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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Harry" data-source="post: 1529073" data-attributes="member: 5468">I would also like to thank the original poster for starting what has become a quite enjoyable thread, before I respond to Narfellus.&nbsp; I began playing in the early 1980's in the American Southeast, so I did run into a few of these questions myself, though I was fortunate in that the majority of those who considered gaming as &quot;Eeee-vil&quot; also considered my denomination of Christianity as &quot;eee-vil&quot; as well, so I didn't have that much of a problem.&nbsp; My response, when it did come up, was that in D&amp;D since the beasties and forces were clearly labeled as the bad guys, the players had their characters fight and defeat them.&nbsp; To steal a thought from C. S. Lewis, moral faculties are like muscles, one must use them if you want them to be strong when you need them, so the more time the players spend in a game that has the &quot;fighting the good fight&quot;, the more likely they are to put the consciences into practice.&nbsp; The one exception to all this being magic; if one believes that there is such a thing as &quot;real magic&quot; then D&amp;D could be seen as bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Harry, post: 1529073, member: 5468"] I would also like to thank the original poster for starting what has become a quite enjoyable thread, before I respond to Narfellus. I began playing in the early 1980's in the American Southeast, so I did run into a few of these questions myself, though I was fortunate in that the majority of those who considered gaming as "Eeee-vil" also considered my denomination of Christianity as "eee-vil" as well, so I didn't have that much of a problem. My response, when it did come up, was that in D&D since the beasties and forces were clearly labeled as the bad guys, the players had their characters fight and defeat them. To steal a thought from C. S. Lewis, moral faculties are like muscles, one must use them if you want them to be strong when you need them, so the more time the players spend in a game that has the "fighting the good fight", the more likely they are to put the consciences into practice. The one exception to all this being magic; if one believes that there is such a thing as "real magic" then D&D could be seen as bad. [/QUOTE]

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