If you thought you had seen it all, think again. According to an article published by the New York Times, The Colorado Community Church in Denver Colorado is using Master Chief and the popular Halo franchise to attract younger congregates. So much for “though shall not kill”.

If that isn’t bad enough, the game which is rated M and thereby limited to a 17 year old or older crowd is being played by 12 and 13 year olds in the churches basement. Tim Foster (age 12) was quoted in the New York Times article saying “It’s just fun blowing people up.” Well of course it is Timmy, do you mind if we call you Timmy?

The idea here, according to the churches youth minister, is that the children will hang around after blasting each other for his Christian message.

“We want to make it hard for teenagers to go to hell,” said Minister Barbour in a letter to the parents of the youth.

Can you imagine the message given to the children after the Halo 3 tirade? If we had to guess it probably sounds something like this “Alright children, now remember, there are no videogames in hell … only here at Church, and if you are good, you will find them in heaven as well”.

Source: NY Times

Tags: Church-of-Halo, Halo-3

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2 Comments » jeff england on July 10, 2009 7:07 pm what is next giving drugs and alcohol to attend church I think that pastor should go back and re read revalation.by the way isnt one of the ten commandments broken here can you guess which one. JonathanZungre on July 10, 2009 7:58 pm come on guys, are we really criticizing them for having Halo parties? They're just finding common interests with the kids so they can help and mentor them. Kids need stuff like that. RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.