The president of the Southern Baptist Convention is calling Will Wright’s highly-anticipated new game, Spore, an insult to God and people of all faiths.

“What we have here is a tool to further distance people from their creator, by empowering to create life in any form,” said Gerald Hightower.  “As Baptists it is our duty to GAWD to stop this abomination before it gets into the hands of young impressionable minds.”

Calling the game “an insidious attempt by darwinist demons… to destroy the very fabric of family values” Hightower is calling on every Baptist in the Convention to fight this game’s release, “the way you’d fight Satan himself if he came for your children.”

Not surprisingly, Wright defended the game.

“I’m not saying that these people are crazy,” said Wright.  “But any faith that would be threatened by Fire-breathing-pelican-weiner-dogs really ought to be banned from buying koolaid and Nike running shoes.  That’s all I’m saying.”

In a related story, Wright is apparently already developing what is being called the “Utah Mod” for spore, where all of the creatures created look pretty much the same, but get gradually more retarded as their lineage increases.