Gamers Sue To Have Violent Bible Removed from Store Shelves
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The Bible. A big book of bullshit, most of it silly and a lot of it filled with violent imagery. It should, at the least, carry a warning, along the vein of those found on cigarette packages, which makes it clear that reading the bible can lead children to believe that murder, sodomy, incest, and etc. is just what Jesus would do, therefore it’s a good thing.
It seems some giant retailers in Australia aren’t stocking Grand Theft Auto V, claiming it’s misogynistic and sends a bad message to kids. As a result, gamers have started a petition of their own to stop sales of the Bible—on the grounds that it’s misogynistic and sends a bad message to kids. “It’s a book that encourages readers to murder women for entertainment,” reads the petition at Change.org. The petition asks, with a proverbial straight face apparently, that Target stores in Australia stop selling the Bible, and it had collected more than 27,000 signatures as of today.
Target and Kmart Australia are among Aussie chains that have bowed to silly advocacy groups and opted not to sell the game, notes the Hollywood Reporter. “Kmart apologizes for not being closer to the content of this game,” says a company statement picked up by ABC News of Australia. Critics cite clips such as one described by Bloomberg/Businessweek that “features a first-person character who picks up a sickly looking hooker on the street, has sex with her in his car, then gets annoyed with her chattering and punches her in the face before before running her over and driving away.” Gamers point out that GTA‘s rating means it can’t be sold to minors.
I guarantee you can find a lot of passages in the Bible that make this clip look like a nursery rhyme.
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Here’s another contradictory quote.
Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
Religion of peace and love, my eyes.
Yeah. Bunch of hypocrites is what they are.
Imma let President Bartlett have the last word for me, myself and I.
Loved The West Wing…
Bible says God hates Gays….So much for tolerance….
13“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Well actually the need to be put to death apparently.
How stupid is that? Jesus preached ye without sin cast the first stone. Apparently Old Testament “God” didn’t teach that
Leviticus is a crazy book in the Bible. For kicks I recommend reading .For instance,
Yahweh BURNS to death Moses’ grandsons (Aaron’s sons) for offering incorrectly.
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10 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command. 2 So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:
“‘Among those who approach
me
I will be proved holy;
in the sight of all the people
I will be honored.’”
Aaron remained silent.
(I’d be quiet too in front of this killer)
How f’ing crazy is that. Seems more likely that Yahweh was a physical being pretending to be God or they smoked some bad herbs because that ain’t a loving God.
Ironically in Mathew Jesus tells that the Hebrew God isn’t his God, but most biblical scholars don’t see the message.
The Church and message of Christ have been hijacked for 2000 years
Totally fucking crazy. And millions of Jesus Jumpers actually believe this shit.
Leviticus is also the “book” that for millions means that “man” truly has dominion over all of the creatures of the world, thus encouraging their wanton and senseless slaughter.
Well then, I am truly a bad example of that dominion shit. We had a little snail family crawling on the patio door windows and I collected every last one of them and put them back in the grass, where they could at least have a chance to eat. I have spiders gently picked up and put outside by my other half, I am scared of them. Flies I swat, coz they are annoying little fuckers.
LOL…I do all that as well as the fly swatting…
I have a simple rule regarding critters: I do not willingly share my living space with any creature whose natural complement of legs is less than two or more than four.
Sex and violence have always sold. We Jesus Folk need all the tools we can use to get people the read The Bible.
Now for that “burning bush” double entendre. Read The Book…
LOL…yeah. About that bush …..
There is medication for that burning bush stuff now you know. No need to be all ashamed Joe. Yer welcome.
Dang. If I wasn’t a good republican and Bible thumper now we could have some real fun with this Jess.
And my kids read this. They’d tell on me.
Yeah Mike, I think the part about God destroying an entire city and turning people into pillars of stone may mislead youth a bit. Oh, and when Samson kills a bunch of people with the jawbone of an ass.
Ha! I forgot about the whole jawbone of the ass thing 🙂
The could simply mark the bible as fiction and put it in the adults-only section. Anything else is suppressing free speech isn’t it?
I don’t think this is a free speech issue. They aren’t suggesting the Bible be destroyed, but only that these two stores not stock it because it is violent. They appear to be using their own words against them.
Maybe I should have said “Free speech and freedom of religion” as that’s what the fundies would be whining.