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There has been a post on silkroad website forum that i find quite interesting:


For those of you who didnt hear about the arabic writing thing, here is an explanation: there was an arabic writing on the clothes of the hotan ferry guy, something like [the one and almighty] but in muslim religion, this name belongs only to Allah, so they bugged joymax until they removed it.

Im not judging that, in a way, its a good thing, if it was offending for some people.. But on the other hand, muslims now have the feeling that they are taken a lot into consideration by joymax...

So here is my point: Joymax remove some writing for not offending the muslims, and now they are selling "Angel wings" to whoever can pay for them, i mean we can see a guy named Hitler with angel wings...

Well, i know this is just a game, its not reality, but Joymax started in teh first place by taking religious facts into consideration...

Please dont flame me, im just asking for opinions...

(mods, feel free to edit my post if its against any law of this forum)

Yeah I also think it's bs, but if they delete islamic offending things they should also do that for catholics.

What a big hooha over muslims removing that symbol i didnt see so much drama when the jewish people remove the swastica symbol from guild emblems.

WTF is wrong with you people and angels are part of the muslim faith too.

I think they dont have to cry, if you dont like it don't play it. Most of the Islam country's have one religion (islam) so there is no one that is speaking against them. They should make a shield for this, hello!! its international!

oh silly you...it is empowering to get your way

but angle wings aren't offending ...its too much of a universal thing. Angels in Islam have wings too you know!!

wings can be argued as secular ... the word that describes a god in a particular religion cannot
stop making retarded analogies please, for your sanity and mine....
if you want, ccomparing the incident to seeing jesus' name (or making specific implications to jesus) would be more of an analogy and would be equally offensive. Even if i am muslim, i respect jesus and would find it offensive.

EDIT: for all teh people saying its not fair. If you are offended by anything in this game ...have a talk with Joymax. Also not that angel wings are called are implicit symbols...The word describing God is explicit there is NO excuse for that. Joymax can deny the other things...but the word is what it is.

The problem with that line of thinking is the concept of a mythological creature with white wings is not exclusive to Catholicism, or any Christian-based religion. Tennin are sometimes shown with feathered wings. The Etruscans had Vanths. Whoever wrote that is just nitpicking.

I absolutely agree that what the NPC had on him could very well offend Muslims, and JoyMax was well within their rights to remove it due to player objection. It served no other purpose, and was most likely put in due to someone thinking it meant something else. The wings, on the other hand, are not exclusive to and one religion.

When it comes to religion, it's best to choose your battles very carefully, lest you lose more than you bargain for...

I think muslims are a bit pathetic about the image and stuff.. All joymax had to do was saying they dont mean it that way.. problem solved.. dont cry about a little image wich no-one sees.. cmon

p.s. im not english

please read the other thread through, then you'll understand what it mean.

this thread is very interesting dont ruin.
if you want 2 talk like that plz go 2 the other religion thread

angel dont have wings...wings its only a art..

However, art is one of the driving forces of religion. Jesus wasn't white in the modern sense, yet how many churches have massive paintings of him looking that way? Humans are a visual race. Our eyes are one of our most important senses in the wild. It's only natural for people to base belief on what they see plainly as much, if not more, than what they hear or read.

After all, Hell isn't hot, either...

and what about the athiests? surely they would find all of this religious content in the game to be offensive!

please, somebody think of the atheists!

plz dont spam this thread with sarcasm.
atheists shouldnt be offended, unless there was an obvious attempt 2 convert them; which, I, have yet 2 have seen

Uh, the angels in the "Bible", be that the Holy Bible or the Torah do.

A couple of examples:(BTW cherubim were angels - there were 3 types of angels described in the Bible...but that is another topic)

He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.

In Catholic theology, the cherubim are second highest rank in the angelic hierarchy, below the Seraphim.

But then again, if you are referring to arch-angels like Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, then you would be correct in that they are never described as having wings ...they however could possibly be depicted with wings in art.

Pentagram makes bunny cry

birds got wings too, kill them all.

Maybe Muslims buy more silk then Catholics? o_O

Just one thing I'm confused about, why the hell would someone go up close to look at an NPC? Free SRO porn? o_O

obviously the kiddies from silkroadonline forums are out on srf today...

mm Something new for me, i always thought that Cherubs (or cherubim in english) wasnt a angel but more a guard.

So the wings aint for flying but a way to express the people that he can get everywhere.

