Opinion Is Watching Anime A Sin According To Bible? - Can Christians Watch Anime?

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Is Watching Anime A Sin According To Bible: It has been heavily discussed over anime and its content being inappropriate for Christians and their religion. Some Christians oppose this industry and mark it as taboo. The statement also adds if anime is haram in Islam.

So, keeping the answer short and brief, watching anime is not a sin. Moreover, it is nowhere written in the bible that one should avoid anime. But it is the content involved that raises a question. So, what type of anime should be ignored by Christians? And why? Here are all the details.

Anime has a wide range of content. It envelopes a series of genres such as shonen, dark fantasy, thriller, and many more. However, many anime series also foster hints of ecchi and harem details into it. All that matters is the specific content and the responsibility of the man watching.

Moreover, anime content can be obscene and vulgar and feature demons and dark realms of the world, but that is applied to all media. So, watching anime should be considered a sin unless it’s the subject of the series.

Is Watching Anime A Sin According To Bible? Answers!​

As previously stated, much of Anime content is questionable and might affect one’s ideals and morals. If there is an anime series or film with adult content or merely encourages a man to do something sinful, then it should be avoided. Content such as rape, pedophilia, murder, and urges of lust leads a viewer into intrusive thoughts then the anime might also be averted from.

However, some Christians have strong beliefs that if an anime constantly showcases violence, vulgar content moreover preaches an ill view towards God, then a man should make straw away from such a series. There is much content that the Western culture does not patronize.

Hence, such anime shows should be omitted. The anime culture uses words such as ‘demons’ profoundly. Hence this might be unwatchable for Christians. And this results in making that particular anime not worth watching.

Many Christians choose to involve in five minutes of prayer before watching an anime to keep their mind clean and pure. Moreover, many suggest that God is watching his disciples, and so sometimes listening to one’s instincts and judging the content of the anime itself is required.

Moreover, it depends on the person who chooses to commit sin after watching the anime. It is not the content of the anime but the viewer’s decisions that lead them to do a bad deed.

Which Anime Should The Christians Avoid?​

Is Watching Anime A Sin According To Bible: There are many genres of anime that might contain scenes and acts that do not go along with the bible. Some thriller anime series such as Death Note, Hellsing, Black Butler, The Seven Deadly Sins, and many more contain much content depicting their own meaning of demons and gods, which might come as alarming to conservatives.

Moreover, it also showcases visuals where the main characters claim to be a god. Or a certain emotion that, according to the Catholic ideology, the people should refrain from.

Another such genre is violence and gore. The anime series contains heavy acts of blood and murder, which affect the mind and might compel individuals towards wrongdoings. Finally, comes the ecchi/ harem or hentai of the anime industry. The genre has been excessively growing and prevalent since the beginning of the community. Much shonen anime also endow such graphics that might question someone’s morals.

All in all, one with strong ideals and faith in God is unlikely to get influenced by unreal characters. The graphics might be profane, but it is all fictional, which the viewers should keep in mind. Hence, we have answered the infamous question, “Is Watching Anime A Sin According To Bible?”

 

[Jimjamflimflam]

>Watch Kiki Delivery Service
>Get my soul banished to the Shadow Realm for all eternity

Oh god, how could this happen to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Testacles Maximus]

Did an AI write this?

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Moreover, it also showcases visuals where the main characters claim to be a god. Or a certain emotion that, according to the Catholic ideology, the people should refrain from.

This dude says this yet forgets that Death Note displays Light's god complex in a way that led to his downfall. We're not supposed to idolize it, it's pretty clear about it. If a conservative is shocked by this, that says more about them than the show itself.

Another such genre is violence and gore. The anime series contains heavy acts of blood and murder, which affect the mind and might compel individuals towards wrongdoings.

One of Higurashi's main themes is that violence isn't the answer. You're already fucked in the head if the violence in it appeals to you.

Are we sure the writer has actually watched/read any of the series mentioned?

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

As a counter point, Max Jenius in Macross is Catholic and proves it by getting married and having seven kids. So I guess the Papists are in the clear.

 

[Schwarzwald]

Lots of animes and Japanese video games are outright blasphemous in ways that would make even the most militant Christ-hating atheistic fedora-tipping neckbeard blush. It's a cultural gap combined with ignorance and a level of not caring that results in a bizarre effortless product of heresy, though likely not intended. A Western individual going out of their way to make a product that offends the sensibilities of Christians would miss the mark due to their familiarity in a way Japanese works often hit.

Some I find quaint, some I find entertaining, some I find genuinely offensive. Having said that, works of fictional entertainment should be recognized as such, and the cultural works of another nation need to be taken with the understanding that you're not the target audience. Nothing forces me to take part in something I find objectionable.

Direct blasphemy doesn't even touch the objectionable nature of a lot of the works in content, though that's simultaneously an inseparable issue of culture and religion and much more complicated discussion.

 

[Godchu]

Well on the one hand Jesus never said anything about anime, so we can't really be too sure. On the other hand it does have a tendency to turn you into a child-loving queer so...

Think it's a similar case as with wine / alcohol. It's okay to indulge yourself a little and people have done so all throughout history (even Jesus), so long as you have the discipline not to go further, but it's a sin to go all the way with it—i.e. being a drunkard, or in this case, being an otaku.

