... about the dangers of playing God

For all of you video game fanatics out there, I found this bit of information. It seems like there is a new game that could turn every American into an omnipotent creator. The game- designed by Will Wright, who also developed the popular game SimCity- allows players to build their own universe. The creator of the hugely popular Sims game is working on an ambitious title in which you can truly be God. Called Spore, the game allows players to determine the evolution of a species, from an amoeba to an inter-stellar race. Beginning with a swirl of gasses, players induce a series of chain reactions to create stars, planets, life forms, and societies. Beta testers said, “You (players) can zoom in on a unicellular organism or zoom out to watch the birth of a galaxy that is 100,000 light years across.” If playing the game is anything like creating it, it could become, to use Wright’s description, “almost a religion”.

OK, I have one question (maybe 3): haven’t we already done a marvelous job in Western culture of making the average person believe that they are already an omnipotent creator? Aren’t we already good at playing God? Now we need more practice from a game? Oh well. It may be just me, but I think man has already elevated man to a position far above God's intention.