Harmonix hates God/religion???

[SpiderSambo]

you said the 'd' word

Repent before the winged Satan gets you ¬_¬

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Yet if you put in Robin Hood, or Captain Hook, they both work.

Microsoft is obviously biased towards some ficticious characters.

[Der_Lex]

Their allegiance to the Dark Lord has been known for quite some time.

On a slightly more serious note, Microsoft handles the filter, not HMX (as has been pointed out by others in this thread), so you're probably better off discussing this with them.

To answer your question though: no, Harmonix does not hate any particular religion or philosophy. But as a secular company that isn't in business to promote any particular creed other than 'let there be rock (and funk, pop, etc)', it's understandable that they're not going out of their way to provide content with religious themes. And with Lego, they seem to have gone even further out of their way to avoid songs that has content that might be controversial... although, in all fairness, I doubt' The Great Satan' is playable in Lego either.

My advice? Just enjoy the game for the music and the fun you can have with friends, and not as a venue to promote your particular religion. Religion doesn't have to be a part of everything.
To quote Matthew: "When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get."

Speaking of places that can do without religion, we're trying to avoid those kind of discussions on these forums too, since they inevitably lead to some kind of flame war. Hence, pre-emptive lock.