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Questionable Content

"Family friendly" is a buzz-phrase that has been crawling all over Christian culture for years. In fact for many Christians, if something isn't super-sterilized with the "family friendly" radioactive treatment, it isn't fit for enjoyment by anyone calling themselves a follower of Christ. Many Christians have grown up with the understanding that some forms of entertainment should be off limits and are sinful by their very nature. And it's certainly true that there are forms of entertainment that stimulate sin in us virtually by nature, such as pornography. (Matthew 5:28) But what about other forms of “unsterilized” entertainment that have had fingers wagged at them for decades? Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, violent video games, movies and books with coarse language or sexual humor, or fiction with dark supernatural themes. The Bible seems to be nearly silent on the topic of fictional entertainment. Is there anything in ...