Nah never gave up anything sinful, was just curious as to if I could play video games on Sundays haha

and video games themselves aren't a distraction from christ? that in itself is sinful

Wouldnt you classify Interaction with people as a distraction of god too?
What about T.V.?
Posting on this website?

I dont view these as sins.

Edit:
After all though, arent we all sinners that ask for forgiveness?

This post was edited by impulse155 on Mar 10 2010 04:43pm

yes, but to beg for forgiveness you have to repent. repentence does not involve commiting the same sin over and over.
video games, this site, or tv are not sins themselves, it's letting you get distracted from christ is the sin

@ bolded: It is a little bit of both. When you fast, it is abstaining from eating food and participating in festivals or other merry-making so to speak. This is therapeutic for your body as well, removing the toxins from your system and helping to clear your mind. It is not recommended for more than three days though without medical supervision, so in my opinion if you are going to abstain from food for lent, do it for no more than three days at a time and make sure to drink plenty of water. Or what you could do is a modified version of fasting, where you eat only raw vegetables & fruits and drink water. Though the fasting from food may be more symbolic, the meaning to the gesture is given by your actions.

I guess if you want to talk technicalities, you could play video games on Sunday, but is it really necessary to? How strong are you in your convictions if you decide to take a convenient break from lent for the sake of being able to play a few hours of video games?

Its not so much not being able to withstand from playing them as its boredom on sundays lol.

Edit:


I think your taking the distraction part too literally. Its one thing to be distracted, its another thing to not be doing something religion specific 24/7

This post was edited by impulse155 on Mar 10 2010 07:26pm

you should be living for Christ 24/7. He is an all
day commitment

So right now your sinning then?

not at all. everything I do is for him

So how come you can post on jsp for him, yet impulse cant play video games for him?
How come you can draw the line and judge those, only our Lord and Saviour may judge us, so you are out of place and insulting a person who clearly loves God, and was only asking a simple question with a simple answer.

But, as for the post. This is a Catholic Tradition and I am a Christian, so I don't know how Lent works, but I do know that Sunday's are 'free days' where you may 'cheat' on your lent.