if you want to be a logger go get the survive the wild game. then you
can cut down trees and stuff.
follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
On 4/30/2015 12:16 PM, Thomas Ward wrote:
Hi Dark,
As you said you were raised with a different type of mentality.
Certainly the religious fundamentalism that is so popular here in the
US isn't as prevalent over in the UK which makes the world of
difference when discussing topics like fantasy and games.
The issue here is that fundamentalists are often very literal minded
about scriptural interpretation . They attempt to apply concepts and
ideas written down 2,000 or more ago to a modern day framework which
doesn't always work to my way of thinking.
For example, the verse in Deuteronomy often quoted to declare games
like dungeons and Dragons as evil is actually talking about worship
and practicing the occult in a very literal sense. It isn't talking
about books, games, or anything like that. I doubt the concept of
playing a game like Dungeons and Dragons were on the author's minds
since it hadn't been created yet. Therefore applying that verse to
games in a modern context makes little sense as a group of college
kids sitting around a table playing D&D aren't literally casting
spells or worshipping pagan gods. They are just rolling dice and
playing along with an adventure story.
In short, like you said for me playing a game like D&D and practicing
witchcraft in the real world are in two different categories mentally.
I do not confuse the two, nor do I think one has any bearing on the
other. However, to a religious fundamentalist they make no
distinctions like that and apply scripture to all references of the
occult real and imaginary. Even if the scripture in question doesn't
really apply to that situation.
Cheers!
On 4/30/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
Hi Tom.
I understand where the believe comes from, but having been at least bought
up a christian with a very different mentality it has just plane never made
sense to me on a religious or personal level. I will admit the first time i
met a practicing pagan (actually secretary of the British Wicken
association), who freely and openly talked about spells i was a little
disquieted, but when she explained that in pagan belief a "spell" is simply
a practical or symbolic method of praying it made a lot more sense, indeed
according to her a spell could be as simple as pouring your troubles into a
cup of water and pouring them out on the ground.
Again though her beliefs I don't particularly see as having anything to do
with harry potter, D&D or anything else anymore than I see the clerric's god
enspired spells in D&D having any baring on real religious practices at all,
the two things are just in entirely separate compartments mentally which is
why I find the idea of people who confuse the two utterly strange.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
---
Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org
If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to
gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org.
You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at
http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org.
All messages are archived and can be searched and read at
http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list,
please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
---
Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org
If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org.
You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at
http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org.
All messages are archived and can be searched and read at
http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list,
please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
---
Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org
If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org.
You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at
http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org.
All messages are archived and can be searched and read at
http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list,
please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
