Simpson, a Presbyterian Church USA pastor, said he was dismayed by the concept in "Eternal Forces" of using prayer to restore a player's "spirit points" after killing the enemy.

"The idea that you could pray, and the deleterious effects of one's foul deeds would simply be wiped away, is a horrible thing to be teaching Christian young people here at Christmas time," Simpson said......

"It becomes a tool of religious instruction," he said. "The message is. ... there will be religious warfare, and you will target your fellow Americans, people from other faiths, people who you consider to be sinners."

Indeed there are bad religious video games, but there are also some good ones. I personally like the one that tells the story of David. There is no killing (except for Goliath and Saul), and it is very true to the Bible account. I just wish I could remember the name of it off the top of my head. Faith keeper or something like that maybe...

Anyway, my point is that if something is done in the right way (teaching the Bible truth and not embellishing the story), it can be quite a good thing, but when we create needlessly violent games that only teach a moral story in principal, we miss the mark. I am also fond of Bible trivia games for the computer, but then I love to fill my head with knowledge.