yes and keep in mind the bible was written 2000 some years ago,
christians didn't even have the bible as we know it until the early
400s. 405 AD or something like that. so when you read it, you have to
keep in mind its historical context, that it is translated from other
languages, and what phrases and stuff meant back then versus what they
mean today.
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On 4/30/2015 11:30 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:
Hi Dark,
Well, I for one don't believe roll playing games like Dungeons and
Dragons is evil in a religious sense, but I do know and understand
where that system of beliefs comes from having been brought up in a
Christian faith as a child.
The basis of religious believers calling D&D evil comes from a verse
in Deuteronomy of not being partakers of witchcraft, magic, familiar
spirits, etc. Basically, many Christians take that to mean that any
participation in magic or the occult be it real or fantasy is
forbidden and call fiction like Harry Potter or games like D&D evil
accordingly. Myself I strongly feel that view is taken out of context
and there is a world of difference of actually practicing the occult
and merely reading a story about it or playing a game.
Cheers!
On 4/30/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
@Jody, D&D evil?
I'm a tad confused, sinse the dungeons and dragons I know is a tabletop rp
game, and how evil it is depends upon your gm, though usually most decent
gms wouldn't really condone a game where you were playing out and out evil
characters and would smack you with nasty in game penalties if you ever
commited any senseless crimes or whatever, sinse it's their job to create
the realistic world the game happens in.
I have heard some religious zealots say D&D is evil simply because it
involves magic, wizards, dragons and such, the same way some religious
zealots say Harry Potter is evil, but such opinions are based on a religious
mindset and system of beliefs that (even though I was bought up in the
Christian tradition myself), I find so utterly bizarre I have difficulty
making sense of.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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