"haneul;c-17701324" wrote:
"babajayne;c-17701194" wrote:
I don’t agree that Christianity is in the game at all. The Christmas Tree and Easter Eggs came from pagan practices. The songs they sing are parodies of things like Jingle Bells, not actual hymns. The closest thing would be “Attend Ceremony” which could apply to many religions. I’m not interested in adding every specific religion to the game but I do appreciate generic interactions whenever possible that are totally optional. And we seem to have nailed that down to a Moment of Silence in the U.S.
Obviously they won't put Christianity in 100%, but I consider it in the game. The tree in the game is called a Christmas Tree in real life after all - it's derived from paganism, but it's named after Christ. Also, if you Google Jingle Bells, Google will tell you it's a song associated with Christmas (a Christmas song) and classic to sing at Christmas time (even though originally it wasn't that way). Christmas & Easter are the biggest Christian holidays and even though Christmas is called Winterfest in the game, it's obvious what it's meant to be. I think that EA maybe tried to do the same thing with visiting the shrine in this new pack (where everyone knows what it is meant to be/inspired by but it's technically not that thing that inspired it in the game). However, since this time it's so offensive to some that they don't want to pretend anything to do with it, EA had to remove some animations associated with it.
What if they made a self-interaction like “Reverent Bow” or “Moment of Silence” which we could use on our sims wherever... at the dinner table or in front of a shrine? I might do it at a grave to symbolize a prayer.
I think that'd be fine, but a moment of silence from a game POV would be boring. It would be an animation of nothing. We also already have the mourn interaction with graves, so I don't know see EA really doing anything like a reverent bow because it's high risk for little reward.
The commercialized version of Christmas often has nothing symbolizing Jesus, so it’s possible to separate the cultural element from the religious element. It’s very unique that way because the culture has already evolved it. Same with Easter.
They couldn’t do that with the menorah. It seems like they can’t do that with the shrines, either. The culture and the religion are tied together.
To me, it’s like comparing apples and oranges, but maybe that’s because of how I was raised (a Christian who never believed in Santa or the Easter Bunny because the true meaning of those holidays has nothing to do with how many people celebrate it today), but you may see it differently and that’s ok. I’m just saying from a Christian perspective, it’s not in the game. The culture is, but the religion isn’t.
