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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8529783" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>My mom was Catholic and my dad wasn't (my family background is a mix of Italian, Jewish and Irish). And this matches my experience with Catholicism and gaming, where the period where D&D was off limits for me, we were going to a high episcopal church (because among the protestant church's, high episcopal felt closer to a Catholic mass, for my mother it was a comfortable fit), in an area of southern california that was dominated by evangelical churches (most of my friends went to what I would call megachurches, but I don't know if that terminology is correct, they just looked like megachurches to me). But we were east coast transplants, and during that period we were pretty steeped in the Episcopal Church community we attended but also just part of a local community that was intensely religious (and very, very evangelical, born again). Generally on the east coast, the Episcopal Churches seem a little more laid back than this one, I don't know if that is a coastal thing or just a product of the town we were in at the time. But as soon as we moved back, and we were among Catholic family (and Jewish) and no longer in a community like that, my mother was persuaded to let me play D&D by one of her Catholic cousins. I even had a cousin who was a nun and I don't think I ever heard her comment on D&D or roleplaying (and she would have been aware I was involved in that). I don't know if there is any official position the church has taken on the matter, but for a time I worked in a campus Catholic ministry office when I was in college (initially under a nun then under a lay minister), and I used to prepare for my D&D sessions in the office between doing things (there was a lot of down time), and I never got the impression this was a problem. </p><p></p><p>Part of that though could have been the difference in the particular area of California and Boston (culturally these were two very different places). But I remember in California (at least where I was) the D&D thing was a huge deal. My mom had friends who told her it was satanic, that it would lead to taking drugs like PCP and killing each other with swords. The panic part of it, i think was very real (also sincere, I think, and I am not quick to judge people who were probably reacting out of fear for their children's safety). Most of the people were kind and well intentioned, but I just think they were reacting to an exaggerated sense of danger around the game, and there was also something in the air in the culture at the time where maybe a lot of fears lurking in the back of peoples minds were being expressed in this fear of satanic cults.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8529783, member: 85555"] My mom was Catholic and my dad wasn't (my family background is a mix of Italian, Jewish and Irish). And this matches my experience with Catholicism and gaming, where the period where D&D was off limits for me, we were going to a high episcopal church (because among the protestant church's, high episcopal felt closer to a Catholic mass, for my mother it was a comfortable fit), in an area of southern california that was dominated by evangelical churches (most of my friends went to what I would call megachurches, but I don't know if that terminology is correct, they just looked like megachurches to me). But we were east coast transplants, and during that period we were pretty steeped in the Episcopal Church community we attended but also just part of a local community that was intensely religious (and very, very evangelical, born again). Generally on the east coast, the Episcopal Churches seem a little more laid back than this one, I don't know if that is a coastal thing or just a product of the town we were in at the time. But as soon as we moved back, and we were among Catholic family (and Jewish) and no longer in a community like that, my mother was persuaded to let me play D&D by one of her Catholic cousins. I even had a cousin who was a nun and I don't think I ever heard her comment on D&D or roleplaying (and she would have been aware I was involved in that). I don't know if there is any official position the church has taken on the matter, but for a time I worked in a campus Catholic ministry office when I was in college (initially under a nun then under a lay minister), and I used to prepare for my D&D sessions in the office between doing things (there was a lot of down time), and I never got the impression this was a problem. Part of that though could have been the difference in the particular area of California and Boston (culturally these were two very different places). But I remember in California (at least where I was) the D&D thing was a huge deal. My mom had friends who told her it was satanic, that it would lead to taking drugs like PCP and killing each other with swords. The panic part of it, i think was very real (also sincere, I think, and I am not quick to judge people who were probably reacting out of fear for their children's safety). Most of the people were kind and well intentioned, but I just think they were reacting to an exaggerated sense of danger around the game, and there was also something in the air in the culture at the time where maybe a lot of fears lurking in the back of peoples minds were being expressed in this fear of satanic cults. [/QUOTE]
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