Wow, talk about reaching! Father Germogen Tucker of Florence, KY has written a thoughtful editorial on his thoughts about the endless debate over violence in video games. But, the Father has taken a new approach. He doesn't need to rely on statistics or pie charts or specific examples, oh no. Father Tucker has the sage words of 3rd century Priest, St. Hescios...

St. Hesycios the Priest (3rd Cen.?) stated: "...we and the demons combine in committing sins. The demons work through evil thoughts alone by forming in the intellect what fanciful pictures they wish..."

Thus what we conceive in the mind, if acted upon, becomes sin. If we see violence, and do not dismiss it immediately, it then becomes a compulsion that we attempt to act on.

I guess now violent video games are sin according to this ancient man of the cloth. I suppose I shall have to add it to my already growing list of daily sins. I sure hope Ronnie James Dio is right and that there really are video games in hell. Flynn De Marco

Priest Draws Connection Between Games & Sin [GamePolitics]

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