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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. Re:Robotic Jesus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Best game idea EVER.

    The protagonist should be muslim so we can have the last boss enemy be the 100ft robotic Jesus with spinning cross attack and star of david ion cannon. Aye He shoots fire from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his ars!

  2. Re:Hypocracy at its finest by Shawn+is+an+Asshole · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Incidentally, I saw a lecture on the topic quite recently, and learned that Muslims do believe in Jesus Christ. He is a highly regarded prophet, second only to Mohammed, and he plays a key role in the end-of-times scenario of Islam. Muslims don't believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. They view him as a prophet. Big difference.
    --
    "It ain't a war against drugs.it's a war against personal freedom" --Bill Hicks
  3. Re:To the lions... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    You're suggesting the death of BILLIONS of people. How could this ever be considered insightful except by the most ignorant of individuals. Judge people for who they are, not what you think they may believe in. Not every Christian, Muslim, Buddist etc is out to convert or kill you. Who exactly is spilling hate and malice here?


    I think you're exaggerating just a little here. Given the decline of the lion population they would probably become quite full
    after the first few thousand believers and get sleepy. After that, surely the remaining BILLIONS would be more than capable of
    handling some passed-out lions.

    Unless, of course, you're suggesting that they just hang out until the lions are hungry again and just keep walking into the jaws
    secure in the belief that their faith will protect/reward them. If that's the case, then... well... Go Lions!