Winning Souls In World Of Warcraft

Steve Rock writes "Many of us have heard about the various ways in which real life and massively-multiplayer role playing games intersect, which usually involves the exchange of in-game characters or items for real life money. Well apparently religion is spilling over into World of Warcraft." From the article: "We meet under the docks in Booty Bay for a bible study every Tuesday night."

Comments

Funny, but...

[tyoob]

Everything on landoverbaptist.org is crap, of course. I'd hate to think anyone's going to take this seriously.

Hilarious

[rogueuk]

That whole web site is hilarious. Apparently not too many people realize it's a joke..as seen here

LOL

[HotNeedleOfInquiry]

Great troll, and slashdot fell for it. I actually believed the website until I came to this line: "I have a hot-key macro that broadcasts, Jesus Loves You! Please Love Him Back or He Will Burn You in Hell! PM Me if you want to learn more!

Of course, to recognize the troll, it helps to have been a fundimentalist Christian in one of your past lives...

Please tell me that people know this is satire

[Meiyo Neko]

If one were to actually take a glance at the Terms of Service Agreement they would have noticed, "The Landover Baptist Church is a complete work of fiction. It is a satire/parody."

Umm, humour?

[mrpuffypants]

I really hope that everybody realizes this story is a hoax...

Landover Baptist is the same 'church' that sells Jesus thongs and other terribly funny stuff.

The same guys that run Landover Baptist also do WhiteHouse.org

Re:Congratulations

[DarkFencer]

Actually it is marked that way on slashdot, but not overtly. The 'Foot' icon that is shown (below the FF2 icon for rpg) is for humor. Its a Monty Python thing.

It's funny because...

[ikewillis]

Landover Baptist has to be the most prominent religious parody on the Internet and yet people still believe it's real...

Oh, the complaints

[jgoemat]

When I first read the snippet, I thought "Here may be an insightful article on the intersection of religion and virtual reality games." Then I clicked on the link and saw that it takes you to the Landover Baptist Church website. Check out some more articles from them:

• Kids! Accept Jesus Christ as Your Lord and Savior and Get a Free PlayStation 2!
• Speak in Tongues in 5-Days or Your Money Back!

  Landover Baptist Ministries puts its reputation on the line by promising to retain only 85% of the $2,304 cost of this deluxe one DVD set if you are not completely satisfied -- all you have to do is tell us you weren't 100% happy and pay the $350 shipping costs and allow the Landover Baptist Sin Patrol to scan your hard drive to ensure you didn't make a copy of this proprietary software -- or have photographs or movies that Pastor Deacon Fred has deemed after careful study to be offensive or sickening."

• Lucifer's Toy Chest

  Leap Start Learning Table - Marketed to Caucasian children and Colored adults, this so-called "Learning Table" spits out lies about math, science and other secular bunk Christ-haters teach in public schools. We suggest you just start your toddler out with an illustrated King James Bible and a spanking instead.

• How to Prosper During the Coming Financial Apocalypse

  8. Dispossess any children you even THINK might be gay before they're rounded up. Cut your losses now.

• What to Do With a Sissy Boy Who Says "No" to Sports

  2. If your boy approaches you in a contemplative manner about giving up sports (that is, he hasn't quite made up his mind, but is just coming to you for advice), hold your hand up with the backside toward his face and smack him firmly across his cheeks repeatedly until he cries like a little sissy. This is called, "bitch slapping." It is a humiliating and extremely effective way of showing your boy that he is embarrassing you by acting like a little girl.

• Penis-Shaped, Talking Masturbation Teaching Toy Marketed to Pre-Teen Girls!
• The Easter Bunny: A Deadly and Dangerous Trick From Satan!
• Good News For Christian Video Gamers! Unreal Tournament 2004® Bible Based Maps and Characters are on the Way!

  UPaint Software was used to create Bible Characters like Jesus for the Bible Blood Bath Christian Map Pack used with Unreal Tournament 2003.

• The "Return of the King" is NOT About Jesus!

  ... had many Christians convinced they were going to witness the final battle in the valley of Armageddon. As it turns out, unlike the KJV Bible, the film is just a silly made-up fantasy story written by some old homo in England.

• Book Burning Safety Tips

You guys can tell that this is a satirical web site, right?

Re:Very Un-Christian Behaviour

[slaker]

Having spent more than a little bit of time on that site, living in a place where such unctious Jesusland behavior is an accepted norm, and given the attitude of offense certain people take at the particular flavor of satire, all I can say is,

If you look at that site, and cannot instantly tell that it is meant to be humorous, you completely and utterly deserve the mockery and scorn of everyone else who can.

The authors of that site have a very valid message that is delivered very effectively. If you're offended as a xtian, why don't you take some time and convince those xtians you know who DO act like that to stop behaving in the ways that landoverbaptist lampoons?

Remember while you're being offended at someone who can make fun of your religion, that the evangelical xtian community didn't get upset when Jerry Falwell blamed 9/11 on gays and feminists, and George W. "Born Again" Bush has in the past publicly described the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as "Crusades". These are not exactly folks with shining ideals of tolerance and goodwill. Kind of makes me think that "people are what they claim to be" is only true if you START from the point of view of Landoverbaptist, at least as far as evangelical-types go. If you feel that their humor is in poor taste, just remember that those on the other side feels much the same way about you.