you know whats annoying? people who say 'god wants...', pretty sure there's a bit in your book about not doing that. but yeah phelps et al are dicks.Dfskelleton said:
that i call "Giving You Some of Your Own Fucking Medicine".Gilhelmi said:
"Minecraft is a Christian game"
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Huh. It looks uber-fundamentalist to me. Especially The 4kidz section.
also, they're racist. The Kanga-jew? really?
Well, at least they seem to be more sensible than those freaks at Westboro baptist. You know, the idiots who protested Comicon?
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What in the I don't even.
This has GOT To be a parody. No one would be stupid enough to... wow...
Huh. It looks uber-fundamentalist to me. Especially The 4kidz section.
also, they're racist. The Kanga-jew? really?
Well, at least they seem to be more sensible than those freaks at Westboro baptist. You know, the idiots who protested Comicon?
EDIT:
What in the I don't even.
This has GOT To be a parody. No one would be stupid enough to... wow...
I would disagree, they are not as bad as (read with contempt)him(/contempt). They are just a little on the on the sane side of extreme. Phelps is contemptable in his action to the point of driving away Christian. Objective Ministries (parent of zounds youth ministry) is just a bit overzealous. They are not yet hateful. I have seen groups become moderate after reaching this stage, I hope that is what will happen here.Dfskelleton said:
Minecraft? Christianity?
Oh please. The game is clearly about the new religion of Minecraftianity. Our beloved leader Notch knows and creates all. We create things in the world he has created. We are lesser Gods to our one God.
I'a Notch Fhtagn.
Or something.
Oh please. The game is clearly about the new religion of Minecraftianity. Our beloved leader Notch knows and creates all. We create things in the world he has created. We are lesser Gods to our one God.
I'a Notch Fhtagn.
Or something.
That is really funny. Thank you for making my day. I always did think of tetris as a communist socialist atheist pro-obama anti-american game. It was made by a Russian.
Goodness no, then we'll never get the Hell portals or SMP fixed.burntheartist said:
Personally I think Minecraft is Christian simply because every time I hear a creeper I scream "JESUS CHRIST!" and then fumble for my sword while I run like a madman. It's like the Crusades! In a mine!
HERETIC!Mypetmonkey said:
My first reaction to this was that, although up to par with fundamentalist christian absurdity, it just cannot be true. And what do you know, for once I was actually right.
Nonsense!ddq5 said:
Minecraft represents the rape of the land and the plight of the native peoples of the world in the face of an unstoppable, undying, constantly respawning, force of nature hellbent on harnessing all available raw materials for its own ends. It even opens holes at sea.
The skeletons represent the oppressed spirits of the native peoples; the spiders represent the nature of the land fighting a losing war; and the zombies represent a reflection the crafter's own rotten spirit.
The fact that everything is blocky represents the obvious fact that Notch had ass ache, an obviously obvious consequence of programming for hours on end.
It's an interesting read (though I don't think anyone should take it too seriously). I view minecraft as more the experience of being self-reliant/the ability to conquer and shape nature to fit your goals. Both of those have possibly deep subtext, but ultimately I think such close reading is really more of an intellectual exercise. If this is real (and I have some doubts) it at least shows that games are an art form as they can be subjective based on what values the player comes with.
Either way, all this may change with the inevitable multiplayer update, so it matters little how you read it now.
Also- Notch has come on record stating that he wanted the game to have no ties to religious ideology (which is why he renamed the "Hell" region), so any Christian subtext was probably an accident on his part.
Either way, all this may change with the inevitable multiplayer update, so it matters little how you read it now.
Also- Notch has come on record stating that he wanted the game to have no ties to religious ideology (which is why he renamed the "Hell" region), so any Christian subtext was probably an accident on his part.
ohmyohmy, that was a hilarious site. Why are so many people not getting that IT'S A PARODY!!!
look at these excepts:
Unlike other demons, creepers can survive sunlight without burning, teaching the player the value of putting on the Full Armor of God in order to engage demonic powers (Ephesians 6:10-18).
Also, the only animals in the game you can kill for food are pigs. This emphasizes the New Covenant with Jesus where we can now eat delicious ham -- a common ground we share with most Secularized people.
Another new Biblical feature is a fishing minigame (Luke 5:1-11),
How are ANY of these to be construed seriously??? Just laugh.
look at these excepts:
Unlike other demons, creepers can survive sunlight without burning, teaching the player the value of putting on the Full Armor of God in order to engage demonic powers (Ephesians 6:10-18).
Also, the only animals in the game you can kill for food are pigs. This emphasizes the New Covenant with Jesus where we can now eat delicious ham -- a common ground we share with most Secularized people.
Another new Biblical feature is a fishing minigame (Luke 5:1-11),
How are ANY of these to be construed seriously??? Just laugh.
Unfortunately, no, this is not a parody. There is a definite subsection (albeit an enormously thick one) in the American religious right that claims that school shooting is "directly the result of government fat cats taking Jesus out of schools."Ih8pkmn said:GOOGLE TIME!
Huh. It looks uber-fundamentalist to me. Especially The 4kidz section.
also, they're racist. The Kanga-jew? really?
Well, at least they seem to be more sensible than those freaks at Westboro baptist. You know, the idiots who protested Comicon?
EDIT:
What in the I don't even.
This has GOT To be a parody. No one would be stupid enough to... wow...
This despite the fact that not everyone in America was Christian to begin with, school-based violence has been going on for ever, and is actually on the decline.
However, this is neither here nor there...
Plants Versus Zombies is obviously an enviromental support game. The plants represent the earth's fight to stay alive, lest the hazardous polluters (zombies) that attack our world destroy the earth (eat its brain)
Bejeweled was about the Chilean Miners.
Bejeweled was about the Chilean Miners.
While you're right, I was assuming what God wanted, but it wasn't that he "Hates Homosexuals." No, I was portraying some generally simple knowledge that it pretty simple. It says nowhere in "My Book" That every living moment must be devoted solely to God. With that, I pretty much assumed that it meant "Praise God in 2 ways: Praise him with prayer and praise him by living the life he gave unto you."dickseverywhere said:
And the Bible does say that. God does want to be praised, but I highly doubt our sole purpose is to praise him.