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Creationists object to Spore
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 10th September 2008
Already creationist movements have risen up and begun protesting against EA's Spore.
"You would think that as a member of the Episcopal Church, a smart man like Will Wright would not be capable of creating Spore. However, we must be reminded that the Episcopal Church is the only church in america that ordains homosexuals on a regular basis," says the Anti-Spore blog.
Hm - classy.
"I have received many comments saying that the game is more like intelligent design than evolution and I must say I very much disagree after using Craigslist to find someone who would allow me to watch how the game is played," says the blogger in response to our previous 'intelligent design' argument. Of course, in the process of saying all this it has unwittingly been revealed that the blogger doesn't even have a copy of Spore to play.
"Yes, the game allows the player to choose how the character looks. But the game guides you through the evolutionary theory.
If you create a character that functions badly, and you can not eat, or fight, or move fast. You have difficulty surviving. Thus you must through trial and error select a design that works. Which is the fundamental “survival of the fittest” theory behind evolution."
"God did not create us through trial and error. He did not make millions of mistakes until deciding on the final concept. Each of his concepts were perfect on the first try."
There is some good news however, which is that even the controversial creationist bloggers have contempt for Jack Thompson. After being attempting to contact Jack Thompson at the recommendation of campaign supporters, the blogger came to the following conclusion; "Turns out that Jack Thompson is a terrible lawyer."
Incidentally, if you want to make up your own mind about Spore then you can check out our nine-page review and graphical analysis of Spore. If you want to hear what Will Wright says about Spore and what he has tried to accomplish with the game then you can check out this lecture he gave on the topic too.
Do you agree with the anti-Spore campaign? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
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Comments (92)
hahahahahahahahahaha the Human body has sooooo many flaws it makes me laugh out loud whenever I see creationists saying that!
My thoughts exactly :D How many types of human beings have existed before homo sapiens?Quite a lot!This guy thinks like a medieval priest - you know back when Gallieleo said that the Earth was round and the church fried him!Pathetic...
don't these people have anything better to do? these people should be re-labeled 'cretinists'.
What I want to know is, the guy "I understand people get defensive when they know they are wrong" or something to that tune, yet, he's the one getting his knickers in a knot about a game?
I mean. It's a game. You can ignore it by simply not looking at it. EA/Will Wright aren't going knocking on doors, unlike certain Relgious groups, forcing the game on you.
Man up - If something doesn't suit your religion, have yourself a big bag of shut the **** up and ignore it. Unless it's funny, like this site for example.
Btw, eurl is missing a closing brace.
Yet another example of fundies completely missing the point because of their faith-induced short sightedness.
Still, as mentioned at least it's good for a laugh in a quiet moment.. Quote:
'This entire game is propaganda aimed directly at our children to teach them evolution instead of creationism, or intelligent design if you go for stupid PC terms.
The object of the game is to evolve from a spore into demon-like intelligent space creatures that violently take over the galaxy.'
HAHAHAHA! brilliant
*snerk*
s/creationist/cretinist Userscript anyone?
Yes we do, I need a good laugh :D
delete, delete, delete!
[2nd edit comment]man, it takes a lot of trouble to find a mild word that makes it through the swear filters!
How about we take a religious-based game, for instance Black and White (disclaimer, I have never played it myself), and let science supporters pick it to pieces?
Alternatively, we let the religious objectionists to Spore play B&W. Then, those the people who could object that B&W does not fit their beliefs of the world can then play Spore unhindered. No? Ah well, was worth a try.
i hold that earth is one of many planets in the universe housing one of his failed attempts, and that the universe may in fact be a game of Spore to God
we can play Spore inside a game of Spore, which may in fact be another game of Spore for another game of Spore... (yay, recursion)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Poe%27s+Law
hmm that is why the Raphus cucullatus became extinct then? Because God didn't make any errors in that creation did he, the dodo was just perfect, I mean look how many there are walking around out side my office...
Also I feel that someone should found a blog for rational thinking objecting to people who object to everything for ignorant reasons, that would be a good read.
sometimes i am embarassed to be a Christian. sorry.
if we'r perfect on the first try, we wouldn't look like the way we are now. we would live hundreds of years too.
oh, and i love the dodo example lol
I get really sick of middle aged people mouthing on about computer games when they've never played a single one. On the radio a few months ago an ill informed 'mum' made a comment about how 90% of console games contain a violent aim, I promptly stopped at the local supermarket to survey the XBOX360 top 20 shelf to find that it was actually only 7 out of 20, that's 35%! Most games were sports, SIMs or Racing.
However, I do like this quote from Tyrmot, I sure hope he doesn't believe that the universe began with a 'big bang' that to me seems far less likely...
I played spore last night, and while I think evolution is a joke, I quite enjoyed spore. You don't have to take everything so seriously, when you play a FPS where you run around killing hundreds of people, that doesn't mean you condone the killing of hundreds of people. Or when you play GTA, you aren't condoning the acts in the game, because it's not real, it's a fictional story that shouldn't have any bearing on anyone person's life (other than those who think they're actually real).
Hey look, a top of the range PC just APPEARED in front of me! It's got specs not even thought of yet!
That's just as likely to happen as evolution is true :p
Apparently, evolution is the one scientific theory taken as fact, that they aren't able to prove using a formula, when something is to be taken as fact, it needs its own formula that works, evolution doesn't have this, yet is still taken as fact, oh well... :D
Either way, people need to get over them selves really, spore is fun and not an attempt to misinform the whole gaming community, a lot of religious groups do far worse things and get a way with it, address those issues before complaining about petty things such as easy going games. If they put the same amount of effort into fixing the problems around the world as they do complaining, I reckon the world would be a better place.
Probably more of a small whimper :P
You need to research m