Tarrasque Wrangler said:
In regards to the original poster, I'm a little confused about your controversy. You've got one person who thinks made-up gods for a game of make-believe is somehow unrighteous, and another group who thinks Bane and Mystra are real and deserving of worship? I'd say get a nutjob-free group.
Actually this isn't my current group. The person who was a conservative Christian played with me in high school some years ago. He really didn't have a major problem with D&D, but was a little uncomfortable about having religion play an active role in the game. Overall it wasn't a major problem since we usually just played Gurps: Sci-Fi. (Believe it or not, there are some conservative Christians that play RPGs! Not every gamer is an atheist, agnostic, pagan, or even a member of a liberal Christian sect.)
Again, the person who was got a little too into D&D was another person I played with in high school. Apparently she was into wicca and neo-paganism. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand in wicca a person can pick a historical deity to be a focus and represent the divine. Apparently she picked the Forgotten Realms diety (not the original Finnish diety) Meilikki to be her representation of the god/godess, because she thought that the way Meilikki was depicted in the Forgotten Realms novels represented her beliefs perfectly (respect for nature, not to mention the patron deity of Drizzt

). Anyway, she really conflicted with a lot of members in our group for obvious reasons. We ended up more of less kicking her out.
I guess it goes to show you that gamers are quite a diverse bunch. I've played with people who have been neo-pagans, conservative Christians, atheists, and agnostics. Most gamers are pretty cool people, but their are some weird ones.