Religious faith versus Non-conformist faith and the Sims 2
wyrmking:
Quote from: amar_el7ob on September 30, 2008, 12:34:00 am
As a Muslim, I'm pretty strict with my values according to Islam. When I started to play the sims, I was having fun and wouldn't take my game to the heart. It's just a game. When I saw creators making the sims more diverse, I was so excited. I got inspired to create sims and share my religion of Islam and the way Muslim women act or Muslims in general.
So does that mean your female Sims are second class citizens in the eyes of your god and religion? And yes, I've read the Qu'ran (and the Bible too).
Faith is such an archaic concept. It started when people didn't understand the world they lived in. Now that we have better understanding of things, like the world is round and homosexuality is biological, there's really no more excuse to use religion for various acts of hate and bigotry.
It would be fine if people concentrated on the GOOD parts of their faith like being good, and loving their neighbor, etc., but that's not the case.
rian90:
Quote from: Tenshii~Akari on September 03, 2008, 08:55:50 am
and are almost, "Golden Rule" worthy (but not quite there).
The 'Golden Rule' can be found in almost every major religion and many minor ones, some dated far before the Christian or even the Jewish eras. As in most religions, certain ideas were co-opted by the major religions of the time. I suggest you do a google search on the Golden Rule along with the variety of religious interpretations. Its amazing how the biblical form is almost verbatim compared to earlier versions from different religions.
boeketjebloemen:
I study religious studies in real life, and the sims is one of the places I go to when I don't want to have anything to do with religion for a while. So, I definitely do not associate my sims with religion in any way.
I've studied witchcraft & wicca, but realised I liked learning of them, but not actually practising them. Which is why I study religions.
Sim witches do not have anything to do with "real" witches, nor do they have anything to do with wicca. Wicca & witchcraft are so incredibly different from the sim witches. The only thing they have in common is that they can use a book to look up information. :p
I understand why EA is staying away from putting anything remotely resembling "real" religion into the sims. A lot of people from other religions would throw a fit, and it would probably hurt the sales.
Yaakovashoshana:
Quote from: caffeinated.joy on September 02, 2008, 11:01:49 pm
Now, it goes back a long time, starting with the Burning Times. The Burning Times happened during a part of the Middle Ages and Rennaisance in Europe and the Americas.
Just a minor point for clarification. Witches were not burnt at the stake in the Americas (particularly Salem Village in the Massachusetts colony). The method of execution employed was hanging. Although one unfortunate was accidentally "pressed" to death in an effort to extract a confession. The accused was placed under a board and stones were piled upon it until a confession was extracted. Except this poor fellow refused to confess and got squished. (ewwww . . .)
Aquarius:
Ugh, why am I not surprised at this topic? I thought fellow simmers would be more intelligent then to go mixing the game with satanism just because it has witchcraft. It's this type of intolerance that's the reason there are so many atheists in the world today, because people like that chick and those wackos in the Westburo Baptist Church (Oh God! Don't get me started on them) Try and make people believe that God is this intolerant dictator who casts anybody who isn't christian into hell. Those people make me happy that I've been raised to be a tolerant catholic.
As avid Harry Potter reader, the whole magic aspect of Apartment life was what got me hooked on the game, only a good like 15% of my sims actually live in apartments lol. Does this mean I support satanism? NO! It means I get a kick out of sicking a swarm of bees on my sim enemies 2mad
EDIT: OH CRAP! I didn't realize the the date of the last post on this topic! I assumed it hadn't been too long ago since this thread was still on the first page. Sorry for the necropost
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