Timeline for Ethics in video games: idol worship
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| May 28, 2023 at 6:55 | history | edited | unforgettableidSupportsMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Copyediting.
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| Nov 5, 2018 at 17:00 | comment | added | RibbisRabbiAndMore | is one permitted to draw a picture of a person (non-jew) worshiping an idle? Computer images are no more than enhanced pictures. The "actions" of the images are no more than a change of the image. So no problem as far as actual idle worship goes. The claim that one should refrain from "playing games" of idol worship is definitely a valid one and thus I would agree with that Rav's advice. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 18:39 | comment | added | Ess Kay | as long as you do not cook them in their mother's milk | |
| Sep 23, 2013 at 10:42 | comment | added | user4951 | So in age of empire I can order my peasants to eat pigs and elephants? | |
| Jun 10, 2013 at 14:26 | comment | added | Ess Kay | If so then you are still murdering a digital human with your computer controlled character. Moreso, the digital god is a mere fabrication, unlike the rabbinical law where poultry and cheese are not to be eaten in fear that someone may think you eat meat, there is no way to confuse one playing a video game with actual idol worship. | |
| Jun 10, 2013 at 13:24 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | However, murder needs an actual human to kill whereas Avoda Zara could be accomplished by worshiping an invisible foreign god. | |
| Jun 10, 2013 at 5:35 | history | edited | Ess Kay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 9, 2013 at 2:59 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Your point about games with murder is a good one and would be worth adding to your answer. | |
| S May 29, 2013 at 23:43 | history | suggested | unforgettableidSupportsMonica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Numbering the answer to match the question. Also, dejargonifying.
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| May 14, 2013 at 14:31 | history | edited | Charles Koppelman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 14, 2013 at 14:25 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | This is what intuition says, but this answer would be more valuable with a source or more support. For example, aren't there actors who are careful not to say and do certain things, in the course of their work, even though they're playing a role? Are they being stringent or is there relevant halacha, and if the latter, does it apply to games too? | |
| May 14, 2013 at 14:18 | history | answered | Ess Kay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |