Re: Oblivion: Video Game Promoting WITCHCRAFT, SATANISM, & POLYTH
As a person who quite regularly plays computer games I wanted to voice a different viewpoint on the game that seems to have cause 38 pages of argument.
I have played Oblivion and the expansions for it. I played them start to finish. Now some of you may feel that I should be burned at the stake for that but I ask you this. What is evil, the game or people's actions within it?
Let me explain myself. It is obvious from many of the opinions here that many of you are not computer gamers. This game is a type of game called a sandbox game. It is called that because there is no set path through the game. You can build your character as you see fit, kind of like building a sand castle, hence the name.
On the very first page of this thread Rev.Osborne put up a picture of one of the evil creatures in the game and many of you judged the entire game on that one picture.
When I played the game, I built up a knight character. And I played the game as a knight in shining armor. I went around the beautiful world that Bethesda Software created and vanquished evil and brought about justice and helped the people in the game.
One scenario in the game springs to mind. In the game I came across a band of pilgrims out in the woods. They were trying to start a new community until a horde of goblins set upon them and stole their equipment preventing them from continuing. So I rode out on my horse, killed the goblins and returned their belongings.
Days later while playing the game I happened to ride past the same spot as I was on my way to another city and I found the place where I met the pilgrims. Instead of just forest, I found the beginnings of a town which was being built by the characters in the game and I was thanked for my help.
This game is simply the exploration of a fantasy world that has sprung from the imagination of a person. How a person chooses to act within that imaginary world is another matter.
Forget the game for a minute. If you give me a gun, I might choose to shoot a deer and feed my family. If you give the gun to a member of a notorious street gang they may choose to shoot another person for no reason at all.
So I ask again, what is evil? The gun? Or is it the person's actions with that gun?
I leave you with a few other scenes from the game from that game. Those who shun the game because of one picture are missing out on the beautiful scenes that can be found within it.
[SATANIC IMAGES REPLACED WITH GODLY DEPICTIONS OF CHRIST'S SUFFERING]


As a person who quite regularly plays computer games I wanted to voice a different viewpoint on the game that seems to have cause 38 pages of argument.
I have played Oblivion and the expansions for it. I played them start to finish. Now some of you may feel that I should be burned at the stake for that but I ask you this. What is evil, the game or people's actions within it?
Let me explain myself. It is obvious from many of the opinions here that many of you are not computer gamers. This game is a type of game called a sandbox game. It is called that because there is no set path through the game. You can build your character as you see fit, kind of like building a sand castle, hence the name.
On the very first page of this thread Rev.Osborne put up a picture of one of the evil creatures in the game and many of you judged the entire game on that one picture.
When I played the game, I built up a knight character. And I played the game as a knight in shining armor. I went around the beautiful world that Bethesda Software created and vanquished evil and brought about justice and helped the people in the game.
One scenario in the game springs to mind. In the game I came across a band of pilgrims out in the woods. They were trying to start a new community until a horde of goblins set upon them and stole their equipment preventing them from continuing. So I rode out on my horse, killed the goblins and returned their belongings.
Days later while playing the game I happened to ride past the same spot as I was on my way to another city and I found the place where I met the pilgrims. Instead of just forest, I found the beginnings of a town which was being built by the characters in the game and I was thanked for my help.
This game is simply the exploration of a fantasy world that has sprung from the imagination of a person. How a person chooses to act within that imaginary world is another matter.
Forget the game for a minute. If you give me a gun, I might choose to shoot a deer and feed my family. If you give the gun to a member of a notorious street gang they may choose to shoot another person for no reason at all.
So I ask again, what is evil? The gun? Or is it the person's actions with that gun?
I leave you with a few other scenes from the game from that game. Those who shun the game because of one picture are missing out on the beautiful scenes that can be found within it.
[SATANIC IMAGES REPLACED WITH GODLY DEPICTIONS OF CHRIST'S SUFFERING]



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