I took a brief hiatus from TV during my years in college (2015-2019), but when I returned to the world of Netflix, I noticed something. TV shows and movies had gotten a lot gorier from when I remembered. Now I want to add the caveat that I saw the movie with the most on-screen deaths when I was eight (yes, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King), so I had grown accustomed to gore from a young age. But this felt more sinister, felt more in-your-face, and felt like a lot more than I remember from my childhood.
Movies and TV shows have gotten far more violent in the past few years alone. So what should we do? Avoid all content that is gory—which may severely decrease the amount of television that we can watch—or can we tolerate a small amount of gore?
Let’s dive in.
Gore in the Bible Vs. Gore in Movies
One of the most common objections or pushback to the question…
