Ultra-violent "Christian" video games

topic posted Tue, May 30, 2006 - 5:13 PM by 
Many Christian activists complain that the violence contained in video games have a direct impact on American Society. But apparently killing people who are for a "separation of Church and state" is fair game. Some sick games based on the "Left Behind" series are about to be unleashed on our youth. Maybe they will be handed out at the next "Justice Sunday" event.

The Purpose Driven Life Takers
Jonathan Hutson:

"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.....read on: www.talk2action.org/story/20...95855/959
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  • Jo
    Jo
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    Re: Ultra-violent "Christian" video games

    Wed, May 31, 2006 - 11:42 AM
    that is SO messed up.

    two initial reactions:

    1 - what exactly *are* the ties between the pseudo-Christian religious right cult, the military, and the video game industry?
    2 - what sort of a strategy could the religious left use to publicly damn this kind of perverse education of adolescents for the evil whic it is?

    yes, the religious left is above condemnation, reaches for understanding, etc; but surely none of us are so idealogically driven as to fail to see that "pretending to kill people" who speak for civic humanism is hrm, an assault on civilization, mercy, love, compassion, not to mention human rights.

    surely if there were a cultural issue to make a stink over in the way that the conservatives have made a stink over exposed nipples this is it. strike now. only ... how to strike? and with what media army?