Hi List -
My son (age 15) plays Spore, and it's prompted some interesting 
dialogue about 'evolving'.  To him, it's just a game - fun for a few 
days, but not to the level of World of Warcraft.  There are many 
games - online or otherwise, that parents find objectionable.  To me, 
the major objection is the inordinate amount of time the kids waste 
playing them - this is a matter of parental control.

I do not consider myself a 'religious zealot', but I do think 
(unfortunately) Spore is helping to reinforce the public-school 
Science teaching that evolution is the ONLY possible explanation for 
"how we got here".  And I do not agree.  I am a Creationist, I 
believe the Bible is God's inerrant word, and I take the 6-day 
account literally.  (We have, I believe, discussed this at great 
length on this List.)

My "6 cents"...

Connie

>  >From Cringely's latest blog 
>(http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2008/09/when_worlds_and.html):
>
>"On a related note, some religious zealot is trying to organize a 
>boycott of Will Wright's Spore because she thinks the game teaches 
>kids to believe in evolution. And that, as we all know, is 
>tantamount to eating apples and talking to serpents.
>
>All these people are really doing is proving that evolution truly is 
>selective -- and they weren't picked."
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>Jim
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