On Idolatry

Oh, boy. We've been having a problem with fights over the PlayStation and the Nintendo. Who had the longest turn and who erased which saved game... Sigh. We're very careful about the CONTENT of the games (they're allowed race car games and that sort of thing, but not the teen-type with the blood and large-chested women) we allow our children to have. But another thing we need to look out for is how IMPORTANT these games become to them. It's hard for me to define. I mean, my computer is very important to me and I'd sure miss it if it were to go away tomorrow. But I *hope* that I would still be a pleasant person to be around, or that if I were called away from my computer to do an errand or something I could do it without sassing or complaining...

Well, we all have some work to do. We have to live in a world with all kinds of useful little gadgets and devices. I know we're commanded to live in the world but not of the world, and that needs to be reflected in our use of the computer and games as well. So mean old Mom has taken away games several times this week after reminders to be a Christian in playing them. I can totally understand some families just opting out of the whole game-station thing altogether. I really can. That's what we've done by and large with the television. We have one, but it is very rarely used to see "regular" tv and even then a parent is in the room. We have no cable.

Actually I would like to have cable, but I wouldn't want to buy a stupid PACKAGE thing. To my mind, it's like giving the pornographers my money for programs I don't watch. Ok, someone is going to leave a post here telling me that HBO and that sort of thing is not pornography in the strictest sense. But... it's just a conviction that I have. I'd like to get maybe History Channel and things like that without having to buy one of the higher "tiers" to do it and get things I don't want (and object to!) "bundled" in as a "bargain."

No thanks.