[Master Gordon]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

In my home country mindcraft or lincraft or what ever you call it sells fabrics that our wives use to make their husbands, and childrens clothes. I don't understand why you would want to video game a fabric store. It just sounds silly and satanic to me..

[wikipediaishard]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

To the guys of landover, best shit that has been posted in on the site recently, you guys are god amongst man, i can't believe the shit storm brewing over at the minecraft site and even 4chan newfags falling for this shit.
I wish i could be an True Cristian some day =(

also Cranky if you read this, you are my god *bow*

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

To the guys of landover, best shit that has been posted in on the site recently, you guys are god amongst man, i can't believe the shit storm brewing over at the minecraft site and even 4chan newfags falling for this shit.
I wish i could be an True Cristian some day =(

also Cranky if you read this, you are my god *bow*

There is no God but the LORD God!

[wikipediaishard]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

There is no God but the LORD God!

Get back to the kitchen, did your husband even aprove of this post!??

[James Hutchins]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

Get back to the kitchen, did your husband even aprove of this post!??

Child, only a True Christian(tm) male can order a True Christian(tm) female.
As unsaved trash, you have no rights at all. Basically, you are like TP dingo balls.

[wikipediaishard]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

Child, only a True Christian™ male can order a True Christian™ female.
As unsaved trash, you have no rights at all. Basically, you are like TP dingo balls.

Hey you town down that voice young lady, i bet you didn't even ask your husband premission to post this just like that heathen i was talking to.

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

Get back to the kitchen, did your husband even aprove of this post!??

Please point out the scripture that says a woman is not allowed out of the kitchen.

What I do is my business and my husbands. Then again, I'm talking to someone that finds wikipedia hard, so what kind of intelligence do I expect?

Hey you town down that voice young lady, i bet you didn't even ask your husband premission to post this just like that heathen i was talking to.

Okay, now I know the level of intelligence I'm dealing with. Really? The beard and the name James didn't give away the fact that Brother Hutchins is a man?

I mean your liebral women might be that hairy, but ewww

[wikipediaishard]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

Please point out the scripture that says a woman is not allowed out of the kitchen.

What I do is my business and my husbands. Then again, I'm talking to someone that finds wikipedia hard, so what kind of intelligence do I expect?



Okay, now I know the level of intelligence I'm dealing with. Really? The beard and the name James didn't give away the fact that Brother Hutchins is a man?

I mean your liebral women might be that hairy, but ewww

Yeah that's great and all, but did you finish my sandwhich yet?

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

Yeah that's great and all, but did you finish my sandwhich yet?

Still waiting for that scripture.

[wikipediaishard]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

Still waiting for that scripture.

And God said: thou shalt go back to tee kitchen woman! Matthewperry 13:16

[Minecraft]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

Minecraft, although it is not advertised as a Christian game, is the first Christian game aimed at Secular gamers. And it's working!

There are two branches of Minecraft: Alpha, the main survival game, and Classic, which is more free-form. Both take place in a procedurally generated, natural world made entirely of blocks with low-res textures, like some sort of retro game, only 3D and huge (in Alpha the world goes on forever since it's generated on the fly as you travel.) Blocks can be taken from and added to the world to shape it as the player sees fit, although you need to make tools and gather supplies of blocks to do this in Alpha.

You start above ground in an outdoors environment filled with hills, mountains, oceans, grassy plains, sandy beaches, rocky outcrops, and forests. You can also dig into the ground and find caverns, underground waterfalls, and lava. Even though it's all low-res blocks it's really beautiful!



In Alpha, the player isn't told what to do or given any back-story, but it is clear to those familiar with the Bible that the game takes place in a world much like it was shortly after the Fall. The land is vast and unspoiled by human settlements, but death has entered the world. During the day you gather resources to build shelters and craft supplies. When night falls, demons appear and try to kill you.

At first glance the game doesn't appear overtly Christian, but the more you play the more it become apparent that the goal of its creator (a programmer named Notch) was to teach Biblical wisdom.



