You will have to accept my apologies for this hastily put-together post but it is midnight and i just finished reading a section of my Theories textbook on Freud’s theory and a critical Christan analysis of it so I’m sure I’m a bit punchy.
First and foremost I am an avid video gamer, with my preferences resting in strategy games (most types), first-person shooters (the more intense the better), and I am becoming more and more a racing gamer.
I say that to say this i just purchased Saints Row. So what? Well Saints Row is an exclusive Xbox 360 title (don’t get me started on Sony ill go off!!!!) and is in the same (if not identical) vein as GTA (Grand Theft Auto for the uninitiated). Basically the game has some of the worst socially irresponsible content possible but i have have to tell you it’s really fun.
In addition to that i find myself continuing to enjoy stuff like Happy Tree Friends, South Park, Chappel’s Show (if you don’t know what this stuff is it’s probably best you just think of it as socially questionable) and stuff that i brought with me from before i became a Christian.
However there is something about the raw and visceral especially in humor, perhaps It’s the same attraction Adam and Eve struggled with in the garden not in the same way but still similar. There is something attractive in what is forbidden. Or maybe hearing an inappropriate tirade peppered with obscenities is just really funny to me.
Im not saying it’s right or even appropriate especially for a Christian who knows better but it’s impossible to just stop doing “bad things” at a whim if that were true then Christ died for nothing. So whats my point…i dont even know if i have one, told you i was punchy.
I reckon that after reading about Freud that i realize that there is a real dichotomy in my beliefs and actions. But then even Paul struggled with this same issue, “For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do” Romans 7:15.
So there is an example that the Lord was gracious enough to include in his Word for those of us who, at times (that would be all the time), wrestle with the fact that they dont always do or think or feel the way they know Jesus would. But that’s ok because Jesus forgives and gives us the power, over time, to change! I guess the point of this whole thing is the assertion that i still have more work to do in the sanctification process, and thats ok. Amen!
