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Now I’m not suggesting that Halo 3 is a “Christian” game by any stretch of the imagination. Does it have some religious imagery and some very unlikely “coincidences”?…it sure does. By the way…I do NOT believe in coincidences. I have read two really good articles completely independent of each other. The first was from Dare 2 Share’s Soul Fuel. Here’s a clip;

Question: What gets 10 MILLION advertising dollars and keeps 10,000 stores open all night?

Why, Halo 3 – of course! Unless you’re a teen icon in rehab, or you really have been away from the planet for a while, you may have noticed the Halo 3 mania that has invaded our planet like the Flood. 7-11, Burger King, Mountain Dew, heck even NASCAR driver David Stremme has an ad on his No. 40 racing car.

The world has Halo 3 fever…and the only cure is not more cowbell, but console time baby!

Master Chief John 117 is back – bruised and battered, but ready to give humanity hope that the Covenant can be defeated and survival is possible. (Side note – John 1:17 in the Bible is a reference to Jesus Christ…coincidence? I think not!)

They go on and make some really good points. This article is a good read and can be found here.

The second one is from my new friend and fellow Halo player Paul Martin. Paul is a youth pastor and has a great blog. Here is a clip from his;

The first is Halo itself, a religious word for the glory of the Lord resting on someone’s head. In the video game, they are worlds that are considered sacred by the highly religious alien race known as the covenant. Early in the story, you fight the covenant with little reason or question. They are trying to kill you, and you are trying to survive. As the plot evolves, you see a deeper picture of the covenant. They have prophets that are pushing the action. The first prophet you encounter is the Prophet of Regret. Later you meet more prophets, and finally the story centers on the Prophet of Truth. There is a split in the covenant due to the actions of the Prophet of Truth. So, midway in the game, you have the old covenant and the new covenant. Interesting.

Both are great articles/ posts. You really should read BOTH.