Typical atheist question

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So I am (discomforted) by many forms of faith (not all), and before I buy I'd like to ask: is the plot written from a Christian angle? I don't mind if a yes, no or "yes but" answer will spoil it for me.

[holyshade]

There is no angle at all. There's a lot of old British folk chatting crap about each other in the game but nothing religious.

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Thanks!

[Bowi]

There is a priest, but he ends up having the least boring storyline.

[The Unwoken]

There is a minister or a priest (it's not clear whether he is a Catholic or an Anglican) who is one of the characters in the game and a prominent person in the community. Scripture is quoted and people are clearly Christian but I would not say that the game is promoting religion. It's merely reflecting what a town in that location would have been like at the relevant time period. It seems to be trying for authenticiy and not propaganda so your allergies are ok.

[mop it up]

Originally posted by Ginger Baker:

There is a minister or a priest (it's not clear whether he is a Catholic or an Anglican) who is one of the characters in the game and a prominent person in the community. Scripture is quoted and people are clearly Christian but I would not say that the game is promoting religion. It's merely reflecting what a town in that location would have been like at the relevant time period. It seems to be trying for authenticiy and not propaganda so your allergies are ok.

He's definitely Anglican.

[o]

Great help, Ginger Baker! Appreciated.

Originally posted by Ginger Baker:

There is a minister or a priest (it's not clear whether he is a Catholic or an Anglican) who is one of the characters in the game and a prominent person in the community. Scripture is quoted and people are clearly Christian but I would not say that the game is promoting religion. It's merely reflecting what a town in that location would have been like at the relevant time period. It seems to be trying for authenticiy and not propaganda so your allergies are ok.

[desertdenizen]

I found it odd that one reviewer said it was a game about 'the Christian rapture', but I didn't get that at all. I suppose someone imbedded in that theology might choose to interpret it that way, but it was... well, I don't want to write any spoilers, but let's me simply say this was more 'sci-fi' than spiritual. I thought it was all quite fantastic, and will play through it again.

[Drowning witch]

the game definitely does push a spiritual angle and as an atheist I was rolling my eyes occasionally. choir music, conservative villagers, a priest, and the ending are all spiritual in their own way.

[Bot Big Bear]

This is a reply to a comparitively ancient topic, but it might be helpful for other ppl who are looking for things and stumble across this like I did.

It depends on how much you like to ponder the lore and hidden meanings of games. There are a lot of subtle refrences to Scripture, besides what the characters quote. If you dont know much about scripture besides "Jesus and ♥♥♥♥" then you're fine. No allergic reaction whatsoever. You could probably laugh at the almost comical spiritualism that the characters exhibit. On the other hand, I'll testify here as a christian, if you've read Relvelation, there are a lot of subtle connections to be made. I personally think it puts an interesting twist on what is considered by christians to be an actual event to take place in the future. All of that is nice if you like thinking about things in a deep level, but besides taking place in a stereotypical old fasioned Anglican christian community in Britain, game doesnt push religion. The Sci-Fy aspect helps obscure things, although it tickles the mind a great deal when connecting the game to reality.

Thats one of my favorite things aboyt this game. (I've owned it a while on PS4 btw, and it's free for the rest of this month for PS+ subscribers) It leaves a lot to the imagination. It doesnt try too put forewards any stipulations, and lets you put it all together for yourself. No hand holding whatsoever.

[Bot Big Bear]

Originally posted by Ginger Baker:

There is a minister or a priest (it's not clear whether he is a Catholic or an Anglican) who is one of the characters in the game and a prominent person in the community. Scripture is quoted and people are clearly Christian but I would not say that the game is promoting religion. It's merely reflecting what a town in that location would have been like at the relevant time period. It seems to be trying for authenticiy and not propaganda so your allergies are ok.

Anglican. The church is way too small to be catholic. And he talked about his parish in a very Anglican way...

[sam-tenaim]

It is also somewhat inline with the demigraphics of a small english village where you are more likely to find an christian, white community still, even in this year let alone when this was likely set (1980's). Also it is more sci-fi but you can also take it as a way of looking at certain philosophies, Christian or otherwise.

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Those are very helpful answers, thanks! It's been a while since I created this thread nd lost all attention to this game but this awakens my curiosity.

[Vivian, Lady of Dawn and Dusk]

I'm non-spiritual to the point of not even attaching any real-world content to words like "holy," but the game ventures into these areas very successfully in my opinion. It's hard to express why without putting in massive spoilers, but it has to do with the utter meaninglessness of the end of the world here, how incidental it is -- a feeling of "well, that's it" to the whole of human history because of what in the end is a simple misunderstanding without even any malice behind it, and how the people in the story create meanings for lives that turn out to have no intrinsic meaning or value at all. It's all they -can- do, and the way they go about it is often heartbreakingly sad and brave and -- probably not going too far here -- noble.

[virtualmatrix258]

Snowflake Atheists lol.

[Chris]

Originally posted by Nicky the Hutt:

So I am allergic to many forms of faith (not all), and before I buy I'd like to ask: is the plot written from a Christian angle? I don't mind if a yes, no or "yes but" answer will spoil it for me.

It's written from a Christian angle in a non-literal sense, in that the community it's set in is somewhat typically middle-England in the mid-eighties. Small Shropshire village, local Church, village hall etc.

As for the underlying plot, it's one of those where it asks you to interpret the happenings. You can take it as pure sci-fi or apply some theology if you prefer. It works well either way.

TL:DR: I would have turned it off after 5 mins if I got a sense that it was a religious game. I didn't because it wasn't (for me).