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[ghostfriendly]

Listed more anime on ebay. I don't know how many will sell, but I want to get rid of some of them. I ended up destroying all the DVDs for Baccano, Basilisk, Dead Leaves and Lone Wolf and Cub this evening as well, because the content was so unholy, and to show that I could. It was suprisingly difficult; Terry Pratchett mentioned that any bookburning

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[kawakiisakazuki]

This is just my highly suspect opinion and I don't try to convince you of anything, but a different viewpoint sometimes helps when things worry you.

So, in that spirit:

I think your conscience may have good reasons to feel reluctant to destroying comics. You said they were vile, I assume you mean by this that they are temptations to sin. Because comics aren't vile in themselves, they aren't vile to a chicken or a spider, it's about the effect they have on people. Isn't that so?

So getting rid of temptations is one thing, but I think *destroying* comics carries its own temptations with it, and these may be even more serious than the contents of the comics.

First there is the temptation to project our sins onto something else. The sin isn't in the comics, it's in us. Out in the world, "the sin will never disappear", the only place we can really fight evil is within. But destroying the comics may unconsciously feel like punishing them, making the comics carry the burden for our sins. That would be quite problematic for a Christian, isn't that so?

Secondly, destroying comics isn't like destroying your own fic. Someone else made these (and probably spent a lot of work doing so) and by destroying their work we may be tempted to an implicit judgment that we are better people than they are. Also very problematic. Judge not, etc.

So maybe your difficulty is actually your conscience keeping you from even more dangerous temptations.

On the other hand, worry is probably to be expected. To be sure you're saved would be the sin of presumption. To be sure you aren't saved would be the sin of despair. Work out your salvation in fear and trembling, etc.

FWIW

[ghostfriendly]

Very true the sin of valuing comics too much was in me, but I just didn't want them around as particularly burdening possessions. I think the content can be sinful in itself too if God sees it as sinful.

I need faith that I'm saved to trust Jesus for any other help, since I can't do anything good in my own strength. Though if I was consciously sinning and thought I was saved that would be presumption, so we need to test ourselves.