Isaac123

To add to my remarks, I learned on my mission that if you do not know for sure but believe it to be so, act in faith that it is the right thing to do and the Lord will reveal what you should do as you move and you act. Also, this is very sacred but I had the feeling to share it. Right after I finished writing the reply I went to read the Book of Mormon for my Personal Scripture Study and was awed and amazed at the words which applied directly to my thoughts about this matter and I invite you to read them. He the Lord is talking through Isaiah. Nephi and Jacob loved Isaiah. I love him more every time I read from his words, lately. I encourage you to pray before and after you read and study this text... 2 Nephi 8 the whole thing (the scriptures I read, however, are 7 through the end of the chapter.) I hope it helps. Let me know. I would be greatly pleased if you read and applied. It is good to know others are thinking about this problem besides Leaders of Tue Church. I believe there are more, many more that have that concern and have applied the principles we talked about. And yes, I would like you to know that Zelda has been on my mind as I have considered this principle both for myself and being a light to believers. I thank you for posting about your feelings on this. I hope that this helps. Sincerely, your fellow Utahn

I have recently actually been thinking a lot about this and I have come to a few conclusions that I believe and that you need to pray about to get a witness of the truth or not. Yourself. 1. People in Utah are not perfect examples but they are mostly all good people. 2. The statement you cited is pretty self explanatory when it talks about violence of any kind. 3. Sword violence is violence. Even in a fun game as Zelda. 4. The standard is one of keeping ourselves from being of the world. 5. Even in Utah you have to stand up for standards and may be received a hard time but I promise you will begin to feel more sensitive to the evils of violence as you refrain in entertainment. 6. This is how's I see it. There are very few popular movies coming out that meet the standards of the Church. 7. Doing this helps keep us more spotted from the world and frees up our time to do more worthwhile and satisfactory things. 8. People in Utah are not perfect and could use your example if you decided to follow this standard. 9. There are consequences that are Not good nor fun that come with participating in violent entertainment. And there are blessings with refraining. This is my testimony. I know this is true. I have lived or striven to live this for little bit(about a month) and have already felt greater abundance of the Spirit and I feel less desensitized to the evils of violence in the media. I had the same hard time as you did. It took me talking to someone about it to really start to live it. I know it is hard when it seems everyone around you is walking on both sides of the line with this but I don't think that with our culture many people realize and/or understand this. It is a sacrifice but you will be happier and feel freer. I have. I hope it helps. God bless you. Let me know what you think. Revelation takes thinking about it a lot, sincere prayer, scripture study and doing what you know you should be doing. You Will be blessed as you follow the Savior and His guidance by following the promptings of the Spirit.