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Violating TOS for religion tolerated?! Steam Rant...
14 years ago
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This blue book with green and yellow bindings says, "The Personal Diary and Record Book of Vinchenzo."
Well, recently someone who convinced me to be their friend was playing a game with me.
He invited me to join his Christian only group. I told him I was Buddhist and did not wish to convert.
He told me I was a godless Bitch, but we could still be friends if I would repent. I refused.
He then would use friendly fire killings on me in every game possible.
He used bugs and glitches to get me trapped and killed frequently.
He would also toss insults aimed at me for not being Christian.
"God loves you and you still want to go to hell?"
"Jesus died for you and you spurn him?"
"Buddha isn't God. He's an idiot."
I eventually decided to send screenshots and reports to Steam on him for being an abusive user.
Steam never got back until recently.
"We respect all religions and their beliefs and refuse to act when it would place us as being intolerant towards religions and their beliefs. Christianity maintains persecution of others religions as its religious belief, and as such is not violating the TOS when it takes part in defaming and insulting other religions. However, we must warn you that if you insult or retaliate against username .45 we will consider it a violation of the TOS and will result in a permanent ban of use of all Steam services."
I now feel that the faith of the one god is the greatest evil that has ever befallen the planet and that with the billions of things done and said to me... I have proof that Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and any future religions that claim loyalty to the one god, is the ultimate evil.
After all, these people have kidnapped my pet cats in the past. Some were skinned alive, others were rammed on top of stakes. These people have thrown bricks and other objects through our house's windows. They have set fires on our property. Our family has been mugged and home robbed by these idiots. The police has deemed these acts lawful. And miraculously they seem to even effect computer games, preventing me from having peace while playing computer games... WTF... I swear at this rate I may try committing suicide again. My family managed to stop me last time when I was 15... must plan more carefully...
He invited me to join his Christian only group. I told him I was Buddhist and did not wish to convert.
He told me I was a godless Bitch, but we could still be friends if I would repent. I refused.
He then would use friendly fire killings on me in every game possible.
He used bugs and glitches to get me trapped and killed frequently.
He would also toss insults aimed at me for not being Christian.
"God loves you and you still want to go to hell?"
"Jesus died for you and you spurn him?"
"Buddha isn't God. He's an idiot."
I eventually decided to send screenshots and reports to Steam on him for being an abusive user.
Steam never got back until recently.
"We respect all religions and their beliefs and refuse to act when it would place us as being intolerant towards religions and their beliefs. Christianity maintains persecution of others religions as its religious belief, and as such is not violating the TOS when it takes part in defaming and insulting other religions. However, we must warn you that if you insult or retaliate against username .45 we will consider it a violation of the TOS and will result in a permanent ban of use of all Steam services."
I now feel that the faith of the one god is the greatest evil that has ever befallen the planet and that with the billions of things done and said to me... I have proof that Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and any future religions that claim loyalty to the one god, is the ultimate evil.
After all, these people have kidnapped my pet cats in the past. Some were skinned alive, others were rammed on top of stakes. These people have thrown bricks and other objects through our house's windows. They have set fires on our property. Our family has been mugged and home robbed by these idiots. The police has deemed these acts lawful. And miraculously they seem to even effect computer games, preventing me from having peace while playing computer games... WTF... I swear at this rate I may try committing suicide again. My family managed to stop me last time when I was 15... must plan more carefully...
But Steam possesses the majority of games that exist for computers that cost money...
And most games that are quality games cost money...
Sadly if playing games that cost money means dealing with this crap I'll just have to get used to this crap too...
It's just alittle much... I already have to take so much other crap, why must computer games be included?
Love and Light
Ithiaca
"I was sent Bible School as a child and Catholic School afterwards. I know for a FACT CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT PERSECUTION HATRED CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION. That is why hell exists. God wants people to be tortured for eternity. God sets rules that are impossible to follow to ensure all life goes to hell. The Roman Catholic Church taught me much. So did the Jehovah Witnesses. The Lutherin Church also taught me the same things. I'm Buddhist because I am not evil. Christians are evil because their religion which teaches the performance of great evils often and many is what makes them happy. Murder rape and slavery makes them happy. Not me."
Welcome all the Lord’s followers, even those whose faith is weak. Don’t criticize them for having beliefs that are different from yours. Some think it is all right to eat anything, while those whose faith is weak will eat only vegetables. But you should not criticize others for eating or for not eating. After all, God welcomes everyone. What right do you have to criticize someone else’s servants? Only their Lord can decide if they are doing right, and the Lord will make sure that they do right.
That sounds pretty good, right? If you're Buddhist, then really it's up to Buddha to judge if you're doing a good job or not, not me or any other Christian.
What really galls me is that the reply from Steam was that one of Christianity's tenants is to persecute other religions. Really? That's part of their belief system so they're allowed to do it? I suppose then they're allowed to kill homosexuals, since they consider homosexuality an abomination? This is a really, really ugly precedent to set, and I'm astounded that anyone would reply that way in an official capacity.
I'm sorry a supposed Christian is hassling you. I don't believe any Christian would be anything but accepting and supportive of everybody, regardless of if they're going to heaven or hell. This is not a contest to convert everyone to your side and assure that they're saved. We're all in this together and we're supposed to support each other and make life a better thing for all.
Hmm, also, I might as well let you know, you said something that seems to be a repeat by many people, that has little to do with my religion.
Many people refuse to accept that Buddhists do not worship any god or deity, they like to take the idea that there is only one Buddha and that he is a god, because they can not except our foreign beliefs as being possible. In Buddhism, Buddhas are people who have achieved enlightenment. The head of our faith is merely but one Buddhist who achieved enlightenment, and which all of us look up to. As such, its no surprise that within our religion that we view its possible for their to be many people who have achieved enlightenment. And it's no surprise why we've been trying to track down and keep the same exact individual for hundreds of years over his many lives to lead us. We all believe he is the one who began and spread our faith and sought to aid us. I like the idea of that all people have a chance of achieving enlightenment, and there is a potential for everlasting peace and happiness on earth. The idea that we will reincarnate and will have a chance at a better life in which we can be better people makes me happy. I am a very flawed man and I am far from being remotely like a Buddhist monk, let alone achieving enlightenment in this lifetime. But I will continue to live life after life until I can either finally become a Buddha like others in my faith, or I ascend, and the cycle ends.