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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 2433349" data-attributes="member: 5171">Ditto both S'mon and Thunderfoot. The notion of having your prayers to one true deity handled by various saints is perfectly reasonable for a Catholic, and even for non-saint-accepting Christians, there's the concept of praying to a Father figure, a Teacher figure, a Mother figure, or a Spiritual essence.And as Thunderfoot said, loudly declaring that it's a game is not going to help in this situation. We all know what you think, Glassjaw. Telling us loudly that you don't have a problem with something doesn't help the guy who asked for help dealing with someone who does have a problem.Honestly, I think I could sell D&D to a Christian. Have him play a paladin. "You are a soldier of righteousness, and you have the god-given ability to sense those who are truly evil. Now get out there and save the innocent and smite the wicked!" (And this would not be the time to bring up "screw the paladin" tactics in my games.) Regrettably, I don't know enough about Islam to make the same claim for a Muslim player -- I just don't know enough about the core beliefs of Islam to know whether going for "what most people call gods are saints or divine servants of the one true god, who is too powerful to worship directly" would be effective or offensive.</blockquote>