Relique du Madde
Adventurer
Its not just Christians, its various sects of the big three monotheistic religions.
D&D Still Satanic? "So my mom threw away all my D&D books..."
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To be fair, every group has its code words for things it doesn't like, rationally based or not.
Also, to be fair, the Christians who labeled ragtime as "Satanic" were more...racist...than others. LOTS of Christians liked it. Like the artist Scott Joplin, who was Christian. Roman Catholic, as a matter of fact. (He got started playing at Church gatherings.)
Also, to be fair, the Christians who labeled ragtime as "Satanic" were more...racist...than others. LOTS of Christians liked it. Like the artist Scott Joplin, who was Christian. Roman Catholic, as a matter of fact. (He got started playing at Church gatherings.)
Thagdal
Explorer
I'd say they have the ability (and some parental behaviour encourages it) but not the right.
I had to play marvel super heroes, and villains and vigilantes at high school, 'cause D&D was too contraversially 'bad'
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falcarrion
First Post
Its only a matter of time before we see pics of Sadam playing dnd.
pawsplay
Hero
I challenge you to describe how someone who has the ability, and the ethical justification for an action, dose not have the right. If the parents' justification is based on the child's well-being, then that justification fades when an action is counter to a child's well-being. And a teenager does have the ability to recognize that some things may be counter to their well-being. If, on the other hand, the justification is based on the parent's preferences, that is not a right, only a preference. Parents do not have a right to enforce what is merely a preference, any more than any human being can enforce their preferences on any other human being.
howandwhy99
Adventurer
Pawsplay, for the most part I agree with you. What I think the other poster is saying is a right is a social convention and their conception of ethical right and wrong is different than yours in terms of children's relationship to their parents.
When you talk about how parent's subjective preferences do not supersede a child's rights, but then they can and should act on behalf of the child's well-being, I have to ask, "how do you know the difference?"
For the sake of discussion, I imagine the parents would say they are acting on behalf of the child's well-being. That this action is, from their perspective, protecting the child from what they are too young to judge for themselves.
Yes, I'm playing devil's advocate here. No, I don't think D&D is satanic or that the parent made a wise choice.
When you talk about how parent's subjective preferences do not supersede a child's rights, but then they can and should act on behalf of the child's well-being, I have to ask, "how do you know the difference?"
For the sake of discussion, I imagine the parents would say they are acting on behalf of the child's well-being. That this action is, from their perspective, protecting the child from what they are too young to judge for themselves.
Yes, I'm playing devil's advocate here. No, I don't think D&D is satanic or that the parent made a wise choice.
Jan van Leyden
Adventurer
I can't help but notice a fishy smell to this report.
The guy's supposedly 17 years old and lives in Canada. He joined RPG.net some two years ago and has written several hundred posts on that board. There were other RPG books lying around and he was very open to mention his new books.
So with 17 years of experience with his mother and two years of experience as a roleplayer living in this house his mother flips out without any warning signs?
Not that I wouldn't expect strange behaviour from religious fundamentalists, but this I find really hard to believe.
The guy's supposedly 17 years old and lives in Canada. He joined RPG.net some two years ago and has written several hundred posts on that board. There were other RPG books lying around and he was very open to mention his new books.
So with 17 years of experience with his mother and two years of experience as a roleplayer living in this house his mother flips out without any warning signs?
Not that I wouldn't expect strange behaviour from religious fundamentalists, but this I find really hard to believe.
Argyle King
Legend
The following shouldn't be taken 100% seriously, but I think it would be interesting to see how it played out if somebody actually did this...
Instead of fighting against it, I say the kid should wholeheartedly embrace it. Go balls to the wall with the Bible.
Mom wants to go shopping on Sunday? "Sorry mom, God says that's the day of rest. Why are you asking me to violate the sabbath?"
"I found some toys in one of your drawers mom. Masterbation is a sin, so, for your own good, I had to give them away. Just to be sure you soul was safe, I also took 10% of the money in your wallet and tithed it to the church."
"I think dad should consider a second wife; most of the great men in the Old Testament had multiple wives."
"Mom, I think I might have the drop out of school. They're trying to brainwash me into believing the world wasn't created in 7 days."
(For the record, yes, I would consider myself Christian.)
Instead of fighting against it, I say the kid should wholeheartedly embrace it. Go balls to the wall with the Bible.
Mom wants to go shopping on Sunday? "Sorry mom, God says that's the day of rest. Why are you asking me to violate the sabbath?"
"I found some toys in one of your drawers mom. Masterbation is a sin, so, for your own good, I had to give them away. Just to be sure you soul was safe, I also took 10% of the money in your wallet and tithed it to the church."
"I think dad should consider a second wife; most of the great men in the Old Testament had multiple wives."
"Mom, I think I might have the drop out of school. They're trying to brainwash me into believing the world wasn't created in 7 days."
(For the record, yes, I would consider myself Christian.)
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