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Wal-Mart Asked to Drop Christian Video Game

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-crusades-were-fun dept.

doug141 writes "Liberal and progressive Christian groups say a new computer game in which players must either convert or kill non-Christians is the wrong gift to give this holiday season and that Wal-Mart, a major video game retailer, should yank it off its shelves.Players can choose to join the Antichrist's team, but of course they can never win on [his] side. The enemy team includes fictional rock stars and folks with Muslim-sounding names, while the righteous include gospel singers, missionaries, healers and medics."

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  1. in other news by cryptoz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Intellectuals across the nation have asked that all retail stores take America's Army off their shelves and that americasarmy.com be shut down.

  2. Re:Take the fighting in the game out of context by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I suppose you think Wal-Mart should be carrying this, because, after all, there is a lot of bad fiction with racist themes?

    The third rule is, get over it.

    We're here, we're psychotic millenialists, get over it!

  3. Re:What's a "progressive Christian"? by somersault · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess food, water, shelter, music, reading, writing, morality and all that is out of context these days too.

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    which is totally what she said
  4. Re:What's a "progressive Christian"? by somersault · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Jesus didn't have 100% human qualities, as he didn't ever sin, which isn't really human, even though he was a human. And Jesus is God also, so it's not like he's some person who wants to be made king over all and damns those who don't want that. They're already damned, he's doing them a favour. You have so much faith in the creative power of man, but not of anything else

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    which is totally what she said
  5. Re:What's a "progressive Christian"? by ProfessionalCookie · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No historians of the day confirm his existence - the only writings we have which support it are those which are contained within the bible.
    Hardly true. Of course we live in a world where people constantly deny events in history, often for religious or political reasons even if evidence is abounding and the event is recent.