Destiny: theology and controversies

[KnowledgPeace]

As a person who tries to reconcile his earthly interests with the Lord, I recently got interested in the video game Destiny (by Bungie, the same guys who made the religious-references filled Halo games), especially its mechanics of resurrection and the enigmatic Traveler.
You see, in Destiny’s lore, Earth is visited by the Traveler, an alien sphere (who, FYI, vehemently denies being a god)
who grants people great technological advancements and colonization of the Solar system, leading to a Golden Age. However, the Chtulu-like “Darkness” has followed him, and in the ensuing battle, the Traveller is mortally wounded, alien races powered by the Darkness swarm Earth, and the only existing city on Earth is the Tower.
However, the Traveler has granted Earth people the Ghosts, small robots who accompany the supernatural “Guardians”, the game’s playable charachters.
Now, here is the thing: Ghosts are tasked with resurrecting the Guardian, every time he/she gets killed, pumping him full of Light (the base matter of the Universe, also linked to the Traveller and, somehow, to souls). When the Light ends, the Guardian is killed.
The thing is, is this kind of resurrection “allowed” theologically? After all, it is not perfect like Christian resurrection, does not grant immortality ecc…
Jesus was not the only one to resurrect people, other saints, like saint Nicholaus, did it…so can we consider, also given its benevolence, the Traveller (from whom the Ghosts and the Light come) a sort of “Saint” to make things fit?

 

[joeybaggz]

Jesus was not the only one to resurrect people, other saints, like saint Nicholaus, did it…so can we consider, also given its benevolence, the Traveller (from whom the Ghosts and the Light come) a sort of “Saint” to make things fit?

St. Nicholaus (Nicholas??) did? Where?

Are you mixing up the words resuscitation and resurrection? Jesus resuscitated the widow’s son at Nain, Jairus’ daughter, and Lazarus. All three later died. Resurrection, rising from the dead to new and eternal life, has only been accomplished by Jesus.

As to the video game, I’m not a gamer, never played one in my life. But if you’re going to delve into the theological and metaphysical subjects you’ve raised, my suggestion is that you listen to the teaching of the Church’s Tradition in addition to Scripture, and not the product of some video game designer’s imagination. Not to be mean, but I think you’re barking up the wrong tree.

Have fun with your video games, but I suggest not taking them as anything other than mere entertainment.

Shalom.