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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1444784" data-attributes="member: 10201">Man, you wasted a perfect opportunity! I'd kill [wait--wrong choice of words <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ] for a chance to try and address the misconceptions of an entire congregation about RPGs. And it's pretty easy: you respond to the minister with something along the lines of &quot;and, if you were me, how would you respond to this situation?&quot;. If he answers, you've got him: &quot;You've just participated in a hypothetical scenario, responding to a situation you aren't really in, from the point of view of someone else. So, either you're now in need of salvation, too, or roleplaying is a perfectly harmless, even helpful, activity. Think how much better the world would be if we all actually lived by the Golden Rule, and made the effort to think about what the other person is feeling or thinking before acting? Roleplaying is simply an opportunity to explore things in a way that has no negative consquences if we make a mistake, so that if we have to deal with it in reality, we're more likely to do it right. And it's something that people do every day, without even thinking about it.&quot;You're not likely to &quot;win&quot; the argument, but there's a reasonable chance that at least a few of them will think about their position a bit more. And even a misguided opinion is better if the person is willing to think about it than when it's unreasoned prejudice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1444784, member: 10201"] Man, you wasted a perfect opportunity! I'd kill [wait--wrong choice of words ;) ] for a chance to try and address the misconceptions of an entire congregation about RPGs. And it's pretty easy: you respond to the minister with something along the lines of "and, if you were me, how would you respond to this situation?". If he answers, you've got him: "You've just participated in a hypothetical scenario, responding to a situation you aren't really in, from the point of view of someone else. So, either you're now in need of salvation, too, or roleplaying is a perfectly harmless, even helpful, activity. Think how much better the world would be if we all actually lived by the Golden Rule, and made the effort to think about what the other person is feeling or thinking before acting? Roleplaying is simply an opportunity to explore things in a way that has no negative consquences if we make a mistake, so that if we have to deal with it in reality, we're more likely to do it right. And it's something that people do every day, without even thinking about it." You're not likely to "win" the argument, but there's a reasonable chance that at least a few of them will think about their position a bit more. And even a misguided opinion is better if the person is willing to think about it than when it's unreasoned prejudice. [/QUOTE]

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