Are We the Devil's Children?

[Crothian]

I was accused of evil and such back in high school by a particuliar religious woman in my class. I just laughed really hard, it was just funny that someone could think that. Of course I was a lot younger then.

 

[hellbender]

I am used to being called a vampire, the devil an alien that it no longer bothers me anymore. People making the cross at me with two fingers, in Indonesia people through little magical amulets at me. There is a guy I recently met that calls me Satan and when I am with the group out somewhere we sometimes bring up gaming and if a non gamer mentions the word goat, one guy goes off on livers and blood and hams it up pretty bad. I am not sure what a goat-sacrificng devil worshipper looks like, but I suppose it could be just about anyone, not just the guy slouching over there in the corner rubbing his hands together and snickering, oh, that's just teflon billy.

My worst situation was getting my grandmother to accept D&D way back, she is tougher than Eric's grandma by far, and doesn't take a shine to these satanic rites we perform with others, clutching dice and other talismins of depravity.

Are there really any who worship the things below that play D&D?

hellbender

 

[GravyFingerz]

Twas the pride of the satanists

Yes so we are

 

[NarlethDrider]

......
How about as evil as Barney?

Barney IS satan

 

[Greatwyrm]

I occasionally see people's heads start to melt when they find out I'm both Christian and an avid gamer.

Overall, I usually handle it something like this:

That's D&D. It's satanic, right?

No. Did you ever play "Cops and Robbers" or "Cowboys and Indians" when you were a kid?

Yep.

Do you think that was satanic?

No.

Well this is "Wizards and Dragons". The rules are just a bit more detailed.

 

[PowerWordDumb]

Wow, I didn't know that still happened! I mean yeah - religious (and non-religious) wackos of all types are in never-ending supply, so theoretically I knew it was likely going on somewhere, but I haven't been declared a satanist or demon-worhipper for my D&D hobby since the late 1980's.

The fact that my accuser back then was the type of person who read every National Enquirer, The Star, and Weekly World News cover-to-cover and believed every single word should tell you just how much I valued her opinion on the matter. It was still a jarring experience at a time when I was young enough to not know that I wasn't necessarily the problem.

These days I'd relish the opportunity to rub it back in their faces -though I doubt I'd have showed half the restraint or good graces that you folks did. I'd be sure to make the nutjob pay dearly for accosting me, and likely thereby cement his crazy beliefs about me for all time in the process.

 

[Tonguez]

What IS inoffensive and not evil looking? Puppies?

Come on goats are one thing but then you talk about puppies you really are a sicko!

Never had the Devilworshiper shtick, I tend to get more:
"Whaa- I don't get it. You sit around telling each other stories? Why don't you just go outside and do something instead?"'

 

[TechnoLurker]

Know what you mean. I was pronounced a devil-worshiping, cat-sacrificing, drug dealer back in the late 80s. I mean, c'mon, I like cats. Dogs maybe, but cats?

TechnoLurker

Non-cat-sacrificing D&D Player

 

[TechnoLurker]

Kind of ridiculous all of the crap people keep spewing. How about Jack Chick?

Non-cat-sacrificing D&D Player

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

My bus driver in Junior High would yell at us if we had our books out on the ride home, she was a jahova witness and belived the game to be satanic. Fortunatly she was a very nice women in every other regard, she just didn't want to see those books otu.