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Is it sinful to use a computer/phone which has played sinful music, has viewed sinful content, etc?
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<blockquote data-quote="Strong in Him" data-source="post: 77603019" data-attributes="member: 103116"><p>I don't believe any music is sinful.</p><p>The words may be dodgy/unpleasant, but it seems you didn't write them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>A computer is a thing.</p><p>It cannot be contaminated by "sinful content" nor can you be defiled because if it. Just as if you went to a charity shop and bought a jacket that had been worn to commit a crime, you would not a sinner.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It can't be affected.</p><p>The only people who can be affected by "sinful content" on a computer are those who put it there, or those who watch it.</p><p>Although news items could come into that category - reports of war, abuse, telling lies etc. Where would you draw the line?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, but the Bible includes sinful behaviour - murder, rape, war, attacking others etc. Are you going to stop reading it?</p><p></p><p></p><p>You won't be.</p><p></p><p>No.</p><p>Sorry, but if you are saying that you are not going to buy from a shop which once played/sold, blasphemous songs; never go to restaurants because cult members/ devil worshippers may have gone there, or buy a car because it may have been used in a crime - either you will never do/buy/eat anything, or you will go mad trying to check the history of every place that you come into contact with.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But to people who worshipped those gods the idols were real.</p><p>And Paul said that it's ok to eat meat that may have been offered to those idols.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Unless it is playing songs with blasphemous lyrics ALL the time, and unless you are spending hours in that place, listening to the lyrics and starting to believe them, it's not an issue.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It sounds like you have a problem with anxiety.</p><p>Computers/phones are a tool. We can use them for good; to phone people, cheer them up, cause them to feel less lonely, tell them you love them. Or we can use them for ill; to indulge in unkind gossip, tell lies or plan a crime.</p><p>Even if you used your phone to do one of the latter and then sold it the next day, whoever bought it would not be "contaminated" by your sin. (Unless you had left a load of details on there etc.)</p><p>If you bought a house and later discovered that, years before, someone who hated and blasphemed God had lived there - that would not lead to you being punished.</p><p>If you believe it would, and cannot shake that feeling; simply pray and dedicate all new things - phones, computers, cars etc etc - to God. Jesus told us to pray "deliver us from evil".</p><p></p><p>Moses' staff was once turned into a snake, and was also used to perform many miracles. It had not been contaminated by having been a snake.</p><p>Jesus used Peter's boat to sit in to teach the crowds. Who knows what, or who, had been in that boat before Jesus came along? It didn't stop him from using it.</p><p>Jesus was crucified. We don't know, but it's possible that murderers, Romans or Jews had been crucified on the same cross as he was - that didn't make him a criminal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Strong in Him, post: 77603019, member: 103116"] I don't believe any music is sinful. The words may be dodgy/unpleasant, but it seems you didn't write them. A computer is a thing. It cannot be contaminated by "sinful content" nor can you be defiled because if it. Just as if you went to a charity shop and bought a jacket that had been worn to commit a crime, you would not a sinner. It can't be affected. The only people who can be affected by "sinful content" on a computer are those who put it there, or those who watch it. Although news items could come into that category - reports of war, abuse, telling lies etc. Where would you draw the line? Yes, but the Bible includes sinful behaviour - murder, rape, war, attacking others etc. Are you going to stop reading it? You won't be. No. Sorry, but if you are saying that you are not going to buy from a shop which once played/sold, blasphemous songs; never go to restaurants because cult members/ devil worshippers may have gone there, or buy a car because it may have been used in a crime - either you will never do/buy/eat anything, or you will go mad trying to check the history of every place that you come into contact with. But to people who worshipped those gods the idols were real. And Paul said that it's ok to eat meat that may have been offered to those idols. Unless it is playing songs with blasphemous lyrics ALL the time, and unless you are spending hours in that place, listening to the lyrics and starting to believe them, it's not an issue. It sounds like you have a problem with anxiety. Computers/phones are a tool. We can use them for good; to phone people, cheer them up, cause them to feel less lonely, tell them you love them. Or we can use them for ill; to indulge in unkind gossip, tell lies or plan a crime. Even if you used your phone to do one of the latter and then sold it the next day, whoever bought it would not be "contaminated" by your sin. (Unless you had left a load of details on there etc.) If you bought a house and later discovered that, years before, someone who hated and blasphemed God had lived there - that would not lead to you being punished. If you believe it would, and cannot shake that feeling; simply pray and dedicate all new things - phones, computers, cars etc etc - to God. Jesus told us to pray "deliver us from evil". Moses' staff was once turned into a snake, and was also used to perform many miracles. It had not been contaminated by having been a snake. Jesus used Peter's boat to sit in to teach the crowds. Who knows what, or who, had been in that boat before Jesus came along? It didn't stop him from using it. Jesus was crucified. We don't know, but it's possible that murderers, Romans or Jews had been crucified on the same cross as he was - that didn't make him a criminal. [/QUOTE]
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