Agree with the controversy or not, saying you can't see it is blind ignorance.
It's a portrayal of rural Americans. It's a portrayal of the last supper complete with a church in the background. When was the last FarCry cover release as blatantly sacrilegious? That's what many are failing to see, whether it's willing ignorance or not I cannot judge. Could you imagine the media and public furor if this were a portrayal of Islam? Regardless of whether or not they mean for it to define the very extreme end of the spectrum the world would be offended by it. However because it portrays white, rural Christians it's fair game.
Imagine you are a follower of a religion that teaches that in the end times your entire group of people will be heavily persecuted and eventually killed for their beliefs. Many of them see the times now as that time. They perceive the world to be shaping into an anti-christian state and that this anti-christian sentiment will reach a point to where the world will turn violently against them. Suddenly content creators start pushing out anti-christian themed content. First starting with the "extreme right" being the enemy. Why does it have to be only "right wing" in the liberal mindset? Have you not seen the insanity among the extreme left? The murderous rage they get at any slight offense. The death threats. The rioting. Imagine seeing all of this unfold being a conservative and now this. Content that will only further program people to believe that Christans = Right wing nut job cultists. How would that not make them shift in their seats with trepidation?
Knowing that, can you not see how this would be perceived negatively by them? I already see disturbing comments from people "wow this will be therapeutic, can't wait to kill some christian nut jobs." Even moderate Christians are painted as nut jobs by the media now.
If you can't see why this would be offensive then you're willingly ignorant. Just because you can't see it this way doesn't mean the people that do perceive it as such are wrong or unreasonable. That's a very dangerous mentality that Americans in general have developed. "They don't see things the way I do so THEY are wrong. THEY are the crazy ones. THEY have to change or be removed from society."
A game fighting against religious cultists, even Christian, is fine. The normal Christians look at groups like Westboro and Steven Anderson and go "holy crap those people are crazy. That is NOT us."
The cover is sacrilegious. Period.
It's a mockery of the most holy person in the Christian faith, Jesus Christ. If this were a portrayal of Mohammed (which I would also not be ok with that, or any other prime religious figure central to the doctrine of their teachings). Oh... oh my. The tune would be very different. It is this obvious inequity in standards that draws so much controversy.
Yours Truly,
A common sense agnostic.
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