ZeldaMcDuck
June 5th, 2008, 06:14 PM
VIRGINIA - The objective of a new video game is to stop the spread of Christianity and Islam by brutally killing biblical prophets, says the game’s atheist creator.
A graduate student at the University of Virginia created the game --which has not yet been released-- in order to give a voice to atheists, according to WSLS Television News. The grad-student wishes to remain anonymous for “fear of his safety.”
His request is understandable --considering at one point in his game players win by beheading the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Nearly a year ago, an even less bold stunt resulted in death threats to Swedish Cartoonist, Lars Viliks for portraying the prophet as a dog in one of his drawings. He was forced into hiding and required police protection.
Despite the possibility of violent retaliation, the game’s creator feels that in a world full of religious messages --the atheist message deserves its own soapbox.
“Atheists have never really had anything to speak for them like this. It’s the general atheist premise that the world might be a better place without some of those religions,” he says.
The rest here (http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0f67dd4d-6ef2-4492-a73d-6b804f92406b)
A graduate student at the University of Virginia created the game --which has not yet been released-- in order to give a voice to atheists, according to WSLS Television News. The grad-student wishes to remain anonymous for “fear of his safety.”
His request is understandable --considering at one point in his game players win by beheading the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Nearly a year ago, an even less bold stunt resulted in death threats to Swedish Cartoonist, Lars Viliks for portraying the prophet as a dog in one of his drawings. He was forced into hiding and required police protection.
Despite the possibility of violent retaliation, the game’s creator feels that in a world full of religious messages --the atheist message deserves its own soapbox.
“Atheists have never really had anything to speak for them like this. It’s the general atheist premise that the world might be a better place without some of those religions,” he says.
The rest here (http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0f67dd4d-6ef2-4492-a73d-6b804f92406b)