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LEFT BEHIND: Eternal Forces A "Christian" computer game? Skip down to Killing for the Kingdom See also Toying with Death & Role-Playing Games & Popular Occultism |
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Produced by Game Stop: : "...you’ll join the ultimate fight of good against evil, commanding Tribulation Forces or the Global Community Peacekeepers....
"Gamers will command more than 30 unit types, each developed with unique attributes and special abilities. Players will have the opportunity to compete in multiple environments created identically from the streets of New York City. New perspectives not commonly seen in real-time strategy games show off the high-level detail of 3D graphic models developed to enhance real-time strategy command, control and visual experiences.
Purpose Driven Media: "As executive director for Purpose Driven Church, Mark Carver oversees the ministry of Purpose Driven in every region of the world except North America.... Carver and his team are developing tools to train pastors worldwide and creating curriculum to support the spiritual health of individual church members." Including interactive gaming curriculum? See the next link:
Left Behind Games -- Advisory Board: "Bill Arkwright... the Director of Sales for Microsoft Xbox. Since 2000, Bill has help Microsoft prepare and launch the Xbox videogame system for Microsoft...Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Arkwright was Vice President of Sales for Mattel Interactive. ....
"Mark Carver... is the Executive Director for Purpose Driven, the leadership/church growth training arm of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California....
"Paul Danchik... is Senior Vice President for Ivy Hill/Warner Media Services, a division of AOL Time Warner....
"Thomas N. Ellsworth... is the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development of JAMDAT Mobile Inc., the world’s leader in the publishing and distribution of video games for mobile platforms." See Role-Playing Games & Popular Occultism
Killing for the Kingdom - Just Fun & Games by Paul Proctor:
"...I actually had to reread the piece to see that it was indeed a legitimate
product being prepared for sale through the mega church market by a company
called Left Behind Games. On their website, under Board of Advisors, a man
named Mark Carver is listed as 'the Executive Director for Purpose Driven,
the leadership/church growth training arm of [Rick Warren's] Saddleback
Church in Lake Forest, California.' Surprised?…
"Newsweek calls it a 'high-caliber shoot-'em-up,' giving the end
times enthusiast a generous helping of cutting-edge cyber-carnage and
Christianized chaos -- just the kind of choreographed crises that draw
crowds and sell things....
It's part of a celebrated strategy reinvented reverends embraced sometime ago
called 'being relevant to the culture.' The message doesn't change, they
insist, just the methods....
"Seems though I recall Jesus telling his disciples, before sending them
out to 'heal' and 'preach the Kingdom,' (that's 'heal and preach,' not kill
and conquer) to not even carry with them a second coat, much less an assault
rifle.
"But then nobody's actually getting killed here, are they? It's just
make-believe murder and mayhem - you know, simulated sin. Harmless, right?
How come the church doesn't apply that same Laodicean logic to say,
pornography?....
"It does, however, give the rest of us a little peak at the delusional dreams
of
Dominionists -- some of whom proudly proclaim that they are going to take
back this country and world FOR Jesus... in spite of what the scriptures say about
the last days, the apostasy and this world 'passing away.'
"One has to wonder if computer games like this aren't really just training
videos and simulators designed by ecclesiastically embedded enemies of
Christ, in the tradition of Judas, to undermine the Gospel and seduce its
more naive and narcissistic players into pursuing their passions rather than
yielding to the Word of God; providing a purpose driven pretext for
recreational rebellion; a sanctimonious sanctioning of sin and sadism for
the supposed salvation of seekers under the gratuitous guise of 'meeting
their felt needs'....
"From what I can ascertain, they're just
taking pragmatism to the next level here, that's all; which is precisely
what unrepentant sin always does. But, hey - it's just harmless
entertainment, right? Why take it so seriously?...
"Think it's all just fun and games?
"Tell that to the folks out in Littleton Colorado where violent video gamers,
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold trained religiously at home on their computer
screens in preparation for that infamous massacre...."
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