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<blockquote data-quote="cavalier973" data-source="post: 5296358" data-attributes="member: 91595">And the correct translation of the Greek there in Thessalonians is &quot;abstain from evil, regardless what form in which it appears.&quot;&nbsp; It's a different meaning than the conventional reading gives it. &nbsp;C.S. Lewis, the Christian apologist, wrote a book (the Screwtape Letters) purporting to be letters from one demon, giving advice to another demon.&nbsp; So if I handed someone the book, and told him it was full demonic advice, he might shun me, but not because the book is necessarily evil.&nbsp; Context matters, and the point of much of D&amp;D is that the characters are fighting the demons, not hooking up with them (usually)....&nbsp;I've ordered the Red Box through Amazon.com (but have learned that it won't ship out until Sep 13th, so I won't get it until a couple of weeks after it comes out in stores; still, it's at an appreciably lower cost).&nbsp; I am curious whether the amazon.com copies will have the retro covers or the modern covers.&nbsp; So now, I have to decide whether to order the other Essentials products, and enjoy the price reduction, or just take the hit and get the books as soon as they are released.&nbsp; Decisions, decisions....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cavalier973, post: 5296358, member: 91595"] And the correct translation of the Greek there in Thessalonians is "abstain from evil, regardless what form in which it appears." It's a different meaning than the conventional reading gives it. C.S. Lewis, the Christian apologist, wrote a book ([I]the Screwtape Letters[/I]) purporting to be letters from one demon, giving advice to another demon. So if I handed someone the book, and told him it was full demonic advice, he might shun me, but not because the book is necessarily evil. Context matters, and the point of much of D&D is that the characters are [I]fighting[/I] the demons, not hooking up with them (usually).... I've ordered the Red Box through Amazon.com (but have learned that it won't ship out until Sep 13th, so I won't get it until a couple of weeks after it comes out in stores; still, it's at an appreciably lower cost). I am curious whether the amazon.com copies will have the retro covers or the modern covers. So now, I have to decide whether to order the other Essentials products, and enjoy the price reduction, or just take the hit and get the books as soon as they are released. Decisions, decisions.... [/QUOTE]

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