Religion is not fictitious, it is a real phenomenon, meaning, religions exist, people live and die by their religions. The religious temple exists, they are not fictitious.
Granted, unbeliever can claim this or that god does not exist, they can even claim the supernatural does not exist, but they can never claim religion does not exist.
Religion is a social phenomena, it is impossible to deny its existence.
Now, games never claim to be based on truth, Religion always does.
So, it is the old Harry Potter vs. Bible debate: atheists say that the bible is as holy as JK Rowling work. But JK never claim her work to be truth or chronicles of a real history.
In the case of my faith, christianity, the base is, of course, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of Israel.
The base text is the Torah, which claims to be a historical chronicles compendium of the nation of Israel, big difference.
And, of course, our God is the Lord Jesus Christ, and our faith is based in the belieth that Jesus became human to save us from the curse described in the 39 books of the Old Testament.
Sure, you can NOT believe in any of that, but it is not fair to simplify. The curse is described in 1500 pages of the 39 books, and, of course, you can call BS after reading, but to simplify it is not wise.
What do I mean? I mean it deserves respect as any other religion does, but personally, to me, is not only words in a book, it is the very power of the almighty God.
Believe or not believe is, in the end, a choice. I know many people that hate God because they think He cramps their style, spoil their fun.
I accept that, it is a decent reason for rejecting God, as good as any.
But, for some reason, these same people want to attack the very people that, in other hand, find happyness in God, not a hindering cage.
It is our fault, as christians, for the most part. Being a christian is not easy because there is so much to know when it comes to the Bible, and how to walk in the Lord.
Sometimes we answer in anger instead of love, we judge instead of having mercy.
I also have being banned many times from Vgchartz just because I was answering questions people asked me. That tells me that I failed in answering with a humble heart.
The whole thing is reall intricate, and it must be, as it is the very meaning of life and the ultimate secret of the Universe.
It is the most important decision we do, to believe or not. And I know it takes a lot of courage to decide either way.
You guys know where I stand, but I respect the decision each of you made in this matter. I know it was not a easy one. Mine took almost 15 years to consolidate. It is something most of us ponder through all of our lives, one way or another.
My grammar errors are justified by the fact that I am a brazilian living in Brazil. I am also very stupid.
