Is this whole area a place that demonic strongholds can affect a person’s life in reality?
It may be possible, but highly improbable. If World of Warcraft is having a negative spiritual affect on someone, my guess is that there’s something else much deeper going on that’s unrelated to the game. The root issue only manifests itself in how they play World of Warcraft and interacts with other parts of life. In other words, I strongly doubt World of Warcraft is the culprit of negative issues in a person’s life rather than just an expression of it.
I strongly doubt World of Warcraft is the culprit of negative issues in a person’s life rather than just an expression of it.
Should a Christian play World of Warcraft and other MMORPGs?
I can’t answer this for anyone other than myself. My personal conviction is that it’s fine for me to play these games for their entertainment and ministry value assuming all my other real-life responsibilities are met and balanced satisfactorily. I find nothing inherently sinful about these games or the communities they create, but I realize others may disagree for various reasons. Two verses seem to apply:
“As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.”
And 1 Corinthians 8:9:
“Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.”
If World of Warcraft pricks your conscience, then don’t play it. If you do play it, make sure that exercising you freedom in this area won’t be a stumbling block to someone else.
[ Read other “World of Warcraft FAQs for Christians” in this series ]
[tags]World of Warcraft, MMORPG, MMO, Guild Wars, spirituality[/tags]
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October 13th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
this is ridiculous! of coarse it is fine, no one who plays WOW is like i wanna do spells like this in real life, hey lets pray to the devil maybe we will get awesome powers. u guys are f***ed up. maybe u should pray more.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Dude, If you as a Christian are wondering about the effects of non-christian like characterisations, you should be looking at a whole lotta other games too.
Besides, if people as Christians are worried about their sprituality, then they were in trouble a long time before WoW came on the scene. Yeah.. it’s got demonic stuff, yeah you can do bad stuff to other players too, but it all ends once you un-plug your modem from the wall…. I have seen some people, who claim to be Christians, Lie, cheat, steal and do many dis-honorable things in the real world. I agree it does not perpetuate bad behaviour, but Christian’s in general are terrified of the reality, and use the idea of a God that is but a figment of our imagination and culture to provide comfort that they will be ok.
Anything can happen to anyone and it has nothing to do with a ‘God’….This kind of technology would probably attract them as it’s another false representation of the world, (just like religion), in which they can feel some degree of comfort… So for all you weak-minded Christians.. Sign up today !!!
November 7th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
You know, I’m suddenly remembering the game “Heretic” for PC. Released a while back sometime in the 90’s. It was a game, medieval style, that you were an “Angel” or something and sent out to send demons back to hell via large weapons. A rather gruesome game that was actually funded by the Christian Coalition. So, as far as gaming and Christianity goes… Well, as the man said, it’s up to you.
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:41 pm
you are all gay and wow is great
January 8th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I’m a Christian myself and I must say I was actually wondering if World of Warcraft was alright to play, but after seeing those two verses I feel more comfortable. I know it doesn’t prick my conscience and I have not faltered in my walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. I actually have spread the gospel to a friend in the game.
God bless
June 30th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I believe the problem here is less with the content of the game and more focused on how WoW tends to dominate some peoples lives. It is, for some, very addictive and like other MMORPGS may or may not ruin your spirituality, relationships, or maybey even cause you to loose your job. The real question is can you control yourself?
August 7th, 2008 at 11:08 am
There are many posts about this game saying that it doesn’t effect your spirituality….I agree that playing this game will not take your salvation away from you….but…what is it doing for strengthening your faith, and building intolerance against evil, promoting things that are of a good report….showing you how to 1 Corinthians 13 love each other?
Mostly what people have been commenting on is how they want to play this game and using scripture to support why they should be able to. Does this not seem alittle immature? For real…should not the objective question be, “is there anything in the Bible that might hint at the fact there might be something wrong with games of this type?”
We should look first at the content of the game, then maybe pray and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to us the intent behind the game, then maybe look to see if there are addictive qualities in the game. Any game rated “E” or “M” if it becomes addictive and takes the place of responsibilities we have, we need to quit playing for aawhile. Everything we do should be done with the approval or dissaproval of the Lord. there are many things we can do…but not everything is profitable for us to do!