6.6.06 Part II
Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group whose purpose is to remake America as a Christian theocracy, and establish its worldly vision of the dominion of Christ over all aspects of life. You are issued high-tech military weaponry, and instructed to engage the infidel on the streets of New York City. You are on a mission - both a religious mission and a military mission -- to convert or kill Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, gays, and anyone who advocates the separation of church and state - especially moderate, mainstream Christians. Your mission is "to conduct physical and spiritual warfare"; all who resist must be taken out with extreme prejudice. You have never felt so powerful, so driven by a purpose: you are 13 years old. You are playing a real-time strategy video game whose creators are linked to the empire of mega-church pastor Rick Warren, best selling author of The Purpose Driven Life.
From:
Talk To Action
DailyKos.com
Ok, so it’s the day after 6/6/06, but after reading the links about this new Left Behind: Eternal Forces video game, it makes me really wonder that it may just be the end of the world.
Reading Mark Morford’s column today shocked me. This is one of the most disturbing (yet comical) things I’ve read in a long time. I’ve said before, there are radical nut jobs in every religion. So, it’s no surprise, based on the articles I’ve read, that radical nut jobs had something to do with creating this new (supposedly violent) video game. What’s even more disturbing is that this video game is supposed to be geared towards teenagers. "We hope teenagers like the game," Mr. LaHaye told the Los Angeles Times. "Our real goal is to have no one left behind." While leaving no one behind is fine and dandy, I think the approach is a bit appalling. Yes, it’s purely for entertainment value, but Christian organizations have long opposed violent images on television, movies, and video games throughout the years. So, because this particular game deals with Revelations and the End Days, it’s ok for Christians to embrace it?
Also, if the creators of the game want to make an End of Days video game, leave the Christian themes out of it. It not only confuses the public, it makes Christians look like … well, look like radical nut jobs! The Books of Revelations should be taken seriously in an open discussion, not played on video game consoles. The purpose of making a game such as this has nothing to do with ministry or spreading God’s love. Granted, I’ve never read the much-debated Left Behind series, and I don’t intend to. I don’t pass judgment on those who are loyal readers of the books. But, a video game? Come on, that’s going too far.
I’ll leave you behind this one question posed from one of the articles that really bothered me the most:
Is this paramilitary mission simulator for children anything other than prejudice and bigotry using religion as an organizing tool to get people in a violent frame of mind? The dialogue includes people saying, "Praise the Lord," as they blow infidels away.
Yikes!
From:
Talk To Action
DailyKos.com
Ok, so it’s the day after 6/6/06, but after reading the links about this new Left Behind: Eternal Forces video game, it makes me really wonder that it may just be the end of the world.
Reading Mark Morford’s column today shocked me. This is one of the most disturbing (yet comical) things I’ve read in a long time. I’ve said before, there are radical nut jobs in every religion. So, it’s no surprise, based on the articles I’ve read, that radical nut jobs had something to do with creating this new (supposedly violent) video game. What’s even more disturbing is that this video game is supposed to be geared towards teenagers. "We hope teenagers like the game," Mr. LaHaye told the Los Angeles Times. "Our real goal is to have no one left behind." While leaving no one behind is fine and dandy, I think the approach is a bit appalling. Yes, it’s purely for entertainment value, but Christian organizations have long opposed violent images on television, movies, and video games throughout the years. So, because this particular game deals with Revelations and the End Days, it’s ok for Christians to embrace it?
Also, if the creators of the game want to make an End of Days video game, leave the Christian themes out of it. It not only confuses the public, it makes Christians look like … well, look like radical nut jobs! The Books of Revelations should be taken seriously in an open discussion, not played on video game consoles. The purpose of making a game such as this has nothing to do with ministry or spreading God’s love. Granted, I’ve never read the much-debated Left Behind series, and I don’t intend to. I don’t pass judgment on those who are loyal readers of the books. But, a video game? Come on, that’s going too far.
I’ll leave you behind this one question posed from one of the articles that really bothered me the most:
Is this paramilitary mission simulator for children anything other than prejudice and bigotry using religion as an organizing tool to get people in a violent frame of mind? The dialogue includes people saying, "Praise the Lord," as they blow infidels away.
Yikes!
2 Comments:
Morford isn't exactly the most objective voice out there. I'm having a hard time believing this thing is for real... at least in the way these columnists are portraying it. I guess we'll see for ourselves when the game comes out.
I like Morford because he represents "the other side" of religion - the non-Christian (secular) side. His columns gives a nice perspective on how the general public feels about the moral issues going on in society. Most Christians might feel that his columns are a slap in the face. I see it more as a "gut check".
As for the game itself, you're right. Let's wait and see what it'll be like. But I'm tellin' ya, Christians have a way of always pushing things over the top.
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