True or false: Most Gamers are athiests

Not to be a bubble burster, but I don't know why you would put all your trust in one person you have never met before, never seen, and truly don't know whether they exist or not.

 

once again you are so right! Its good to know that there are other Christians on this site. :D

 

@Mint: So you choose to believe that nothing more exists, that this life is all there is, and that all the millions of peoiple all over the world who believe in a higher being of some sort are wrong? Would you care to explain yourself beyond the "How can you trust someone you've never seen" fallacy. And also, when referring to an omnipotent being, it's impossible to descirbe them as human. If for the sake of argument you are willing to talk this through with me, then you have to right now say that you won't refer to "God" as if "he" were human. if you are willing to talk this through, then you must be willing to allow that if this being does exist, it is beyond mortal comprehension, and therefore cannot be described as such (meaning a mortal.)

 

Yes. You may hate me for it, but yes.

 

I don't hate you for it. Hell I respect you for being man enough to admit to your belief and stick to it. I respect your opinion, I merely find it depressing. I don't plan to change your mind, so long as we can come to an agreement that there are many opinions, and no one truly knows who is right. You may be right, and what I believe may be worthless garbage. Then again, you may be wrong, and your missing out on another facet of human life. My next question for you is, do you believe in a soul of any kind, a ghost in the machine if ou will.

 

If you want my honest opinion, I'm Agnostic.

If I was to marry a Jewish woman, who went to Sinagogue, and I loved her, I'd convert to Jew. I would, because I would love that woman. Maybe then I would find that trusting a god isn't so bad. But, for now, I truly believe that the Bible is there to simply teach us morals, not real stories that really happened. Just morals so that we can live life to the fullest. It's like a fictional story, with characters, settings, etc.

 

The bible is based in non-fiction, they have proven the existence of the people who are represented in it. Whether or not al the extravagent stuff is true or not though, even I don't know. More than likely it was written with a dramatic flair to inspire people, but calling it straight up fiction is not accurate either. It's more like one of the movies that's based off of real life, but takes liberties to keep it interesting.

 

i personally dont think that the Bible has any dramatic effect to it for it does say that the Word was written by men through God and i highly doubt he was put a dramatic effect on his teachings for he is against blasphemy. (i think i spelled it right)

 

we've kinda gotten off topic here, huh? haha.

anyways, to answer back:

i myself do not have a religion, though this is in no way due to videogames or makes me more receptable to video games (atleast i dont think so). I really dont think that an inference as the one yuo have made, Cin, can actually be made. you are generalizing, and without proper study you are basing your theory on very little, if anything.

still, i do see your point. some games do deal with things that force us to confront the realities of life, not to mention they also down play religion, though this does not mean that some religious people do not enjoy playing these games.

ok, im rambling. basically, nice theory but i do not see it to be very valid.

 

Yep you spelled it right. *gives another cookie* (Maybe I should stop that...hehe)

 

Guys...

ON TOPIC: I don't believe in religion, but not because of video games, but because mostly of my dad. He's a fanatic Evengelical Christian and he scared me out of religion long ago.

Also, I don't believe in the bible because it was written by men for men. Simply enough.

 

True, it was written by men, but through God's inspiration. I don't remember where but in Exodus is it written that the Bible is breathed from God and is inspired to men and is written so men may know what has happened and whats to come.

 

The whole point, KHchick, is that it was made by men. MEN were the central dominance during the time it was written, so likewise, it was primarily directed towards men.

And considering Sara is not a man, I see her point clearly. And for some reason, you fail to see that...;-;

Anyway, regardless if it was by men or women; the bible isn't a part of the game deal. Games are; like I said, created from someone else.

They are /fiction/. To let something so insignificant as games affect the way you think about /real/ life, is beyond me. Even /if/ you are obsessed, it's still so redundant for it to be so. Mostly because of everything I previously explained.

 

I am a Christian. Yes, I know the Bible was written for men, by men, as Sara pointed out, but I still believe it. (No, I am not a man.) If it wasn't true, how else did we get here? And also, what games portray that there isn't a god? In Final Fantasy X it took forever to learn how to pray to the gods. Sure, I haven't played many Video Games, but I can't think of any that have a world with no Gods.

P.S. I don't mean to put down any other religons.

 

MEMBERS: THIS IS NOT ABOUT IF YOU ARE RELIGIOUS OR NOT, IT IS ABOUT IF GAMES MAKE YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY OF YOUR RELIGION OR NOT.


One more time that I have to warn you guys and I'm closing this..it's rediculous.

 

@Darkwatch: not to be rude, but what religion we are is a way to decide whether or not most gamers are atheists. I'm assuming everyone on this site is a gamer, so each of their insights into religion is an opinion about whether or not it makes you atheist.
Truthfully, as I have already stated, gaming shouldn't affect religion, though I do believe it could, but not on someone who is the age of most people on this site. I think very young impressionable minds such as grade schoolers could be swayed, but not someone who is past the age of reason. Games don;t sway peoples beliefs, they are merely a scapegoat so we don;t have to place the blame on ourselves.

 

I am not an aeitheist,I am Buddhist,yet I am a gamer.It does not matter whether or not you have a religion and play games.

 

that isn't exactly true. a lot of ppl DO have religion and they are gamers. i do know that my family has a religion but i dunno what that religion is. luckily, my family doesn't force religion on ppl

 

No, not really. I dont think video games make me think differently of being a Christian. I just avoid some of the games that have no point whatsoever and have continous violence. Some may disagree on what is 'violent' but anything that is about MA+15 with continous gore and horror is too far for me.

Now more on others...

I know plenty of gamers who are not influenced by their religion though I do have a friend who states he is a Christian but I've seen what he plays and how he reacts to it. I believe Doom III, with a gore mod or something, he would consider...cool.

It all depends on the person. How they were brought up, their beliefs, their attitude and their actions, really.

btw, I have also done no research on this. I've just stated a pov.

 

I for one am a Christian, and proud to be one, but I really don't play any video games (except for Kingdom Hearts and Jak and Daxter). I dunno, I don't think it's true though. I dunno, I respect everyone's opinion and/or belief.