I think there's a misunderstanding. The word "God" in this context refers to a fictional deity in the game, with no connection or reference to real life religion... It's part of the story and worldbuilding.
You can clearly see that we are using that word with an article ("a God") :) I hope that clears things up!
I understand that you think that way, but let's take a simple example that comes to mind right now—there are many more if you look—and that is: let's say I wanted to make a game about you specifically. I use your full name and ID, and your address, so that it clearly refers to you and there's no confusion with anyone else. Then, in the game, I portray you as a child molester, a terrorist, and a murderer. Based on your example, I assume you'd have no problem with your neighbors and relatives seeing this game and asking, 'Isn't this you?' And you'd just reply, 'No, it's just the game developer using my name in a fictional way—that's not really me.' And I'd then have the right to make all the games I want and mock as I please because it's all 'fictional'. So what about the God who created you?
I see where you come from and I respect your devotation to your religion. What I think is lost in translation or in comunication here is the fact that we never use the name of God. We do use the noun "god" which a synonim for deity, but in this contest it is purely storytelling. Like in the greek milythology or any others there is the god of war, god of love and so on. Multiple entities that are reffered to as gods. Likewise, in this game, if you get to the very end you find out what the name of this deity is, and it is not "God". The story is not set in a world where christianity exists, it is purly fictional. The characters don't exist, the deity is not warshiped nor is it hated. I hope that clarifies things. If you want to talk more I would be glad but as for this chat, it is not in the scope of this game jam.
Look, I understand that you think making a game means you're creating a world where you can do anything because it's not tied to reality. But if I said that Argentina didn't win the World Cup, would that change reality? Of course not — reality stays the same regardless of what I believe. And that's what I mean: it doesn't matter if you think you're not mocking the One who created you from dust , even when you are clearly mocking Him. What matters is how He sees it. So when you die and stand before Him in all His majesty and glory, and He says to you, 'You were mocking Me through your game,' your logic won't help you. Because the only logic that matters is what God wills, nothing else.
I'm telling you this so you don't end up tortured in Hell for eternity. Whether you believe me or not doesn't benefit or harm me — it only benefits or harms you.
And by the way, I'm Muslim, not Christian. I truly hope you'll look into this yourself and verify it — not just watch disbelievers mocking God and then blindly imitate them.
As I said, it doesn't matter that you think using the word 'God'—which refers to one unique being in the entire universe and cannot describe anything else—has a different meaning in games. You're truly not thinking deeply about what eternal punishment in Hell means. Hell is not what you see on Netflix; it is a place where the disbeliever is tortured with burning, melting, and every kind of torment, and is brought back to life repeatedly to suffer endlessly. It's like when you delete an app from your device—if we were to say that deleting the app means it will be sent to eternal punishment, you wouldn’t care to keep it or ever check on it again. That’s what happens to someone doomed to Hell forever. So please, take these words more seriously, and don’t just try to respond to my message or justify yourself. I’m simply telling you to understand what you’re about to face.
I am not writing to convince you of my oppinion. I am just asking you to stop these comments on this unreleated chat. If you want to continue talking i would preffere it to be privatly as it does not concern the audiance of this gamejam. For that reason, I am going to deleate the thread some time in the future, if you don't mind. It's just the fact that it doesn't belong here, buy i do take your words very seriously. The obly mistake that is being made here I think is the fact that the word "god" actually can mean something else in the english dictionary. It is not a name, it is a word, unrraleated to our Lor Creator. I do have respect for Him, religiously. Going back, the word isn't reffering to him, it is bot his name. It is confusing, because for example in my mother language, the word for "God" and the word "god" have two different forms, unrealted. In English unfortunstly they are the same word, even though they mean very different things. A god, asa a deity is NOT God and God as our Lord Creator is NOT a god. I hipe this message finds you well. As you said, i don't have to explain you my intentions, in the end God will know and jusge me as he chooses and I accept that. Please just understand that nowhere in our writtings do we talk about God, our Lord, and we do not use His name.
So againg the takeaway is that the word "god" does have multiple meanings in the English language. One is a noun and one is a name. Think of the word "date", that reffers to both a calendaristic date and a romantic date. Same sord, 2 different meanings