 

[Toji Suzuhara]

I'd say it depends not only on what's depicted, but in the way it is depicted and the reasons behind the appearance of said depiction. Incest, for example, is an undeniably sinful act, but that doesn't mean that it's inherently sinful to depict or read about it, with the Bible itself depicting it prominently in some occations, but that also doesn't make reading about how Lot's daughters raped him equivalent to watching Yasuga No Sora. In that same manner, Judith decapitating Holofernes is not the same as a gurofag's wank material.

All in all, I'd argue that normal people are naturally able to discern for themselves whether an specific depiction of an horrible act is being glorified or not in the story, and, in a metatextual sense, whether the author intended to use their work as a way to glorify and normalize said horrible act

 

[Fascist Frederick]

Did an AI write this?

Even if it wasn't written by AI it was written by a person whose intelligence is purely artificial.

 

[Thiletonomics]

On the other hand, will these "Christians" say that watching Western Woke media is okay? Surely Cuties, The Last of Us Part 2, and Dustborn wouldn't have things that would go against the teachings in the Bible, "according" to them.

 

[just Reading a post]

Same shit, different political side.
Soon as one cultural authoritarian falls another rises to take its place to tell you what is and what is not acceptable to watch/read/play.
Looks like the bible thumpers are coming back with Jack Thompson and the rest of the boomers to tell us Night Trap makes you want to kill women. Or D&D gives you magic powers to summon the devil.
I said no to Jack, back in 2006. I said no to shitlibs and Anita in 2014 and i will say no to this as well.
Does reading or seeing an act in fiction make you culpable of that act IRL? Am i a murderer, if i watch a TV show and a character gets brained with an ashtray in a drunken fight? Does Jesus hold that against me?

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Just saying, if drawing was a sin, we wouldn't have been given the ability to create art of any kind. Yes, baby Jesus weeps every time an artist draws smut, but that's the artist's choice to wallow in sin.

Also I'm being reminded of that Islamic article that went on about how One Piece is halal for being a series about fighting for freedom even though there's a huge anime fanbase in the Islamic world—think it rivals France. Every religion has its extremists.

 

[Str8Bustah]

Lots of animes and Japanese video games are outright blasphemous in ways that would make even the most militant Christ-hating atheistic fedora-tipping neckbeard blush. It's a cultural gap combined with ignorance and a level of not caring that results in a bizarre effortless product of heresy, though likely not intended. A Western individual going out of their way to make a product that offends the sensibilities of Christians would miss the mark due to their familiarity in a way Japanese works often hit.

Some I find quaint, some I find entertaining, some I find genuinely offensive. Having said that, works of fictional entertainment should be recognized as such, and the cultural works of another nation need to be taken with the understanding that you're not the target audience. Nothing forces me to take part in something I find objectionable.

Direct blasphemy doesn't even touch the objectionable nature of a lot of the works in content, though that's simultaneously an inseparable issue of culture and religion and much more complicated discussion.

Let us not forget that one of the most blasphemous men to ever exist is also one of the most important Saints in the New Testament.

Our Lord and Saviour allows literally everything to persist for a reason, and even that which seems to go against the Law in the most blatant way possible can still be an avenue for Salvation: the sheer number of ex-occultists who turn to Christ after gaining a full comprehension of what they're messing with, for one, can't be understated.

Just saying, if drawing was a sin, we wouldn't have been given the ability to create art of any kind. Yes, baby Jesus weeps every time an artist draws smut, but that's the artist's choice to wallow in sin.

Also I'm being reminded of that Islamic article that went on about how One Piece is halal for being a series about fighting for freedom even though there's a huge anime fanbase in the Islamic world—think it rivals France. Every religion has its extremists.

On this topic, the vast majority of Churches that aren't filled with insane iconoclasts who follow Islamic doctrine on what can or cannot be represented in artwork (lol) both allow and in many cases even actively encourage artwork depicting our Lord and Saviour, the Theotokos, the Saints and many other Holy (and even in some cases, unholy) people and entities within their buildings and within the homes of their faithful. Taking that into account, how could drawing ever be considered sinful except by someone who's about as far from God as it's possible to be while still pretending to be a Christian?

 

[Pokemon Conquistador]

Anime is evil now? Hell, it was anime that got me into Christianity...

Our local Christian station used to play this and the original Voltron. There are plenty of anime based on classic children's literature. If you hear anime and only think of things like Legend of the Overfiend, then that says more about you than about the medium of anime.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Imagine having modern netflix shows and still harping on about anime.

 

[Dire Dire Cocks]

AI generated garbage attached to some Indian email.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

This headline is like asking "Is Watching Live Action Cinema A Sin According To Bible?", as anime is a medium, not a genre.

And seems almost anything can be a sin depending on how you interpret the Bible: from celebrating Christmas to having pets.

"The Simpsons - Just About Everything Is a Sin" - Mostly Simpsons

 

[Preacher ✝]

Unless its pornographic, its not a sin to watch anime, or anything really, as long as it does not cause you to question your faith. This is really directed at the weakest of us humans who's faith is tenuous or easily influenced, like children or baptists.

 

[Idiotron]

At the point where you have waifus and you buy body pillows, you're basically creating false idols for yourself and that is a sin.

 

[Vesperus]

Watching Anime is not a sin.
Posting weeb shit on the farms is punishable by vivisection.

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