I saw this on the news last night.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070611/wl_uk_afp/britainanglican_070611075740
I agree on the legality part, Sony shouldn't have been so damn ignorant; to think that they were exempt from asking permission to use a scene without permission of the owner. As they are (loosely quoted) a 'non-profit organization' I suppose donation is their way of extracting 'royalties'. I can remember a similar claim about a scene in 'Soldier of fortune'.
From a religion stand point, I don't think it really comes into the argument; regardless of the fact that religion does indeed suck balls. Anyhow if games were more damn imaginative these days it 'shouldn't be a problem', If dumb-ass developer's stopped pushing 'real-world environments' onto everyone claiming that; scanning a city in 3D is 'next-gen'
On the other hand if a religious group claimed some form of damages because a scene in a game 'resembled' something sacred to them, then I would indeed feel more strongly about it.
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