Where Politics And Video Games Collide

"My point was: The reaction to the question of whether violent video games are sinful seems an excercise in reconciling one’s hobby as “OK” to Christianity, but when basic tenets of the Gospel differ from that hobby."

...according to your specific interpretation of the portions of bible regarding sinful thoughts. I've already told you that I disagree with you, and why, and that such disagreements are common in christianity, and yet we all seem to get along alright.

The basic tenet of the bible regarding sinful thoughts is that if you really want to do something that is bad, then that's sinful, even if you don't actually do it (obviously, the consequences are usually much less severe than actually doing the bad thing). You seem to interpret this much more strictly than I interpret it. That is fine with me. What isn't so fine with me is that you *seem* to be implying that because I disagree with you, I must be a bad christian or not a true christian at all. If you don't mean to make that implication, then I apologize for misreading your posts.

We christians hold many beliefs about many different things and many different issues. Many of these beliefs we hold onto lightly: others, such as Jesus being Lord and Savior, we hold onto tightly. There's a kind of tacit agreement between differing groups not to make a big deal about the issues we hold onto lightly, such as whether or not playing a violent video game constitutes a sinful thought. For one group to claim another group not to be true christians based on disagreement about a lightly held belief is considered supremely insulting and unnecessary.