"Love Thy Enemy... Then Kill Them": Christian Video Game Chock Full Of Violence

Cyberspace--Killing for Christ has never been so exciting. Left Behind: Eternal Forces, a new real-time stradegy video game, is scheduled for release in October, 2006, just in time for the Savior's B-Day.

The game, based upon the immensely popular Left Behind book series, is set in a modern-day New York City just after the apocalyptic event called the Rapture. Gamers will be able to lead the Tribulation Force against the dark armies of Nicolae Carpathia- the AntiChrist, in an attempt to save those who have been: dun, dun, dah...left behind.

According to the game's web site, players will "conduct physical and spiritual warfare" against non-believers. The use of extreme prejudice is sanctioned against the infidels, and when a player snuffs a Muslim, Jew, gay or a Christian of questionable faith, soldiers cry out an exuberant "Praise the Lord!" (I am not kidding.)

Don't get too excited, kids. This is not a wanton, free-for-all killing spree. Your soldiers lose Spirit Points (which are necessary to win the game) even when they make a clean, justified kill. Soldiers must then be rejuvenated by prayer or risk being recruited by the evil Global Community Peace Keepers.

Troy A. Lyndon, one of the game's creators, says the game "will be a new tool to get the two-minute generation to think about matters of eternal importance in a way that isn't religious."

Left Behind co-author and Southern Baptist minister, Tim LaHaye has high hopes for the game's success. "We hope teenagers like the game," LaHaye said. "Our real goal is to have no one left behind."

Well, that's a relief.