Originally posted by Soleran
Except for the church of the flying spaghetti monster he can stay.
Oh yeah, that really makes me think athiests are any better then the worst of the religious. Luckiely my computer was immune when I clicked the link and just took me to a blankpage so I googled to findout why. No athiests were harmed.
Untill they decide to pull something else retarded.
That's another thing, athiests can be radical terrorists to. Do any of you go to myspace? If you did, you probably new of the flying spaghetti monster virus.
Please,
1) Learn the differense between "terrorism" and an obnoxious prank, and,
2) Stop being so aggresively stupid.
In whatever order you want, although if you do 2) first, it might help with 1).
Re: The "Left Behind" Video Game: Teach Johnny To Kill Non-Christians
Originally posted by Draco69
The mission? Convert or kill anyone not adhering to a Fundamentalist view of Christianity.
The whole article is a misrepresentation of the game and hinges upon what are more or less blatant lies.
Let's see...
Although the buildings you own provide important resources like housing, food and cash, everything in the game revolves around the resource of spirit. Each unit has their own spirit ranking. You can increase it by praying or decrease it by killing other units. Raise the spirit of a neutral and he or she will join the good guys. Lower it and they'll take their part with the forces of evil.
To keep the balance of power in your favor, you'll have to find non-violent ways to avoid getting killed. Your units will definitely fight back in a life or death situation but, for the most part, you want to either avoid your enemies or have a ready plan to convert to your side using musicians and disciples. This gets much harder as the game progresses.
"Rather than seeking to close the gap between neighbors, as Jesus did in his ministry, the game's purpose is to drive a wedge between people, teaching teenagers that what God intends is for them to slaughter those who do not share their beliefs."
EDIT: Also, this is in the wrong forum.
Originally posted by JacopeX
You know, if you are saying were crazy, thats ignorance since you really just showed you dont know religious people well.
Good Lord, do you really expect me to be all for a game whose objective is to teach little children to kill Catholics, along with other races and creeds? You know, maybe I shouldn't get to know "relegious" people well, they might just turn around and shoot me.
I don't often find myself agreeing with FeceMan, but people...
Given the game's Christian devotion, your goal is not to wipe out the enemy as in a typical RTS game but to convert as many neutrals and baddies as possible by raising their spirit level. You seek out these people and directly target the ones you want to save with the recruit ability. If all goes well, he or she will soon be turned into a friend in either a Ned Flanders-like sweater ensemble or a sensible skirt and pumps. These drones can then be sent to training centers for instruction in their new Christ-inspired careers. Soon you've got builders turning abandoned buildings into resource-producing venues, such as food-making cafés and money-making banks, as well as soldiers patrolling the streets. You also have special forces, such as recruiters, influencers, and healers, doing their bit for the cause."
Originally posted by Naz
Good Lord, do you really expect me to be all for a game whose objective is to teach little children to kill Catholics, along with other races and creeds? You know, maybe I shouldn't get to know "relegious" people well, they might just turn around and shoot me.
I'm 95% certain that you DON'T convert/kill Catholics, gays, etc. I'm 99% certain that the article posted is complete bullshit.
Originally posted by Naz
Only based on the information I was given. srug
That article is nothing but a bunch of left-wing, anti-Christian evangelical bullshit that's filled with misinformation and half-truths.
I find the irony in that the site describes itself as containg "brain food." I suppose if my brain had a mouth and rancid lard were considered edible...
Originally posted by Naz
Good Lord, do you really expect me to be all for a game whose objective is to teach little children to kill Catholics, along with other races and creeds? You know, maybe I shouldn't get to know "relegious" people well, they might just turn around and shoot me.
Dude, if I can play as Kirk and Candace Cameron, I'm getting it. you get to shoot boner, uncle jessie, and danny tanner before they run a train on kimmy gibler!!!
*for those unfamiliar with the humor, kirk and candace cameron have left their sad sitcom careers in order to become zealous dominionists eager to convert heathens and debunk evolution by starring in the left behind movies along with a bunch of lifetime original movies designed to show the horrors of rape and domestic abuse by romanticing and eroticizing it in a way that only lifetime can. Ironic that never have i seen more violence against women then on the "network for women", but that's a topic i may address in another thread.
So is this supposed to be like the game those Nazi barbie twins play, where the aim is to kill anyone who isn't white?
Originally posted by Draco69So the Christian god doesn't intend the non-believers to be slaughtered, either now or eventually? That's a little disingenuous.
"Rather than seeking to close the gap between neighbors, as Jesus did in his ministry, the game's purpose is to drive a wedge between people, teaching teenagers that what God intends is for them to slaughter those who do not share their beliefs."