Will Wright Says Spore Criticized By "Militant Atheists"
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I am an Atheist and I have been looking forward to Spore. I can't help but get a chuckle out of the creature creator. It's unitelligent design.
As I look at my ugly-as-sin bundle of limbs and gristle I think "What kind of God would intentionally make something like this? Oh yeah, me!" lawls
As I look at my ugly-as-sin bundle of limbs and gristle I think "What kind of God would intentionally make something like this? Oh yeah, me!" lawls
Your right, it's fear, but not specifically religious fear.Eminate post=7.68215.622456 said:
One of the primary forces in congress trying to lay governmental controls on videogames has been Senator Clinton of New York.
She's not exactly beloved of the religious right, either.
What kind of intelligent god designs a sky-scraper by stacking a suspension bridge on its end??Limos post=7.68215.622687 said:
That, my friends, is the human spine.
Nature is highly creative... but in more of a hacker way then an engineering discipline.
There's a great, and very accurate in terms of human nature, South park episode that explores that very fact. Its postulates a world without religion... and three warring camps that insist they know the only *right* way to be an atheist.meone007 post=7.68215.622552 said:
Clarence Darrow said, "God made man in his image, and man, being a gentleman, returned the compliment."
The sad thing is that people claim to believe in something bigger then themselves... but then are unable to actually conceive of anything bigger then themselves. Thus their god becomes simply a mirror of their own very human natures.
In the end, the best definition I've ever been able to come up with for religion has nothing to do with divinity at all.
Religion is a set of beliefs that the believer has invested emotional capital in. And by that definition atheism can easily be a religion.
Eh. It's all checks and balances. Got to raise a little noise when Sects wish to take the theory of evolution out of teaching curriculum despite how it actually belongs in a classroom where as "intelligent design" belongs in a church.meone007 post=7.68215.622552 said:
Good point. We have to have crazies and nutjobs and people on the outer fringe so that, in comparison, people who aren't look sane and straightlaced. Otherwise, no one could ever reach an agreement. We'd all be the outer fringe.ButtonedDownParadox post=7.68215.622746 said:
Have animal rights groups already criticized Super Mario Bros. for containing turle abuse?
@meone007:
Some atheïsts are just as militant with their religion (as far atheïsm can be considered a religion) as some Christians and some Muslims. Among every group of people, wheter it is a religion, a political movement or even the supporters of a certain football/soccer team or fans of a video game console, are a few idiots who abuse, misinterpret or take the original ideas of the group too seriously.
@meone007:
Some atheïsts are just as militant with their religion (as far atheïsm can be considered a religion) as some Christians and some Muslims. Among every group of people, wheter it is a religion, a political movement or even the supporters of a certain football/soccer team or fans of a video game console, are a few idiots who abuse, misinterpret or take the original ideas of the group too seriously.
There's one problem I think with religion or the lack thereof.
People have trouble admitting they just don't know.
A few people can but for the majority they have to have a definitive answer, which is frankly impossible.
As for religion, though not religious myself, i think it brings hope to millions around the world and though the media has played it up as causing violence etc. the proportion of extremists to "normal" religious people is tiny
People have trouble admitting they just don't know.
A few people can but for the majority they have to have a definitive answer, which is frankly impossible.
As for religion, though not religious myself, i think it brings hope to millions around the world and though the media has played it up as causing violence etc. the proportion of extremists to "normal" religious people is tiny
This is the biggest pile of horsecrap I've ever read.
If you actually look at the source, Eurogamer, you will see this little tidbit:
"Eurogamer: You describe yourself as an atheist; take the so-called militant atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, who see faith uniformly as a bad, negative and dangerous thing. Do you see it more benignly, even if you don't necessarily believe?"
So Dawkings and Hitchens are "militant" now, because they want religion out of public life and back into the private domain, where it belongs? Because they see faith as a "uniformly as a bad, negative and dangerous thing"? Is voicing your opinion now "militant"? Where are the guns? Did they blow themselves up somewhere? Did they call to "overthrow" the government? Did they call for violence? No, they just said what is on their minds. And now they are labeled "militant". Don't worry Christians, I'm sure in a couple of years they will be titled "terrorist", but certainly not because they are "militant", in any sense of the word.
I also feel appalled by "the escapist" for this whole article in general. Even the author, Malygris, saw, that there was simply not enough meat to this story, and therefore decided to put other "etc"-information in, to make it look as if there's anything substantial to this news, in regards to the headline. This article here is even longer than the section of which it feeds of at eurogamer, which just says it all right there.
If you thought this post was "militant", I suggest you go kill yourself. I heard heaven is a great place, and you wouldn't want to miss brunch with your all-loving creator....
If you actually look at the source, Eurogamer, you will see this little tidbit:
"Eurogamer: You describe yourself as an atheist; take the so-called militant atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, who see faith uniformly as a bad, negative and dangerous thing. Do you see it more benignly, even if you don't necessarily believe?"
So Dawkings and Hitchens are "militant" now, because they want religion out of public life and back into the private domain, where it belongs? Because they see faith as a "uniformly as a bad, negative and dangerous thing"? Is voicing your opinion now "militant"? Where are the guns? Did they blow themselves up somewhere? Did they call to "overthrow" the government? Did they call for violence? No, they just said what is on their minds. And now they are labeled "militant". Don't worry Christians, I'm sure in a couple of years they will be titled "terrorist", but certainly not because they are "militant", in any sense of the word.
I also feel appalled by "the escapist" for this whole article in general. Even the author, Malygris, saw, that there was simply not enough meat to this story, and therefore decided to put other "etc"-information in, to make it look as if there's anything substantial to this news, in regards to the headline. This article here is even longer than the section of which it feeds of at eurogamer, which just says it all right there.
If you thought this post was "militant", I suggest you go kill yourself. I heard heaven is a great place, and you wouldn't want to miss brunch with your all-loving creator....
Argon is a Noble God but alas rather inert... Sorry couldn't help myself.admanb post=7.68215.622529 said:
Seriously though, what was the specific issue these Militant Atheists (Sic) had? Without knowing what the problem was this is a bit of a non-story isn't it?
Gift.
Ding-ding-ding! There are, alas, wingnuts in every community. Not every atheist thinks that Spore is religious indoctrination, just as not every Christian agrees with the Westboro BaptistGoldenShadow said:
-- Steve
Are you referring to the post above yours that intelligently corrected the overzealous and reactionary nature of the article/thread?curlycrouton post=7.68215.623514 said:you are ignorant and narrow-minded
have a great day
I hate the word 'Blasphemy', it makes out that religion has this special immunity to criticism, actually thinking about it, if I made up a load of pretentious rubbish to control the masses I'd take out the insurance policy that blasphemy is too!
Why would a group of atheists be angry about themes of religion in a game that features evolution.Why not attack something else like Oblivion or some other game that has magic.I'm atheist and this doesn't anger me so it makes no sense when they have evolution being made a part of it.To be honest I was expecting radical Christians to get angry.