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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 1116893" data-attributes="member: 10397">I read the article and the little cartoon. The article was irritating a little amusing. Some of his ideas are accurate from the point of view of ANY sort of supernatural influence that doesnt come directly from God being evil(an idea which isnt supported by the Bible, especialy not the New Testament which is supposed to be the real authority for Christians), and of course the point of view that having anything to do with anything that mentions any of those things even if its pure fiction, is also evil. Of course most people have a far greater grasp of reality than that, and those that dont will find an outlet for there madness regardless, wether its DnD, gangs, drugs, or charismatic religious leaders. Its funny to me that he doesnt want people to be influenced in there beliefs by DnD(which most gamers really arent anyway) but its ok to let him or another religious leader tell you how to think.  The bit about Cthulhu and the Necronomicon was...interesting. Since Necronomicon basicaly just means Book of the Dead I guess there could be a real occult tome by that title out there somewhere...but I'm pretty sure the one old HP wrote about was purely fictious. Likewise while its entrily possible that there are many tentacled evil extradimensional beings out there somewhere, I dont think Lovecraft had actual contact with them.  I really love the way thease people will accept the Narnia stories and LOTR, but not other fantasy. Theres plenty of spellcasting taking place in LOTR.  The cartoon was what really pissed me off though. Having the girl kill herself cause her character died. Incredibly insulting and way over the top. Plus the idea that every DnD game is a recruiting front for a Satanist coven. The guy might have been a witch high priest and done a lot of research but I cant believe he actualy knows many gamers. Also doesnt it seem odd that all the players in that cartoon were girls, and they got "saved" by a boy and a man?   Anyway on topic..I never got much of that kind of trouble from my folks. My cousin introduced me to the game over distance...he lived in Michigan(I'm in Ga)...he was blinded in a car wreck a few years ago, and spent a lot of time online for a while...he and some friends got an email game going and he invited my brother and me. Sent me his old 1st edition books. My mom had some very slight misgivings right at first but a brief explanation put that to rest. My whole family loves fantasy and sci fi..although the crazy super fundementalist side of my mom does get wary of some things some times. She did give me some flak about the money I spent on it...but then the crazy half of my mom isnt a fan of spending money or time on anything that doesnt directly contribute to survival. She would also rag me cause I could remember DnD rules so well but didnt always remember the things she thought I should, but thats another story.  Overall, I've experienced very little problems. Of course I wasnt in school so that helped, and my family didnt attend a church.  People like this Chick guy infuriate me though. And people like Baastets parents...making big decisions based on no information.</blockquote>

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