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Religion in Video Games
The Opposable Thumbs blog recently took a look at how religious themes are handled in video games. Most makers of mainstream games are hesitant, given the strong feelings of most consumers on the subject, but other companies are trying desperately to bring religion into the spotlight. Quoting:
"Part of the problem is that the game industry is often touted as being a corrupting influence for the youth of the world. Criticism against the game industry has come from leaders as high up as the current Pope, and many of us who have been exposed to sermons bemoaning the influence that games and movies have on kids. Even when groups like the Christian Game Developers Foundation put out a video encouraging developers to create wholesome titles for kids, the attitude conveyed towards current members of the industry was contemptuous at best. Needless to say, games with heavy religious content are usually fringe projects, independently created and oftentimes sporting dodgy production values, because publishers wisely don't want to risk boycotts from legions of the faithful."
Agreed. It is always amazing how "the religious" lay claim to promote and police "morality" when in fact they themselves are the least moral among us and only show compassion for "fear of gods retribution" if they do not. sickening! the good news is, contrary to what the "majority" say, they are not the majority and the sane world of people, who believe in observable, testable reality are growing in numbers every day. In a few hundred years, we can only pray that the "religion" will only be a small bloody chapter in the history of humanity. Yes, it will be replaced by something else, but hopefully we'll have religious fanatics that believe in fairy tales that at least have a chance of making sense. Unlike the current crop of religions that are all so unbelievably idiotic that it's hard to believe these people can even talk and chew gum at the same time, much less make rational observations of reality.
Oh please. Religion does not have a monopoly on the dignity of human life, rejecting oppression and supporting freedom and free will. The French Revolution and the Enlightenment period did happen, you know.
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