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Atheist Video Game Asks Players to Slaughter Biblical Figures
One way to make sure you land yourself on a religious fanatic's hit list is to their religious sensibilities. And if you're worried that offending wouldn't put you in enough mortal danger you can try murdering their religious figures... virtually.
According to a report from WSLS TV in Roanoke, VIrginia, an anonymous graduate student from the University of Virginia has created a video game in which players are asked to slaughter characters from the Bible and the Koran in order to prevent the spread of organized religion. It's an equal opportunity kill-fest between Christian and Muslim religious figures, but in one particularly offensive move, players are even asked to behead the Prophet Mohammad to win the game. Needless to say, this anonymous student is either ballsy or stupid, especially considering that, in recent years, death threats were sent to a Swedish cartoonist and a Danish newspaper for unflattering drawings of the Islamic faith's biggest prophet.
The student says that he is merely trying to give voice to atheists in a world filled with religious soapboxes. He says that the violent nature is a reflection of the world around us, but we can't help but feel his message might be taken a little more seriously and be a little easier to swallow if he didn't go out of his way to offend 75 percent of the world's population. [Source: WSLS, via KUTV]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsBettybbJun 8th 2008 5:21PM
I bet the designer of this game is a religious nut job trying to make aetheists look bad.
But you have to commend his willingness to stand up for free speech. It is about time someone did.
SteveJun 8th 2008 10:59PM
It's not about free speech. It's about showing how crass one can be, and how important it is to this waste of space to take his education and use it to offend as many people as he possibly can, for as much money as he possibly can.
He needs help.
LilsunshynJun 8th 2008 9:47PM
I find this really sad and disgusting. If this young man is good at programing, why doesn't he use his talent to do something good for the world instead of offending others?
Oh well, there is a God, let him judge!
Cile1977Jun 11th 2008 5:06AM
There isn't god.
Ben GonzalezJun 9th 2008 12:24AM
Am I using a different internets today? So then came FSM (against only Caucasian Christians anyways) and all of a sudden this is a shock?
I got to this site using stumbleupon and at least a 1/3 of the sites that I come across are anti-christian. Hell, check out Digg for one day or any other social news site. A video game by an atheist about slaughtering Biblical figures.... why am I not shocked?
I will admit that I am shocked at the responses. Obviously these last posts are from people that are sincere about their beliefs and not concerned about being part of an internet activism that supposedly aimed at US politics.
I do question why these so-called Atheist are so narrow in their criticism of religion. Its not as though Islam has any room for Darwin....
PoundersJun 9th 2008 11:15AM
Darwins Theory is dead now anyway. Evolution has no basis, Creation has pretty much been proven.
robby1051Jun 9th 2008 2:23AM
hey lighten up!
its only offensive because there is no use for humor in religion, its a video game
using digital deities,
who cries for the Covenant?
or The Chimera
or The Zerg or the Protoss?
They all want the same thing as religious dieties do:
Control or destruction of mankind.
so chill out and play or ignore the game..
blah :-P
selbyjonesJun 10th 2008 12:39AM
Is your belief so weak it cannot stand a humorous (if crass) jibe?
BearJun 9th 2008 6:49AM
Yes, this is about as amusing and sensable as so-called rap-stars singing about killing police officers.
Makes on wonder what the issues of these people actually are and exactly when we'll see them on National News as a maniac murderer.
bootsJun 9th 2008 10:36AM
It's not as though the game is about killing real persons. These are all mythological beings, like Zeus, Hera, et al. I cannot understand how anyone can still believe in fairy tales in this day and age.
Peter FJun 9th 2008 12:03PM
So where do we download this from?
NickJun 9th 2008 5:43PM
Creation has pretty much been proven.
HAHAHAH! Hilarious
Cile1977Jun 11th 2008 5:11AM
these creationits are real jerks... I cant bealive there is such people in 21st century
usnarocrossJun 22nd 2008 3:58PM
"Evolution has no basis, Creation has pretty much been proven."
Yeah, thats why schools are teaching evoultion. Yeah, thats explains why even many republicans now believe in evoution (even Mccain).
If only this game could be sold, that would be amazing.
As for you thelogical hypercrites, no one ever complaines when games/TV bad mouth atheists.
CheeseJun 23rd 2008 6:48AM
Just because your an Atheist doesn't mean you should offend someone else's beliefs. They should respect everyone's beliefs and not just think their own opinion is the right way to go. Also, to anyone who's wondering, I'm not ultra religious, actually I'm saying this and I'm an Atheist to.
TridraJun 25th 2008 2:07AM
So what if he made a game about killing Jesus and the other fairytale caracters.Can any of you say that there is a god and keep a straight face?
............Jul 7th 2008 4:43AM
yeah