FFXIV's story is threading on dangerous religious grounds

[Lunafreya]

People dont even try with their trolling anymore.

[Katie_Kitty]

If FFXIV is anti-religious, GOOD. If that bothers you, GOOD.

[Caurcas]

OP might be doing a little trolling, but y'all are proving them right. Smells like reddit up in here.

[Kuroka]

On this context, I only yesterday noticed that the german version renamed our "santa" godbert.... it sucks...

[ChrisRedfield2]

The main story of this game is threading on dangerous religious grounds mainly because of when a specific groups of people (beast tribes) summon their gods and we go there, kill their gods and put those people in their place after they get brainwashed (tempered) by their respective dieties. This kind of story is very dangerous in religious countries and square enix will get in legal trouble if they continue this type of storyline. This game has now gained a lot of attention and popularity. Its no longer hidden by WoW and the storyline will get a lot of attention now all over the world.

Basically the story of FFXIV is saying that "Don't worship your gods or else we will kill your gods and then put you in your place. All the gods when summoned turns evil and brainwash (tempers) their people".

I was also shocked to see that when a particularly important NPC told me all the 12 gods of the civilized races of Eorzea like Rhalgr, Halone, etc can be summoned if we lavish them with crystals and gorge them with ether. And when summoned the gods will turn evil (just like the beast tribe gods) and will fully brainwash (temper) all their worshippers. This type of storyline may have worked 15-20 years ago but nowadays in this new generation people will not tolerate it.

I won't be surprise if the storyline gets censored in the coming days in majority of the countries.

still hasn't been banned in saudi so...

[Sigma5]

my middle name is dangerous, lets turns some crosses upside down and kick some lalas into the 300 pit.

[Renalt]

Would someone please collect their Karen from the Mall food court? She is harassing the workers at Arby’s again.

I imagine in like...one more generation ( two at max )these words better uttered by some kid.

"What's a mall?".

[OM3GA-Z3RO]

I imagine in like...one more generation ( two at max )these words better uttered by some kid.

"What's a mall?".

Jesus, that thought is depressing.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Oh wow a FF game that is about humans defying god. I sureeeee havent seen thaaaat before in my LYFE

[Lufir]

A lot of FFs actually take a pro Christianity and Muslim stance. There are always elements showing the power of prayer, defeating and exposing false gods and idols, having faith, etc. It's no surprise that one of the most popular FFs, FF7, has the most references to Christianity in the series.