Anti Anti Spore

Spore is a game that I am currently enjoying playing. I'm not going to pretend I'm not slightly disappointed by how easy it is, but that is more than made up for in the amount of different things you can design and do in the game. The possibilities aren't endless but they are close!

Steve has pointed out this blog. It's a "Christian" website devoted to insane ramblings and hatred against Spore on the basis that it is unChristian and supports evolution.

Now for any "Christians" who might come moaning on this blog about creationism being true and evolution "not being proved" please take a moment to read An Index To Creationist Claims and leave me alone. Thanks.

I don't mind you having an issue with Spore on the basis of it's lack of depth or, in your opinion, poor gameplay. But really... when you start to attack it because it supports evolution then you have lost your mind. It doesn't support evolution, it uses a vague, pretend form of evolution as a way to advance the game. If you are going to suggest it somehow supports evolution I'd say... no it doesn't! If anything it's all about creationism, the player acting as a God to create a world according to his own vision.

But it was good for the lulz. Complaining about the idea of "superior" species on other planets the blogger says:

"God would never create something better than himself, it is not possible as God is perfect in every way. And once again, I reiterate that man was created in His image."

So either what he is saying is that humans are just as powerful as God which would kind of render His omnipotence impotent as you can not be omnipotent when others have the same level of power as you. Or what he is saying is that God is able to create species in a facsimile of his image but without the divinity which would mean that superior species could exist in other parts of the universe and still meet that criteria. Or this gem:

"It seems Will has suddenly switched gears from evolution to creation and is trying to say that in 18 days, Spore users did what God did in 7. So all of spore users add up to 38% of God. Unbelievable."

Are you seriously trying to tell me that you believe that God spent just 7 days creating the Universe as it is now? What a lazy bastard! I wonder if these creationists know that by expressing a belief in a simplified creation they are undermining the complexity of their own God? Surely a God, all powerful and all knowledgeable would use a system more complex than simply calling things into existence to create our universe. Evolution could easily be accepted as a wonderfully complex and detailed tool used by God to create the world. Sadly the Christians lack the imagination to believe in a God of such depth and prefer their God to bow down to their pathetically low intellectual level.

Muchos FAIL awaits you over at that blog. But also a lot of LULZ! But I do feel sorry for the blogger. He's just there expressing his silly opinions and people have been rather mean to him in his comments. His beliefs can defeated without descending to the level of name calling and personal attacks