Many lessons from the Bible are delivered to the player through intuitive immersion: For example, the player learns through trial and error to build his shelter on solid rock instead of falling sand, much as we should build our lives on the rock of Jesus. This is the same lesson taught in Matthew 7:24-27, however by engaging the player in actively experiencing the parable, the game subtly and effectively reaches Secular gamers who might otherwise reject explicit witnessing.



One of the central lessons comes when the player realizes that the most important thing to craft in the game are torches. Demons can spawn anywhere there is darkness, like at night or in caves. Torches keep this from happening, conveying the importance of light in a dark world. This makes the player more receptive to the good news that Jesus is the light: "I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness" (John 12:46) and "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" (John 8:12).



Just like in real life, wandering around Minecraft in the dark is a sure way to fall victim to demons. Again, this conveys Jesus' teachings: "If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him" (John 11:9-10). The demons' fondness for darkness and spontaneously combusting in sunlight are also Biblically founded: "They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof ... For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death" (Job 24:13,17).



In the beginning, the player is fearful of darkness, but soon learns that light provides safety and his fears subside: "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" (Psalm 27:1).

The Biblical themes of solidness of rock and righteousness of light are central to Minecraft's gameplay. Even the most Secular of gamers will have these values instilled in them effortlessly without realizing they are learning the Gospel.

Another Biblical theme is Spiritual Warfare. Eventually the player is able to craft armor and a sword. This is necessary to survive the scariest of the demons, the creeper, which can silently sneak up on you and explode. Unlike other demons, creepers can survive sunlight without burning, teaching the player the value of putting on the Full Armor of God in order to engage demonic powers (Ephesians 6:10-18).



(And back to the theme of light, another enemy, the giant spiders, can also survive in the day. But sunlight makes them become peaceful, showing how the light of Jesus can transform even the most wicked among us.)

To reach the Secular gamers who would never play an explicitly Christian game, Minecraft needs to be subtle and non-threatening, teaching Christian values without scaring off those whose hearts have been hardened by years of anti-Christian conditioning. Still, there are clues to the Christian purpose of the game. The most obvious is the name: Minecraft Alpha. This is of course a reference to Jesus' revelation that He is the Alpha and the Omega (Rev. 22:13). Also, the only animals in the game you can kill for food are pigs. This emphasizes the New Covenant with Jesus where we can now eat delicious ham -- a common ground we share with most Secularized people.

The other branch of Minecraft, Classic, doesn't have demons, darkness, torches, or many other Gospel elements that Alpha has. Instead, you are simply allowed to build whatever you want using an infinite supply of all types of blocks. This branch, based on an earlier version of the game, is free to play online and the multiplayer mode of it has a more social feel, kind of like a chat room where you can build things.



It's this multiplayer mode, in both Alpha and Classic, that's the true strength of Minecraft as not just a Biblical game, but a witnessing platform. Once Secular gamers are hooked on the innovative, open-ended, gameplay and have had many key Biblical values sowed in their minds, then they will be receptive to being approached by Minecraft missionaries in the multiplayer servers. Here is the real beginning of Salvation for these lost gamers, as they discover how the values they learned playing Minecraft apply to the Truth of God's plan for us all.



Minecraft Alpha is still under heavy development, with many more improvements and features planned. You can pre-purchase it now for half off the price of the final version (about $13.50). It's already a hit among Secular gamers and probably the biggest cross-over game on the Christian market today. Even though it is still a work in progress, I'm giving it †††††. It is an excellent game that teaches core Biblical values and represents the future of online Evangelism.

[Cranky Old Man]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

So you copied some stuff from here: http://objectiveministries.org/zound...minecraft.html

Well, that is very "impressive" of you. What other skills do you have? Are you toilet trained yet?

[Minecraft]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

Why, yes! I did copy it from there. Thought I'd show you guys.

[Meek and Humble]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

Why, yes! I did copy it from there. Thought I'd show you guys.

You thought you'd show us that you are a plagiarist?

[Minecraft]

Re: Minecraft: Makes children sex slaves and destroys our economy

You thought you'd show us that you are a plagiarist?

I thought I'd show you that minecraft isn't bad, and that I could prove it by copying and pasting something I read

You always assume the worst of someone, why can't you assume anything better? You always have to put people down, why can't you put people up? I don't quite understand you...