Is faith now controversial in boardgames?

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Or is it just Christianity?

Ierusalem: Anno Domini is a soon to be released game from Devir. The theme? Getting your people closer to the Disciples and Jesus at the Last Supper. Now, one might think non-Christians would either: 1. treat it as fiction and enjoy the game anyway or 2. ignore it. RIGHT?

Nope.

In a now locked thread on BGG, a diplomat and “chaplain” complained about serious errors. Oh, the original post has now been deleted. It’s still quoted in whole in the first remaining post. In fact, most of the comments have now been deleted.

It used to be that the mods would simply move the post to an RSP forum, and let the discussion continue. I’m guessing someone (OP) went crying to the mods when another user, one of long standing, pointed out errors in the original post, such as Peter proclaiming Jesus the Messiah in both Matthew 16 and John 1. Other flaws included conflating the Dead Sea Scrolls with NT contemporary literature.

Another guess is that said OP, who bragged about speaking 11 languages and being appointed a diplomat by Arlen Specter, did not expect to be on the losing side of the argument, nor did they expect pushback on the current form of BGG with all its focus on inclusion and diversity. And at least one of the mods has made it their mission to purge badthink. Well, done right, he still had to follow the TOS which the Chistians did not violate. Deleting sure looks like trying to claim victory or victimhood. Every. Single. Time.

At any rate, I’ve been interested in this game and will be digging into it after release. Yeah, that means I’ll try to post about it. Devir has done a couple other games that are… Christian adjacent. Red Cathedral is about building St. Basil’s Cathedral, and Lacrimosa is about the completion of Mozart’s Requiem.