Fire and Brimstone, Guns and Ammo -- Washington Post, August 17, 2006

Bible Publisher Tyndale House Faces Boycott Over Anti-Christian Game

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

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Adam Leavelle
Westminster OPC
Roaring Spring Pa.

http://www.myspace.com/aleavelle
"Speak wisdom to a fool and he'll think you have no sense at all"

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I wonder how much knowledge Lahaye has of this. Christian marketting at its finest...

I give it two weeks before it gets yanked altogether or radically altered.

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Brad
Deacon
Redeemer Church
Jackson, MS

That is just sick!

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JC
URCNA
PA, but homesick for SC

"Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact. There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home" Bon Jovi

This Left Behind theology impugns the cause of Christ: If this is true, then dispensationalism and the Left Behind franchise is getting really tacky and disgusting. It focuses too much on the material and the physical realm.

[Edited on 8-24-2006 by Puritanhead]

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Ryan
1689 London Baptist Confession

I think it's tacky, too!

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~Jay~
Husband of ENS, father of J II. | Indian Trail, NC
Substitute Teacher
Communicant Member, Precentor | Presbyterian Reformed Church of Charlotte, NC | Presbyterian Reformed Church

I don't see anything wrong with the game except for how they kill those who don't become Christians. Other than that...it's a GAME. Are some of you against FUN???

It was tacky from book 1 - Left Behind.

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Chris Mangum
Presbyterian Reformed Church of Charlotte
student, GPTS
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He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
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They should come out with Grand Rapture Auto next.

Yeah, the books weren't written at the highest reading level but I rather enjoyed them. I didn't agree with everything in them; I don't think it is inspired and we can learn biblical prophecy from them. I just like to read and found them interesting. However, as the series went on it sorta kinda got bogged down. It should have been four books max.

"They should come out with Grand Rapture Auto next."

That would be great! You go around salvaging all the cars that Christians left behind.

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Scott Roper
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA): "A bunch of hippie Calvinists"
Winston-Salem, NC

I love video games! But in this you

1) Kill anyone who does not convert.

2) Can play as the anti-Christs minions if you choose.

No, I'm not against fun. In fact, the point you made is EXACTLY why I think it is sick. Going around an killing those that don't convert...that is a islamic jihad type mentality. We should not be portraying such a mentality. Whomever came up with the game idea is going against what scriptures teach and going to bring furthur condemnation to the name of Christ and his followers from the rest of the world who just lumps us all together.

Yes, I see that. I don't think that's right for them to do that.

Hey I hear you. That is why I said "apart from the fact that the characters kill those who won't convert", it's just a game. That is why I was asking about "fun". To stand against the violence, I agree. But to just be against a game because it's a game would be wrong. That's what I was trying to point out.

Nah, several of here play games. That's not a big deal. It's just how this game is reflecting Christianity.

I understand. On that I'd agree with you.

ATTENTION:

Okay, spoke with a friend of mine about this game. Apparently the secular media jumped the gun. She says there is an interview done with the creators of the game and that there is NO KILLING in this game...it's purely survival w/o the killing. No forcing of converts or anything.

I have asked her to send me the link to the interview. I will post an update when I actually have it.

I hope that it is true.

[Edited on 9-2-2006 by Puritanhead]

http://www.leftbehindgames.com./pages/controversy.htm

Okay, but they don't say exactly what DOES happen in the game.

Similar to, "Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

[Edited on 8-24-2006 by Scott]

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Scott Roberts
Ruling Elder, Lakeside Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Southlake, Texas

Okay. It's a good game after all. Lets go buy it!!! Woo-hoo!

Maybe.

Maybe.