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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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.
