I ate at my friend's place at MInecraft the other day and he said it's haram.
It's not a real pig, it's just pixels and I don't think your character is cut or embedded. So should be fine.
It's not pork, they're just pixels
Isn't it also forbidden in Islam to depict God - and since man is the image of God, not even of people?
Then what about the character that you control in Minecraft - shouldn't it also represent a person?
You're not really doing it, and video games are only truly haram if you disregard your religious duties.
Minecraft is a survival game and pork is a source of food for your character. You eat it so that it survives.
I have no idea of the Muslim faith now, but let one be a game and the other the reality.
Speaking of reality, would it be in real life to eat haram pork if you haven't had anything to eat for days and your life depends on it? So a situation where there's really only pork and you can't just grab beef, turkey, lamb or something?
Of course, if you have no other option, you can eat pork.
Then the game character can certainly do it too. Because his life depends on it. Only that this starves to death in a few minutes and not in days.
So you're allowed to play in a game anyway. That's logical. You just shouldn't harm yourself. Game is different
Man is NOT the image of God, God does not resemble anything or anyone.
Ok, I got it wrong. What I meant: "God created man in his own image". That's what Islam says, too, right?
No. "in his own image" would mean that man would resemble God.
