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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 2432848" data-attributes="member: 2810">FWIW, I agree with GlassJaw.  Presumably this guy is an adult.  Treat him like one.  Explain that RPGs have fictional religious elements,  play the game you and the others want to play, and he either can deal with it or not.   It has nothing to do with compassion.  It has to do with him being as tolerant of your lifestyle as you are trying to be of his.  I wouldn't go out of my way to rub his nose in it, but I wouldn't strip all pseudo-religious elements from my game, either.I've been in similar situations a time or three.  Each time, the prospective player was told what the games were like, loaned the rulebook, and allowed to make their own decision.  In most cases, the prospective player was cool with it after reading the book and had a great time.  In one, the player said he was ok with the game and then proceeded to bring his real-world religious beliefs into the game in a disruptive way.  He was politely asked to leave, and that was that.If someone was a rabid vegetarian and said 'Oh, I want to game, but the other players can't eat meat at the table', would you force the others to accomodate them?  (This, by the way, actually happened to me once in college.)</blockquote>