Serious question. Video games, to some extent, have been around for years and years, but lately there has been a lot more of tragedy associated with them. It really has me starting to think there is a spiritual warfare going on with the video games.
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Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: ford150man]
#2570653 09/05/1808:24 AM09/05/1808:24 AM
Serious question. Video games, to some extent, have been around for years and years, but lately there has been a lot more of tragedy associated with them. It really has me starting to think there is a spiritual warfare going on with the video games.
Mental illness
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Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: ford150man]
#2570654 09/05/1808:27 AM09/05/1808:27 AM
It really has me starting to think there is a spiritual warfare going on with the video games.
You better believe it. There are very few games where a player isnt rewarded (points/level up) for not killing someone or some other sin. Add more and more kids are left at home while mommy and daddy are working and video games are being played hours upon hours a day and into the evenings.
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Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: doekiller]
#2570659 09/05/1808:29 AM09/05/1808:29 AM
Any person that's over the age of, say, 40, would be horrified at what these kids see and do on video games. And I think it literally stunts the mental growth and maturation of young boys, mainly. They're spending 20 hours a day online playing games.
Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: IsaacMcCaslin]
#2570663 09/05/1808:33 AM09/05/1808:33 AM
bulldoodoo. When I was a kid we played with toy guns and played war. We killed each other. We watched violent cartoons, westerns where people were killed every few minutes. You know what, kids killed themselves and others then too. It just din't get shown on the news 24/7. I had two boys that went to school with me kill themselves before they were 16 within a mile of my house. There were kids that were thieves, kids that did drugs and kids that ended up being in prison as adults. We simply didn't have the media coverage.
It is like murders. Murder are lower now then in the 1970s. Kidnappings are less now, rape is less now. But, you hear it on the news like it happens everywhere constantly. People talk about Chicago. Look at their murders now v the 1970s. There were hundreds more every year back then. New York, same thing.
Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: Remington270]
#2570666 09/05/1808:35 AM09/05/1808:35 AM
Any person that's over the age of, say, 40, would be horrified at what these kids see and do on video games. And I think it literally stunts the mental growth and maturation of young boys, mainly. They're spending 20 hours a day online playing games.
If they are spending that much time on video games, that is a parenting problem, not a video game problem.
Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: ford150man]
#2570667 09/05/1808:38 AM09/05/1808:38 AM
It screws up their heads. They’re not mature enough to mentally process all the information in games. We put severe limits on gaming and even getting a few minutes of gaming a week our children’s bevavior is drastically different after they play. They’re like selfish ravenous animals and that’s on non violent games. I’ve cut games out altogether for months at a time and behavioral issues improve a lot. Kids ain’t meant to play video games. They’re supposed to interact with each other and the natural world to grow physically and socially.
Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: Irishguy]
#2570672 09/05/1808:42 AM09/05/1808:42 AM
He would have shot himself in the head while hunting. Mental illness affects a certain percentage of the population. We need to identify it. Reagan (surprisingly) closed down too many of the mental hospitals, and they never reopened.
bulldoodoo. When I was a kid we played with toy guns and played war. We killed each other. We watched violent cartoons, westerns where people were killed every few minutes. You know what, kids killed themselves and others then too. It just din't get shown on the news 24/7. I had two boys that went to school with me kill themselves before they were 16 within a mile of my house. There were kids that were thieves, kids that did drugs and kids that ended up being in prison as adults. We simply didn't have the media coverage.
It is like murders. Murder are lower now then in the 1970s. Kidnappings are less now, rape is less now. But, you hear it on the news like it happens everywhere constantly. People talk about Chicago. Look at their murders now v the 1970s. There were hundreds more every year back then. New York, same thing.
the 24-hr news cycle is, in my personal opinion, one of the worst things to happen to society, as a whole. Every major network has 24hr channels devoted 100% to reporting "news".....problem is, there just isn't that much need-to-know info all day, every day, so they have to dig up chit to report, which leads to exactly what you mentioned.
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: GomerPyle]
#2570701 09/05/1809:06 AM09/05/1809:06 AM
bulldoodoo. When I was a kid we played with toy guns and played war. We killed each other. We watched violent cartoons, westerns where people were killed every few minutes. You know what, kids killed themselves and others then too. It just din't get shown on the news 24/7. I had two boys that went to school with me kill themselves before they were 16 within a mile of my house. There were kids that were thieves, kids that did drugs and kids that ended up being in prison as adults. We simply didn't have the media coverage.
It is like murders. Murder are lower now then in the 1970s. Kidnappings are less now, rape is less now. But, you hear it on the news like it happens everywhere constantly. People talk about Chicago. Look at their murders now v the 1970s. There were hundreds more every year back then. New York, same thing.
the 24-hr news cycle is, in my personal opinion, one of the worst things to happen to society, as a whole. Every major network has 24hr channels devoted 100% to reporting "news".....problem is, there just isn't that much need-to-know info all day, every day, so they have to dig up chit to report, which leads to exactly what you mentioned.
All this is exactly right. This kind of crap has been going on all along. The difference is that 50 years ago if it didn't happen in your county or maybe even your town you would probably never hear about it. Now if someone gets shot in Idaho we know about it here before the coroner can get a toe tag on the body.
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Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: ford150man]
#2570706 09/05/1809:11 AM09/05/1809:11 AM
We had a local guy who killed himself with a chainsaw a few years ago. Of course, here in Chilton County, we've had some strange suicides over the years. We had some dudes shoot themselves 10 times with a revolver and beat themselves to death with a hammer.
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Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: ford150man]
#2570725 09/05/1809:27 AM09/05/1809:27 AM
I think it has something to do with the social aspect of gaming now. You used to play games with the 3 or 4 other friends sitting in the same room as you. Now kids sit in a room by themselves and can link up with untold numbers of strangers around the world. Leads to isolation and worsens any mental instability that is present.
Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: ford150man]
#2570730 09/05/1809:33 AM09/05/1809:33 AM
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: ford150man]
#2570739 09/05/1809:44 AM09/05/1809:44 AM
I play...but im not a nut.... They are fun...if your not a lunatic. Also...my parents only let me play if i got my homework done and if it was huntin season that sucker collected cobwebs. Since ive grown up a little bit ive actually come to appreciate sitting down and enjoying them a little more after i work all day i like to sit down and play a little while.
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
Re: What’s up with computer games and our youth?
[Re: doekiller]
#2570765 09/05/1810:17 AM09/05/1810:17 AM
bulldoodoo. When I was a kid we played with toy guns and played war. We killed each other. We watched violent cartoons, westerns where people were killed every few minutes. You know what, kids killed themselves and others then too. It just din't get shown on the news 24/7. I had two boys that went to school with me kill themselves before they were 16 within a mile of my house. There were kids that were thieves, kids that did drugs and kids that ended up being in prison as adults. We simply didn't have the media coverage.
It is like murders. Murder are lower now then in the 1970s. Kidnappings are less now, rape is less now. But, you hear it on the news like it happens everywhere constantly. People talk about Chicago. Look at their murders now v the 1970s. There were hundreds more every year back then. New York, same thing.
Yup. If anything, kids now are exposed to far less violence than they were in previous generations.
