Jesus Christ in a video game?

[Phronema]

A buddy happened to send a link to the game below to me as he knows these types of topics are of interest to me. It has the player going through the acts of the New Testament as Jesus Christ from the time of His baptism until the time of His resurrection.

I'd like to know other Christian's thoughts on Jesus Christ being depicted in a video game? Is this sort of thing tasteful so long as it keeps to the New Testament? Could it be used as an informative, or educational tool for children/adults? Or is it distasteful due to depicting Him in any way?

I Am Jesus Christ is a 'realistic' sim where you fight Satan | PC Gamer

 

[Jonaitis]

A buddy happened to send a link to the game below to me as he knows these types of topics are of interest to me. It has the player going through the acts of the New Testament as Jesus Christ from the time of His baptism until the time of His resurrection.

I'd like to know other Christian's thoughts on Jesus Christ being depicted in a video game? Is this sort of thing tasteful so long as it keeps to the New Testament? Could it be used as an informative, or educational tool for children/adults? Or is it distasteful due to depicting Him in any way?

I Am Jesus Christ is a 'realistic' sim where you fight Satan | PC Gamer

Yeah, well, any depictions of God is more than distasteful, it is pure idolatry (see Exodus 20:4-6).

Now, if that had the Acts of the Apostles, that may be interesting! There are ways of avoiding the depictions of Christ, especially with Paul's vision. Especially if you added dialogue.

 

[Going_Nowhere]

That looks....interesting.

 

[Not David]

A buddy happened to send a link to the game below to me as he knows these types of topics are of interest to me. It has the player going through the acts of the New Testament as Jesus Christ from the time of His baptism until the time of His resurrection.

I'd like to know other Christian's thoughts on Jesus Christ being depicted in a video game? Is this sort of thing tasteful so long as it keeps to the New Testament? Could it be used as an informative, or educational tool for children/adults? Or is it distasteful due to depicting Him in any way?

I Am Jesus Christ is a 'realistic' sim where you fight Satan | PC Gamer

There is a reference to Jesus Christ in God of War II

 

[Heavenhome]

Any depictions of Jesus is wrong,IMHO.

 

[dzheremi]

Frivolity breeds light-mindedness. Jesus Christ is God. Is it okay to play being God? That is a general question beyond any one game (e.g., what about in a play or a movie, for instance?), but as to this specific thing, I wouldn't play it and I don't think it would be right to play. Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God.

If you want to experience what Christ experienced, come to the Holy Week celebrations.

 

[S.O.J.I.A.]

Any depictions of Jesus is wrong,IMHO.

that's not a humble opinion, that a humble FACT!

 

[Not David]

This is not General Theology so move your iconoclasm somewhere else.

 

[Heavenhome]

that's not a humble opinion, that a humble FACT!

Thank you and thank you for updating IMHO, I thought it meant in my honest opinion! That will teach me to just write out my answers properly!

 

[Strathos]

Stuff like this in media has existed for a very long time. I'd recommend staying away from it.

 

[iluvatar5150]

I don’t think these people know what a “realistic sim” is.

 

[S.O.J.I.A.]

I thought it meant in my honest opinion!

you actually may be right. it could go either way.

honestly, it's a FACT!

 

[NothingIsImpossible]

The people behind the game are known trolls.

 

[Phronema]

Thank you all for the responses!

 

[Phronema]

The people behind the game are known trolls.

Interesting. What else have they done?

 

[lasthero]

As an atheist, I’m obviously not offended by this, though now that I think about it, I’m curious what Christians think. There are plenty of movies about Christ, is this worse than them? And if playing as Christ is the problem, is acting as him in a movie a problem, too?

 

[Going_Nowhere]

Probably won't be as sacrilegious as the game Bible Fight.


(If you haven't heard of Bible Fight, look it up. I'd post the game, but I don't want to get modded.)

 

[bekkilyn]

I remember back in the day playing the single-player Ultima series and people on internet groups were complaining that they always had to play the Avatar character as a good guy. I could just imagine if this game ever got popular, people would be complaining that there were no bad guy options for Jesus.

I'm not offended just by the idea of having a Jesus main character in a game, but I'm also not particularly interested in playing such a game.

 

[Barney2.0]

I think certain people are using this thread to preach iconoclasm, another heresy. From what I’ve read on it, it seems to be wholly based on the New Testament, if that’s the case, then I wouldn’t really have an issue with it. So long as Christ is accurately presented and not blasphemed in any way shape or form. Of course the idea of putting religious figures, especially the most important religious figure in history who is Jesus Christ, into a video game is a bit unsettling. I personally believe we should be closely watching and paying attention to things like this whenever they pop up.

 

[Daniel9v9]

I'm not worried about visual representations of Christ, but I think any story that steps outside of what actually happened in the Biblical narrative is problematic. We shouldn't add to or deduct from Scriptures.

Besides this, the game looks pretty awkward to me.