But human life is sacred, for it is something created by the Living God. Human life has always been under attack. Satan sought to destroy the life that God brought forth on the earth. Cain killed his brother Abel in the first murder. Lamech, in Genesis 4, boasts of his murder of another human being.
War takes murder and expands it to a mass scale.
Video games and cartoons glorify the elimination of the hero's enemies. Motion pictures, television programs and news coverage tend emphasize violence and killing, knowing that they attract viewers. Violence in the media has gained a great deal of attention. Churches have petitioned against it, and the government threatens broadcasters in order to curb it. Violence in the media, it is said, is a powerful influence toward violence in society.