Wal-Mart and Left Behind Game
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What's Wal-Mart promoting this holiday season? The religious right's extreme ideology.
Just in time for Christmas, the religious right has released a violent video game in which born-again Christians aim to convert or kill those who don't adhere to their extreme ideology. The video game, "Left Behind: Eternal Forces," is based on the apocalyptic "Left Behind" novels - written and promoted by religious right leader Tim LaHaye. Despite the violent, intolerant message being marketed to children, Wal-Mart, the nation's #1 video game seller, is selling the "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" video game - just in time for the holidays!
Take action now and urge Wal-Mart to stop selling religious violence this holiday season.
"Left Behind: Eternal Forces" takes place in New York City, shortly after the rapture. Gamers are charged with creating Christian militias who roam the streets of New York City, looking to convert non-believers and killing those who they are unable to draw to their side. In fact, after particularly bloody battles, players must use prayer to recharge their "soul points" that have been diminished by the killing.
Most disturbing is the game's apparent attempt at religious indoctrination - aimed at children and focused on violent, divisive, and hateful scenarios.
The game has outraged progressive and conservative Christians alike, and despite the religious right's typical opposition to violent video games, "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" has not generated any criticism from this group and in fact gained a gleaming review from a Focus on the Family affiliated website this week.
While the religious right apparently has no problem pushing the product this holiday season, America's #1 video game seller should know better.
Click here and urge Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott to stop selling our kids religious violence.
Also, be sure to head to the DefCon Blog to learn more about the game.
Sincerely,
Clark, Jessica, and the rest of the DefCon team
P.S. Click here to read DefCon's feature on Tim LaHaye and the end times theology.
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What's Wal-Mart promoting this holiday season? The religious right's extreme ideology.
Just in time for Christmas, the religious right has released a violent video game in which born-again Christians aim to convert or kill those who don't adhere to their extreme ideology. The video game, "Left Behind: Eternal Forces," is based on the apocalyptic "Left Behind" novels - written and promoted by religious right leader Tim LaHaye. Despite the violent, intolerant message being marketed to children, Wal-Mart, the nation's #1 video game seller, is selling the "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" video game - just in time for the holidays!
Take action now and urge Wal-Mart to stop selling religious violence this holiday season.
"Left Behind: Eternal Forces" takes place in New York City, shortly after the rapture. Gamers are charged with creating Christian militias who roam the streets of New York City, looking to convert non-believers and killing those who they are unable to draw to their side. In fact, after particularly bloody battles, players must use prayer to recharge their "soul points" that have been diminished by the killing.
Most disturbing is the game's apparent attempt at religious indoctrination - aimed at children and focused on violent, divisive, and hateful scenarios.
The game has outraged progressive and conservative Christians alike, and despite the religious right's typical opposition to violent video games, "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" has not generated any criticism from this group and in fact gained a gleaming review from a Focus on the Family affiliated website this week.
While the religious right apparently has no problem pushing the product this holiday season, America's #1 video game seller should know better.
Click here and urge Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott to stop selling our kids religious violence.
Also, be sure to head to the DefCon Blog to learn more about the game.
Sincerely,
Clark, Jessica, and the rest of the DefCon team
P.S. Click here to read DefCon's feature on Tim LaHaye and the end times theology.
© 2006 DefCon: Campaign to Defend the Constitution
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Labels: granny
posted by Granny @ 12/06/2006 07:24:00 PM
4 Comments:
At Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:40:00 PM ,
peppylady (Dora) said...
Not sure if all wal Mart doing this or not.
The one in Sandpoint Idaho has a statue of a Mormon tabernacle.
I didn't see any other religious building s.
Don't know if the Mormons have any connection with wal-mart
At Thursday, December 14, 2006 5:40:00 PM ,
Granny said...
MJ. Thanks for your comment. Everything you said is true and I'm not sure why one Wal-Mart has a statue of the Temple.
As a Christian who doesn't live up to the fundamentalist credo, I'll be one of the targets of course.
Matter of fact, my entire denomination has been targeted (United Methodist - horrors!!).
At Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:09:00 PM ,
Granny said...
Idaho and Utah. Of course the Temple makes all kinds of sense.
I have a non LDS friend who lives in Salt Lake and has been talking about the new mall.
It's probably not too much different than all the postcards of Yosemite on sale here not that I think about it.
At Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:15:00 PM ,
Granny said...
"not that I think about it".
OOPS - meant NOW that I think about it.
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