Religious faith versus Non-conformist faith and the Sims 2
J00wish:
I just LOVE learning about different religions. Thank you so much for sharing.
Technically the Sims2 game does offer religion as a part of the Happy Holiday SP. I have to admit I was curious about it and bought it this past weekend. I want to see what it allows you to do. I saw the Menorahs but I am not sure if it's just a decoration or you can actually light a candle for each night. I don't mind them having a SP with these add ons and want to even see what happens if I play the Christian part of it. I realize a lot of it is incorrect (tree, actual birth of Christ, etc...) and that these ceremonies were taken from other ones, but they are being used as Christian holidays from what I can tell.
Lael, what's a Shaman?
EKozski:
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BlackKat13:
I never understood the problem with witches in video games, or stories. The witches portrayed in games, and folklore are very very different from witches as explained in the bible. Wicca and paganism is different from this as well. I saw a fair few girls dressed as witches at my church's Halloween party last year, and I would bet I'll see plenty this year as well. Plenty of Christians can see the difference.
shc:
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Technically the Sims2 game does offer religion as a part of the Happy Holiday SP. I have to admit I was curious about it and bought it this past weekend. I want to see what it allows you to do. I saw the Menorahs but I am not sure if it's just a decoration or you can actually light a candle for each night. I don't mind them having a SP with these add ons and want to even see what happens if I play the Christian part of it. I realize a lot of it is incorrect (tree, actual birth of Christ, etc...) and that these ceremonies were taken from other ones, but they are being used as Christian holidays from what I can tell.
Honestly, I've never considered the Happy Holiday SP to be particularly religious. Before my family became Wiccan we were one of those families that seems to be the norm of today, did not go to church, somewhat athiestic but still kindof believing in a higher power, cuss using 'oh my god' 'jesus christ' 'jesus mary and joseph' etc etc without it actually meaning anything, and most specifically we still celebrated christmas and easter as well (holloween isn't really celebrated in australia). Alot of people do, even fullblown athiest. These holidays in my belief have transended beyond their religious purpose and have become instead apart of tradition and culture of the western world. Even now that I am wiccan I still give out christmas cards
to my friends and even gifts to the junior members of my family(who are stoked that they get 'xmas' twice a year). And I'm not above getting wasted with my friends at their xmas parties either :wink:
As to religion in the game, as enayla said the game is so politically correct that the thought of doing such never actually occurs to you. I have the Happy Holiday edition of sims 2 and I usually try to give them 'xmas' in seasons midwinter but half the time I forget anway. But to me the xmas thing I try to do isn't about religion it is more about my culture if anything.
In my Medieval hood I have a convent and a monastary, but that wasn't so much trying to add religion in my game but as way of controlling the population in a hood that only has 'try for baby' as an option:D
As to these witches in AL, I actually never saw them as 'wiccan' witches, or even 'satanic' witches for that matter. To me they are more like the witches in such works of fiction like 'The Wizard of Oz'. I even like the fact that if your witch becomes sufficiently evil enough their skin turns green, as a wiccan I would consider it the threefold rule taking effect, afterall karmas a b****. There are some wiccans who consider The Wizard of Oz to be offensive to wiccans/witches. Personally I don't see how, firstly because the witches on the story arent stylised on wiccan witches, and secondly the story also has Glenda the Good Witch which demonstrates in the story that not all witches are bad, which if anything would give witches in general good PR.
kathy:
See shc this is what I totally relate to with the exception we aren't Wiccan. We have children so naturally we celebrate Christmas, Halloween and Easter. While Eric and myself are both atheist our children are allowed to choose what they believe in. Two of our children are indeed Christians while one isn't. We do not judge our children for their choices.
In my game there is no religion. I don't play the way most people play and even if I did my game would remain the same. To echo what Enayla said I like the political correctness of the game that there is a complete middle ground. I do have a religious set that I created for someone else in my folder that sadly has never been put to use.
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Honestly, I've never considered the Happy Holiday SP to be particularly religious. Before my family became Wiccan we were one of those families that seems to be the norm of today, did not go to church, somewhat athiestic but still kindof believing in a higher power, cuss using 'oh my god' 'jesus christ' 'jesus mary and joseph' etc etc without it actually meaning anything, and most specifically we still celebrated christmas and easter as well (holloween isn't really celebrated in australia). Alot of people do, even fullblown athiest. These holidays in my belief have transended beyond their religious purpose and have become instead apart of tradition and culture of the western world. Even now that I am wiccan I still give out christmas cards
to my friends and even gifts to the junior members of my family(who are stoked that they get 'xmas' twice a year). And I'm not above getting wasted with my friends at their xmas parties either :wink:
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