The Hidden Ideological Warning Of Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5 has been announced to a lot of controversy, some from Christian groups objecting to its portrayal of Christian cult leader Joseph Seed as the antagonist and his attacks on the surrounding populations in the fictional area of Hope County, Montana.  Realistically, Far Cry 5’s setting is an analogue and criticism of the dangers of Islam* rather than Christianity. 

The setting of the game puts the antagonist, Seed, in control of a large para-military force that has control of Hope Country.  His control of the area allows him to force the religious practices and rules of his cult onto the local population.  OK, so far so good.   However, there are no Christian terrorist groups that can claim control over swaths of land where they force religious subjugation.  However, there is the current example of ISIS that claim large parts of the middle east under their cult’s banner (Islam).  They operate a para-military force, follow a cult and they force strict adherence to the traditional Islamic values, persecuting non-believers and other religious sects.  Nice match to Seed’s vision.

What else?  Let us look at the setting synopsis of Far Cry 5 as described by Wikipedia; “…Seed is a radical preacher and Eden's Gate is a militaristic doomsday cult. Under his rule, Eden's Gate has used both coercion and violence to forcibly convert the residents of Hope County…”  Does that sound familiar?  It should do, it’s in line with a cogent interpretation of the Koran which ISIS follow.  It instructs on the conquest of non-believers and their forcible conversion to the values of Islam. 

Examples from the Koran to substantiate this comparison and assertion include;

4:89 “Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah…”

3:56 “As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony…”

9:29 Fight those who believe not in Allah [..] nor hold forbidden that which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth (Islam) …”

8:39 “And fight with them until there is no more fitna [unbelievers] and religion is all for Allah…”

47:3 “Those who disbelieve follow falsehood […] so when you meet those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond (enslave them) …”

You get the idea…

We must remember that we live in a post Charlie Hebdo world - with significant Islam apologists on the political left.  Far Cry 5 is a depiction of the explicit militant tenets of Islam, dressed in Christian clothing so to be palatable to a politically correct, western-civilization hating media and population.  

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Edit:  Now that Far Cry 5 is out, it appears to be a cracking good game.  As I expected, everyone is focusing any political discussion on its controversial take on "Trump's America" or "Christian middle-America".  This is still missing the point, as I explained in the post above, and shows just how mentally damaged we are in the west.  People miss that this is not a depiction, even hyper-realized, of Christianity but of Islam.  Or, as Douglas Murray would say, "we have internalized the Fatwa". 

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* Note on the terminology of Islam and Islamic groups

I will not use the term “modern Islam” in this article because it is a misnomer.  Islam is inherently an ancient cult, since it has not had a period of modern reformation and readjustment to modern / secular values (for example, in the way Christianity has).  Islam in its current state consists of only 3 groups (as viewed by those employing violence in the name of Islam itself):

1 “Extremists” who follow or tacitly condone the violence instructed in the Koran explicitly, who despite the label are surprisingly numerous world-wide.  

2 “Apostates” – these people call themselves Muslims, but would be viewed as non-believers by the extremists as they are not of the right sect and don’t follow the Koran’s teachings “properly”.  Ironically to outsiders, this group makes up the majority of victims of Islamic violence. 

3 “Non-believers” – essentially all other religions or secular people. Extremists don’t differentiate between groups 2 & 3 in how they apply violence to them.