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August 17, 2007

Killing in the Name of Allah or Jesus is Wrong

The western world is coming unglued over a new video game put out by Hezbollah in which players become mujahideen and kill Israelis. It's called "Special Force 2" - a name and concept eerily similar to "Left Behind: Eternal Forces," in which players become Christians who go around a post-apocalyptic New York City and force people at gunpoint to convert to Christianity or be killed. I wonder why one is OK and the other is not? Christians, of course, offer a softened view of their game, though seem untroubled by the fact that they're killing non-believers, but because they don't understand the perspective of Hezbollah (and I'll confess, I don't understand it, either), they cannot see how people could enjoy playing at killing Jews - and yet they think it is a real kick in the pants to play their righteous game and kill Jews or Muslims or anyone else who won't become a Christian. Well, I can't see how anyone can enjoy playing at killing anyone, frankly, and it doesn't matter to me whether that person is praying to Allah or to Jesus. The sooner we figure out that killing each other - or even playing at killing each other - only leads to more actual killing of each other, the better off we'll all be.

Posted by Becky at August 17, 2007 09:02 AM