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<blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 8125055" data-attributes="member: 944"><p>I think this is thing with some sects of Southern Baptists and the Jack Chick crowd. I've had bad experiences with cult like behavior from these guys on many occasions including being very controlling about what people read and think which is detrimental to our hobby to say the least.</p><p></p><p>This is not a "Christian" thing though at all and don't let it color your views of that religion. There are even rather devout "muscular" Christians who play D&D.</p><p></p><p>For example the Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons) are absolutely fine with D&D and SF and geek stuff in general. There are a lot YouTube stars, performers like Lindsay Sterling and authors (Brandon Sanderson for example) gamers, and such the are active in the church.</p><p></p><p>There are plenty of other Protestants too</p><p></p><p>A funny story a guy in my past group was evasive about his religion for years and this in a group with floating membership of Pagans , a Satanist, a Seventh Day Adventist, Catholics , Hindus and everything else. Once we finally found out his terrible secret that he was GASP! Lutheran we gave him a severe ribbing for being silly.</p><p></p><p> On the whole gamers generally I've noted are very religiously tolerant which is something I love about this hobby</p><p></p><p>Of note too Gary Gygax was a Christian his whole life unless I am mistaken as was Dave Arneson.</p><p></p><p>Gary would join the Jehovah's Witnesses in later life after being Catholic.</p><p></p><p>The Jehovah's Witnesses had an official teaching on it (I have that Watchtower around somewhere as a keepsake probably next to the Jack Chick tract) that from memory is roughly "D&D is fine, don't dwell on evil thought, try and play good and don't let it be an obsession" so its officially cool with these guys too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ace, post: 8125055, member: 944"] I think this is thing with some sects of Southern Baptists and the Jack Chick crowd. I've had bad experiences with cult like behavior from these guys on many occasions including being very controlling about what people read and think which is detrimental to our hobby to say the least. This is not a "Christian" thing though at all and don't let it color your views of that religion. There are even rather devout "muscular" Christians who play D&D. For example the Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons) are absolutely fine with D&D and SF and geek stuff in general. There are a lot YouTube stars, performers like Lindsay Sterling and authors (Brandon Sanderson for example) gamers, and such the are active in the church. There are plenty of other Protestants too A funny story a guy in my past group was evasive about his religion for years and this in a group with floating membership of Pagans , a Satanist, a Seventh Day Adventist, Catholics , Hindus and everything else. Once we finally found out his terrible secret that he was GASP! Lutheran we gave him a severe ribbing for being silly. On the whole gamers generally I've noted are very religiously tolerant which is something I love about this hobby Of note too Gary Gygax was a Christian his whole life unless I am mistaken as was Dave Arneson. Gary would join the Jehovah's Witnesses in later life after being Catholic. The Jehovah's Witnesses had an official teaching on it (I have that Watchtower around somewhere as a keepsake probably next to the Jack Chick tract) that from memory is roughly "D&D is fine, don't dwell on evil thought, try and play good and don't let it be an obsession" so its officially cool with these guys too. [/QUOTE]
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