from different additions and vices. WoW and similar rpgs are a means to escape reality and ignore what the Bible tells us. You need to seriously reconsider what you believe in. Jesus Christ, not religion, freed people, us, from different additions and vices. WoW and similar rpgs are a means to escape reality and ignore what the Bible tells us.

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