Pope condemns video games

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Originally Posted by fistikuffs

Hi i read the bible and it said moses lived till 700 years old? And it also implied that Adam and Eve's children were incestuous and it said that snakes can talk and that god murdered women and children (egyptians) and noah managed to fit two of every species of animal on a boat(!!??) (even though new species are still being discovered all the time). Noah forgot to bring the unicorns but their fossils have never been found. Actually the bible says a lot of bullshit and anyone who would base an argument or even their way of life on what the bible says is gullible and sad. Please pm me I will argue against your bullshit bible and religion all day.

Back on topic: if the pope had his way we would spend our spare time burning homosexuals and helping the church to cover up for child molesting priests. No you're right the church isn't full of child molesters but tell me this: How many is too much? One priest doing this is too many if you ask me and there is much more than one. That evil looking b@stard pope should reflect on the havoc that has and is still being inflicted on the world because of religions just like his.

What's that mr pope? video games are the problem? No problem mr pope now piss off:mad: :mad: :mad:

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I would like to hit you very hard.

i'm sure the pope would approve of that action

*Sigh*

Another religious debate. I think I'll sit this one out guys.

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Originally Posted by jdnation

Perhaps you guys that are attacking Pope Benedict need to shut the hell up and actually read what the Pope said:

"Any trend to produce programs and products - including animated movies and video games - which in the name of entertainment exalt violence and portray anti-social behaviour or the trivilization of human sexuality is a perversion, all the more repulsive when these programs are directed at childrenand adolescents."

On the Church's World Communications Day, the Church speaks out against all media that specifically EXALTS violence... in other words glorifies it and criminal activities and sexual perversion! NOT ALL movies, animated films or games! Just a specific type! Go and read about media in something called 'The Cathecism of the Catholic Church.' But since I'm sure a lot of you are ignorant about religion (invisible man in the sky... haven't heard that one before... good one atheists... haha :rofl: The Church is full of pedophiles as much as gamers are dim witted fat virgin male morons who live in their parents basements and throw tantrums and resort to violence and shooting up classmates in school whenever mommy and daddy won't let them play counter strike because they didn't finish their homework), I'll give you a brief summary of what it states, it goes something like this...

Any media, whatever it's content, must ultimately be judged based solely on the intent of its creators and what they meant to convey.

So basically you can have violent movies and games and things that touch upon mature themes... But at the end, what is the moral of the story? What is the message? IS there a point? Is your avatar or the character well intentioned? (Solid Snake, Sam Fisher etc.) or is it glorifying violence and sex for the sake of glorifying violence and sex? (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Hentai games).

In other words, the title of the article and this thread is misleading, the Pope did not slam video games and animated movies. Just a certain kind! Same for films and other media. Move along nothing to see here...

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Right on! This is the most reasonable post I've read in this topic. The title is very misleading, and I hate that stereotype about the Catholic Church being pedophiles. In fact, I hate stereotypes all together. Are all Mexicans illegal immigrants who are screwing up America? Are all gamers fat piece-of-crap slobs? Are all Muslims terrorists?

of course religion has caused more death than video games. it's been going on for milleniea (sp?)

who gives a f*** what the pope thinks?? is anyone here a catholic? i was baptised catholic, it doenst stop me thinking catholism (and every other religion) is retarded.

i'll probably get flamed for this, but i'm only saying what i think, i'm not trying to convert anyone (something i leave the religous nuts to do) - you're all entitiled to your own opinions / views / beliefs... millions of people interpret it all in different ways, and that is a big chunk of the problem

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Originally Posted by mnky

I would like to hit you very hard.

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I'm sure you would. That's religions answer to all it's critics...hit them hard.

If you don't get me maybe your fake god will take care of me?:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by fistikuffs

I'm sure you would. That's religions answer to all it's critics...hit them hard.

If you don't get me maybe your fake god will take care of me?:thumbup:

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Correct! I'll throw in what I think of religion (as a whole).

Since the beginning of time, humans have had religion. Why? It gives them something to believe in, and to worship (which there is absolutely nothing wrong with). Now, what proof is out there, that the religion you worship is correct? There really isn't any, except for the Bible.

The Bible is kind of a joke. Why? Because it has been edited and translated so many times, that we have no clue as to what it originaly said. Yet, people still follow it, and have faith in it.

I'm sure some of you knew I was going to bring this up but, what about the topic of Extraterrestrials?

People claim to have seen strange objects hovering or traveling at very high speeds. I personally thought it was all bullshit... until one day.

It was about 12:30 AM, clear night (can't remember the day, it was in the summer time). I was working on some stupid homework in my bed (with my laptop, dull screen). I look up and I see a slightly brighter light up in the sky, that I hadn't noticed before. I said "Hmm... that's weird, and kept working. Since the homework I was working on was VERY boring, I looked at the star again for a few minutes. And all of a sudden... BAM... it takes off and stops one arms length from where it originaly was (measured it). Then it zooms of at a vertical angle (to the right, it came from the left). I would say it was pretty far away, a few miles at least.

I was VERY startled , I had just seen a damn UFO! This experience caused me to totally rethink everything I had been taught about religion. I studied the subject extensively, and I found there was TONS of proof that these guys exist...

1. There are BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of stars in this galaxy ALONE. To say that none of them could have any life on them because God made us special, is just ignorant at best.

2. Look at all the eyewitness accounts. It's not just ordinary people your talking about here! It's military officals, naval officers, you name it, all have people that have seen them.

3. Look at the odds of seeing one. I remember reading somewhere that "...one in six people in the United States alone, has had, or know someone that has had percieved contact with Extraterrestials in their lifetime". Now, I don't know about you, but that would have be A TON of druggies for that to be untrue! And I know I'm not one!

4. Look at the stupid excuses by the government to explain it. Like "Oh, it was some space junk". That traveled faster then anything we currently know of? Yeah, right.

In conclusion, I think that religion is somethinf that man has made up to keep living for.

He thinks hes doing the right thing all the time?? Poor him... I want Pope John Paulo Back,., ""I think thats how u spell it""

So the guy that was formally part of the Hitler Youth is trying to tell us whats morally acceptable eh?

good point. i had heard that before.