'Convert or die' game divides Christians (some really sick s**t)

[TomInTib]

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.

The Campaign to Defend the Constitution and the Christian Alliance for Progress, two online political groups, plan to demand today that Wal-Mart dump Left Behind: Eternal Forces, a PC game inspired by a series of Christian novels that are hugely popular, especially with teens.

The series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins is based on their interpretation of the Bible's Book of Revelation and takes place after the Rapture, when Jesus has taken his people to heaven and left nonbelievers behind to face the Antichrist.

Left Behind Games' president, Jeffrey Frichner, says the game actually is pacifist because players lose "spirit points" every time they gun down nonbelievers rather than convert them. They can earn spirit points again by having their character pray.

"You are fighting a defensive battle in the game," Frichner, whose previous company produced Bible software, said of combatting the Antichrist. "You are a sort of a freedom fighter."


And it gets a whole lot worse, brothers and sisters...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/12/MNG8TMU1KQ1.DTL&hw=ilene+lelchuk&sn=001&sc=1000

[Canuckistanian]

1. I see. So praying redeems any atrocity, eh?

That explains a lot about this government, then.

[Der Blaue Engel]

8. That is the key to these kind of xians

By their standards, Hitler was far more likely to have gone to heaven, while all of the Jews killed in the Holocaust would have gone to hell.

[Howardx]

2. "You are a sort of a freedom fighter."

or christianist terrorist

[aquart]

5. Terror for Jesus!

Kinda catchy.

[katsy]

6. or an insurgent!

[Fenris]

3. "You are fighting a defensive battle in the game. You are a sort of a freedom fighter."

One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist.

[tularetom]

4. No wally world clerk better say "Happy Holidays"

as he or she sells you this piece of shit.

[KingFlorez]

7. That's a terrible game

Why would any store even think about selling it?

[QuestionAll...]

9. because it promotes hate and intolerance and arms sales. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. MONEY, CA-CHING

and as a member of the reality based community, they have a right to do that.

Now we may consider it evil, but just like skin heads they have a right to publish that trash

[hashibabba]

11. I don't understand how any Christian can condone that trash.

Shame on them.

[Printer70]

12. I would say this is obscene

...but then, this is precisely what Christianity preaches. The Book of Revelations is concerning, not because it may happen, but because it encourages Christians to see non-Christians as deserving of death. To see them as heathens. If you believe this, how can you possibly treat non-Christians as equal to Christians, except in the most superficial way. This video game just drives that point home to young people. I may be wrong, but I don't think Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, or Islam have an apocalyptic belief like this.

I think the release of this video game is good. It allows Christianity to show its true face.