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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 09:19 AM Original message |
'We've been blessed': Video games with religious themes gain audience |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Pshaw |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. goldeneye freakin' ruled! |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. yes. yes it did. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. A 'christian' video game? |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not my cup of tea, but why not? |
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ucmike (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. "secular video games" sounds funny. eom |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Wow! That sounds spectacularly un-fun! |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. people weren't "imprisoned" in catacombs |
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oldlady (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. when my kids were little |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And that sounds like a cool little kids' game |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. A game that |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Roman centurions bearing crowns of thorns would be my choice |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. My neighbor had that actually, I played it when I was younger. |
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tinonedown (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. Ahh, the first Christian hate thread of the day |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. NO, this is about Christian computer games, nothing else. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. "Uh-huh... cuz nothing ever goes wrong when religion is involved, right?.. |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Did you happen to notice that I'm not the one who said that? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No, but I did notice that you were the one that said... |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The poster saw this as some sort of 'attack' or 'hate thread' |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I agree that it does not "paint all of DU" |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Anti-ren? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Anti-Renaissance of course...I thought that was obvious ;-) |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I wouldn't say anti-religion |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Well... |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. There's tons of sarcastic remarks being flung around left and right |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You've got that right! |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. That's true |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I wouldn't call it anti-religion either... |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. That's the thing. The only way it could be more tacky |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Why not have a Gold Embossed Cross on the Packaging? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. "Packaging is a Sacred Word".... |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Maybe you thought your post was important enough for it's own thread? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I knew it!!!!! I'm on a ego trip!!!! |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Also like the article said |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. AHHHH the first persecuted christian post of the day |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. It 's not meant to be a "Christian" bashing thing... |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. and don't forget there are no naked or nearly naked women in |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 12:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
55. Because we make fun of fundies |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think a video game called "The Inquisition" would be interesting |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The "Elder Scrolls" series comes close to that |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
13. Putting a mythology into a video game is nothing new |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
15. Is this the one from The Simpsons |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Thanks for the chuckle. |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Ya beat me to it |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. This is all I have to say about this |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Noah's superhuman strength?! |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. Video games are inherently evil. |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. There's a definite market |
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anonymous44 (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. I remember numerous instances where they tried to ban video games. |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ned Flanders to Rodd, Todd, and the Simpson kids... |
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AngryWhiteLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. Hmm...isn't the military already using Middle Eastern Crusade games?? |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. I think it's really telling |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. The ideal time-killer to pass the hours while waiting to be raptured... |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
53. somehow, I dont' think they'd like Xenogears |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. If the game is fun, I'll play it. |
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