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From: jordan@noscvax.UUCP (Martin C. Jordan)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: FRP games--a work of the devil... :-(
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Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 13:10:15 EDT
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In article <567@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA> tim@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes:
>C'mon, Martin, let's hear of just one D&D spell that comes from an authentic
>medieval grimoire.  The closest ones are the summonings, and they're
>completely inauthentic.  The rest are obviously the products of twentieth
>century imagination.
>-=-
>Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University, Networking
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        You're correct! The most questionable ones are the summonings.
But, there are some who spice up their games with additional material
which may be authentic or, for me, too close to the fire for comfort. 
I have no trouble playing D&D and several other Christians have written
that they don't either.....providing that the "play" doesn't border on 
"reality." Originaly, I was tired of seeing all those "narrow-minded
atheists" putting us "narrow-minded fundamentalists" down. It was obvious
that they did not understand God and Satan from the perspective of believers
in the Old and/or New Testament. I merely wished for others to see the
other side of the coin, whether or not we agreed. I like your attitude,
but some don't even want to look at another viewpoint, hence, the
"narrow-minded atheist." I guess I'd better break out my asbestos suit,
I feel the flames coming.
                                        
                                        Martin Jordan