Actually yes.
We could go back and forth but the fact is that what you stated are theories, far from fact. I'm sure you think that what I believe in is not fact. I've done a LOT of research and I'm very comfortable with my position.
Theories?
I love denial in the face of adversity
I am glad you get comfort from your position. to be frank, I am always jealous of anybody who can given the body of evidence against any belief system, not just the psudo-messianic's you find amongst the book faiths, but other traditions as well.
I also bet I have done more research than most, and I can at least say mine is not bias to one side or another
Eru, you are right that under Catholisism even murder can be forgeiven (or could at various points in history). Remember that forgivness is not given in this world, but in the next. You can 'work off the debt', but you won't know the result until you try to enter heaven.
And you can commit murder with divine sanction as well, so if you are good, you do all those acts to absolve sin and do it prior to the event, you can actually murder with a clean slate under Catholic law. However, this would not absolve you in front of a judge. Which is important to keep in mind
Which is one of the most facinating things seen in this thread, not the killing but the killing in the name of Christ. It is facinating to read. As an undergrad I was always interested in belief, and where belief limits itself.
How does a game like this, which I understand many here see as blasphermous, differ from say Grand Theft Auto. The bottom line is that it is a blasphermy, which makes it way worse than anything else. But why should that be? In the rational world, where the vast majority of folks don't subscribe to a doctrinal worldview, why would this be an issue?
Or is it just the vocal few that do?
Genuinly intersted in the subject, do carry on