h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

That young people will eventually come to theological enlightment whether they like it or not because that's how the games are structured whether they're Christian or not?

http://www.msnbc.com/news/954674.asp?vts=082120031735

It had to happen eventually I guess - no reason to suppose that God warriors wouldn't find a way to get their message into computer games.

The kind of people I can see buying it for their kids are the kind of people who live around here - the people who try to keep evolution out of school books, who believe that the US is right in everything it does because it does it in the name of God and has God on its side, who believe that every other religion is evil, who voted for Dubya...

I could go on and on but it makes me too damn angry.

Especially with the allegedly Christian games it makes me mad too. Like I'm sure! The heathen don't get killed, they just see the light?!!! Where have we heard that before?

So how many heathen hits does it take to win the game? And does the sword of truth or whatever they want to call it actually constitute an instrument of torture then? How quaint!!

"Few sites dig for religious undertones in secular gaming better than the Christian Spotlight’s Guide to Games: “I’m honestly disappointed in the spiritual content of WW. The Great Fairies somewhat resemble the Hindu goddess Shiva,” reads the site’s review of Nintendo’s “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Walker."



Can't have that. Nothing even remotely resembling something Hindu can possibly do anything but condemn your soul to eternal damnation. It just ain't Christian!



Maybe this guy needs a good long talk with Kali Mai, the Goddess of change through destruction.

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Have you seen the satelite Christian TV adverts?
It is cheap, something like 10 month and all the classic preacher channels are on it-PAX and a few others, about 10 I think.
NO Disney ! No surprize.

If they really wanted to be family oriented ,they would be on for a few short hours per day and lockable. It will be intresting to see how people turn out being fed that version of a TV diet, instead of the other extreme.
I picture hypnotized,preaching, finger pointing robots . I wonder if they include the shopping channel. I wonder if they have news besides CBN?

They seem to be making money with a lot of enterprizes, tv,sattelite,radio, telecommunications (few cents of every LD call went to the charity at one time)networks and holy land tour groups, and health supplements. There must be some oil money in there somewhere they have all the other top 10. Good place to hide funds in fact! That would be ironyYou don't suppose.... it's just another fantasy conspiracy theory. Yeah that's it, nevermind.

It would probably of helped if the Christian game reviewer were acquainted enough with Shiva to appreciate HIS gender, don't you think?

Of course ignorance is no Christian sin is it? In fact it might be the origin of the notions of Christian bliss.

Well, Abbi, it is a multilevel marketing scam after all, so what do you expect?

For those who, unlike the Christian game reviewer, might like a little background on the homework he didn't do..

http://utenti.lycos.it/aum/kundalini/kundalini_eng/indexshiva.html

“We focus on building great games without shoving the bible down your throat,”
Hmmm intense and interesting statement.
Do you think he likes his job?

I thought aome Christians had problems with how Disney and Rawlings and many protrayed spiritual issues. So it is just because they could not think of a way yet to publicize and make money themselves through the electronic - media - marketing?

Okay abbi, now you've gone and done it.

You mentioned telecommunications and charity in the same sentence. There is at least one socially aware telecommunications company out there.

http://www.workingassets.com/aboutwa.cfm

I am familiar with the name- working forchange but I did not realize that! Glad the other side is in on it too.
Thanks for the good news!

"gnorance is no Christian sin" teehee Analiese!

I have not seen that listed anywhere under any religion dogma Some actually prefer you be an open and empty vessel!

The mormons used to tell me "An idle mind is the devil's workshop". So I figured they probably just didn't know who the devil was.

It helps to be able to recognize the devil!
Must be those pure thoughts during the "quiet" are dangerous to some.