But about Cherubs speaking, dosnt us remind that about a unique in SrO?

lol he's got a point.....when you start putting consideration into one religion you must start putting consideration into ALL religions and thats why theres a problem now.

The Muslim image wasn't an offensive image at in the first place. Ppl should recognize that it was on found or interpreted to be offensive by a muslim and a select other few muslims. An OFFENSIVE image would've depicted an NPC named Allah who sold bomb and was wearing a 9/11 shirt. THAT is offensive. Some guy at a dock with a piece of clothing that hardly anyone has ever read which says something that may be interpreted to mean Allah among other things is not offensive by nature, only when interpreted that way.

If JM were to consider the beliefs of all its customers regarding what they find offensive and what they don't find offensive their would be no game left. I can think of tons of things Muslims. Hindus, Christians, and Buddhist would find wrong or disrespectful in the game (besides the horrible english) but none of these things are offensive by nature, nor do they give the implication that they were meant to offend. I could go into more detail about this but it would be pointless because i've found you can;t change the world with SRF post but ti think i will be sending JM a letter asking them to keep considerations of religions OUT of their decision making unless what they are considering is meant to offend or is offensive by nature....I'll probably post this int he other religious thread to if its relevant....

Muslims shouldnt even be playing this game. Im not saying I dont want them playing. BUt there are so many aspects in this game that would go against Islam. From what I read, wearing gold jewelry and silk is not allowed for men.

HEXagram. Six sides. The casting circles used by wizards use hexagrams, and that makes me happy.



Atheism isn't a religion. The non-belief in mythology does not make said belief a religion by default. =p

Atheism is simple the disbelief in God or Gods.....mythology has nothing to do with it....Because disbelief is a belief and Religions are based on particular Beliefs it wouldn't be wrong to call Atheism a religion....

islamics are easier to offend then some other religions if they removed it so what, but i don't want to hear they need to remove all religious infrences because it might offend an atheist, an atheist shouldn't care one way or the other because it doesn't effect them

lol i like how you complain about wings, but not about how all the nuns are drug dealers

And now can you guys begin to see why I think religion is so ridiculous? You guys are honestly talking about this. And Joymax is pandering to religious requests. It's SO retarded. Where are the unicorns? That's what I want to know. Where are the damn unicorns? C'mon people, get over the fairytales and play a friggin' game.

i thought it over but then a realized joymax did a smart thing this game could of been shut down
scenario
kid tells his father
father dum&&&&&&&&&&&& tells his friends
sack of &&&& tell a goverment official
goverment officials tell an extremist
next koreas goverment would gets involve

over some dumb4444
ppl r fking goofy and stupid dont blame joymax

religion is the source of all evil IMO
rape\
revenge/
dishonesty(Santa)(and being dishonest for a "good" thing)
going against nature '
basically created 2 control dumb ppl still working 2day
and dumb ppl do dumb things

I agree with you mostly. Altho, I don't agree religion is the source of rape. I think that would happen to some degree regardless, although it is probably increased the possibility of rape. Most religions teach that women are here to serve men; that nature is to be exploited/dominated; and that subserviance to a "god" will get them rewards. So, basically, it's mental slavery and people are taught to be "nice" but are often more evil than they otherwise would be. Also, these people are only doing things they are told for two reasons 1) Fear of going to hell and incurring the wrath of a prick god who punishes people for behaving naturally. and 2) they want some silly fairytale afterlife where they float among the clouds with male god-like creatures (god, jesus, angels, etc) and can do whatever they want because they were "Good" in their mortal life. I mean, c'mon guys...a talking burning bush? a snake in a tree? hell, most of these stories in the bible were stolen from Pagan mythology. and no, Jesus, if he existed, was not a white guy with golden blonde hair...

one thing i laugh is ppl in religions say only the truth prevails

then i tell them only thing you really have 2 ur name no matter what is death
so where is the truth there

we all know constantine, ripped of the native roman religion at the council of nicea.

we all know the jews demonized the original sumerian goddess with the snake in the garden to gain converts

we all know religion cause strife

we all know.

BUT
sometimes religion is helpful.
remember in some ancient civs, religion wasnt the way we see it 2day.
thier religion was thier science.

but sometime after rome took up its "cross"
religion became a tool of political gain rather, than philisophical enlightment.

also religion is als a natural course in human life.
so they are acting natural by believing in w/e it is they believe in.

havent you ever asked yourself.
why collectively world wide, no matter where a human is they form some kind of religous movement that fundamentaly changes the way they think.

havent you ever wonderd?

well science will answer that question in due time.