Many of these adversaries have Muslim names. Others are simply rock musicians.
Players can choose to join the Antichrist's team, but of course they can never win on Carpathia's side. The enemy team includes fictional rock stars and folks with Muslim-sounding names, while the righteous include gospel singers, missionaries, healers and medics. Every character comes with a life story.
When asked about the Arab and Muslim-sounding names, Frichner said the game does not endorse prejudice. But "Muslims are not believers in Jesus Christ" -- and thus can't be on Christ's side in the game.
"That is so obvious," he said.
Of course it is. Kill all the Muslims. It's the American way.
I'm happy to see that the groups leading this protest are also Christian groups. Contrary to what it might look like sometimes, evangelicals aren't the only Christians out there, and any person with half a brain agrees that advocating the murder of Muslims just because they do not believe in Jesus Christ is wrong.
The Rev. Tim Simpson, a Jacksonville, Fla., Presbyterian minister and president of the Christian Alliance for Progress, added: "So, under the Christmas tree this year for little Johnny is this allegedly Christian video game teaching Johnny to hate and kill?"
Yes, and Walmart is promoting it.
It's funny how they pulled magazines like FHM and Maxim right away when just a few wingnuts complained, but they aren't doing the same for this.
"We look at the community to see where it will sell," said Tara Raddohl. "We have customers who are buying it and really haven't received a lot of complaints about it from our customers at this time."
Well, that should change.
Contact Tara Raddohl yourself to let her know that you find it offensive that Walmart would sell a product that advocates killing non-Christians.
Original Missouri Campaign Ad Featuring Michael J Fox
Michael J Fox on Good Morning America
Response ad featuring Kurt "I've had so many concussions, I sure as hell hope I don't get Parkinsons" Warner, Jeff "How do I still have a Major League job?" Suppan, Jim "Oh, how I wish I really was Jesus" Caviezel, Mike "I'm the superstar of the shittiest team in the world" Sweeney, and Patricia "Everybody loves embryos" Heaton
If you really want to get depressed, read the comments for that last video. Just when I think this country might be starting to become sane again, I see things like that.
Wouldn't it be amazing if government didn't interfere with science? Wouldn't it be amazing if the government actually promoted science, instead of cutting (or in the case of this research, banning) funding and pandering to the religious right? History is filled with times where governments and religions have stood in the way of science. And look how things always turn out. So let's just cut the crap, and allow science to proceed. We need more funding to go to science. Drug companies are too busy maintaining the erections of 80-year-old men to devote themselves to low-profit research that might actually help people. The government needs to issue challenges and reward those who provide results. We don't know what embryonic stem cell research will do, but that's the whole point of research. And while other forms of stem cell research might show more promise, that does not mean that other research should be ignored just because the religious right says so. Also, just because a cure hasn't been found with something yet, doesn't mean it won't be at some point in the future. Of course, if we continue to "leave no child behind" while not pushing our best and brightest toward the future, we won't have any scientists left to do any research at all. But that's a rant for another day.
Perhaps Bush & the other wingnuts just think that someone from the future will travel back in time in a Delorean and cure all the diseases out there. But that's just not going to happen. So let's explore every damn option we can, shall we?
