Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
When I was a kid I was fascinated with stuff like Ouija boards, tarot cards, and the occult. As I got older, I started to realize the bad influence they were having on me.I also bought a cheap little Ouija board (from Kmart I think) when I was a kid but broke it in half after using it for about a month after watching some rated r movie about the bad influence obsessive use of a Ouija board was having on this woman. You probably saw that movie too.I think it's called "Witchboard" or something similar.
What kind of influence did they have on you?
Originally posted by Surtur
What kind of influence did they have on you?
The negative spiritual effects they were having on me. Of course, nowadays, there are plenty of other things that probably have a negative spiritual effect on me as well: porn, most of the R rated movies I watch, certain video games, certain kinds of music (though really the only time I listen to music is when it's in a movie or videogame) , lusting after married hot women like Dana Loesch lol, cussing when I get upset, etc... those things are much harder to give up though.
Originally posted by Surtur
In what ways do they have a negative impact on you?
You mean R rated movies? Obviously it's the language, violence, drug use, sex scenes (compared to porn though it doesn't really compare and I do view porn quite regularly), etc.... not just me though. That stuff has a negative effect on everyone, imo. Still, it doesn't stop me from watching them lol.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
You mean R rated movies? Obviously it's the language, violence, drug use, sex scenes (compared to porn though it doesn't really compare and I do view porn quite regularly), etc.... not just me though. That stuff has a negative effect on everyone, imo. Still, it doesn't stop me from watching them lol.
You are listing the things in movies that might impact you, but I'm more curious as to in what way they impact you.
For example, what if you watched a violent R rated movie every night for 6 months straight...what kind of changes do you think would take place, if any?
Originally posted by Surtur
You are listing the things in movies that might impact you, but I'm more curious as to in what way they impact you.For example, what if you watched a violent R rated movie every night for 6 months straight...what kind of changes do you think would take place, if any?
Thought I had already made that clear. It's the spiritual decay that stuff like that causes, Surt. It pushes a person further away from God.
It's really quite simple: Things of the flesh are not of the spirit and things of the spirit are not of the flesh. To a Christian, especially, there is a constant battle between the spirit and flesh. People who don't believe in God have already given in fully to things of the flesh and abandoned spiritual things or perhaps even never cared about them in the first place so there is little to no conflict there for them.