The Purpose Driven Life Takers (Part 1)

[survivor999]

Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group whose purpose is to remake America as a Christian theocracy, and establish its worldly vision of the dominion of Christ over all aspects of life. You are issued high-tech military weaponry, and instructed to engage the infidel on the streets of New York City. You are on a mission - both a religious mission and a military mission -- to convert or kill Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, gays, and anyone who advocates the separation of church and state - especially moderate, mainstream Christians. Your mission is "to conduct physical and spiritual warfare"; all who resist must be taken out with extreme prejudice. You have never felt so powerful, so driven by a purpose: you are 13 years old. You are playing a real-time strategy video game whose creators are linked to the empire of mega-church pastor Rick Warren, best selling author of The Purpose Driven Life.

The game, slated for release by October 2006 in advance of the Christmas shopping rush, has been previewed at video game exhibitions, and reviewed by major newspapers and magazines. But until now, no fan or critic has pointed out the controversial game's connection to Mr. Warren or his dominionist agenda.

More: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2006/5/29/195855/959

[acmavm]

1. And the fundie hypocrites are always bitching about violence on t.v.

If they weren't such a dangerous and disgusting group, this would be funny.

[survivor999]

2. Aren't these terrorists?

What's the difference between them and the Taliban?...

[TheMadMonk]

3. The Taliban are more honest.

[acmavm]

4. Nothing. I wonder if this video game has to carry the infamous

warning regarding violence on it? We need to make sure it does.

[survivor999]

5. Exactly right...

I'll have to check the box the nxt time I go to a videogame store...

[TheMightyFavog]

7. Check out this screenshot from the game:

And now, the original fresco:



My goodness, theocratic death squads wandering the streets of New York slaughtering the unbelivers, leaving their corpses to pile up, all the while shouting "Praise the Lord!" is kosher, but heaven forbid they show an accurate depiction of one of the greates frescos from the Rennisance era beacuse it contains a penis! Get a pair of boxers on Adam, post haste!

[Epiphany4z]

8. They covered up the

booty of the angel at the bottom too...and the cherubs all look a bit more blond...do you think they bleached there hair?...or maybe it is a master race thing...shrug...

[kath]

15. Also covered up the suggestion of breasts on the angel that

SkyDaddy has his left arm around. Two other areas also covered up - The pubic area of the angel on the bottom left, and the buttocks of the one just to the right of him/her.

Wow. Just wow.

[johnnypneumatic]

12. why is that old guy in bed with a bunch of blond boys?

is he inviting the other guy to come join in on the fun?

[survivor999]

14. Was thinking that tooo

No wonder there are all these problems with children abuse... Even the big guy up there does it!!

[survivor999]

13. Dunno...

Do they think god a pedophile or something?...

[acmavm]

20. That is so sad it's pitiful. How pitiful to be so ashamed of oneself that

they can't stand to see the reality of the human body depicted in art. What day was it that God invented cloth? Wasn't that what got Adam and Eve in a pickle, discovering their nakedness? They must not know their Old Testament very well.

[TheMightyFavog]

21. Of course they don't know this...

Aside from the bits against gays, the only book they really obsess over is Revalation.

[spuddonna]

23. Why does their version look like God is pointing...

... right at Adam's loin covered 'package'??! :wow:

"Thine naughty bits willst be covered, yea even until the ends of time..." (zap! loincloth appears...)

[survivor999]

24. Ahahah!

They look like Calvin Klein underpants! :)

[spuddonna]

25. More like Underoos...

I think that's more their style... :evilgrin:

[lyonn]

6. Now this is really sick. nt

[StellaBlue]

9. WHOAH.

Another case where I am scratching my head and going, "only in American, only in America."

Is this for real?

[TheMightyFavog]

11. Oh, yeah...

Frankly, I was wondering what took them so long to come out with a game based on those crappy left Behind books.

[Drops_not_Dope]

10. Warren is probably connected

to this group, http://www.reformation.net/
It's called Coalition on Revival. I found it yesterday while looking up some info on Pat Robertson.(LINK) http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050919/blumenthal
These people believe in changing the "behavior" of Americans to a biblical way of life. No separation between church and state. They have several documents in PDF form with their agenda. I downloaded the one on government. Very scary group.

[survivor999]

18. Very crazy group...

Wonder what meds they take to keep themselves in this state of mind. Or perhaps they should take meds to snap out of it.

[newyawker99]

19. Hi Drops_not_Dope!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[survivor999]

16. This calls for another

, competing, videogame where the hero is a secular atheist warrior whose mission is to slaughter fundies to save America from the return of the Middle Ages... Title could be: Fundy Slayer.

[BreweryYardRat]

26. Ooh. Yes please.

Although a more interesting idea would be a Christian hero who regrets having to kill people, but realizes that fundamentalist tyranny is too big a risk to all the people in America and around the world for the dominionists to be allowed to live.

Unless they repent.

[bobbieinok]

17. talk2action should be on every DUer's check list to monitor dominionists

[survivor999]

22. Well said.

And kick.