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From: entropy@fluke.UUCP (Terrence J. Mason)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: One Christian's view on D&D games
Message-ID: <992@vax2.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 13:21:15 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 13:21:15 1985
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Keywords: D&D, spiritual warfare, humorous evil spirits

In article <515@aero.ARPA> homeier@aero.UUCP (Peter Homeier) writes:

>This discussion on D&D and its effects has been fascinating to me.  It is...
>...in human minds today, anywhere they can find an entrance.  I warn you
>seriously, if you play D&D, you are playing with fire.  You are dealing with
>things which have a reality beyond what you know.  And they are not good
>entities, but evil, plotting your destruction and enslavement in whatever
>way they can.
>
>Most of us can still walk away from the game if we want to. ...

Maybe I am this month's guardian of sensibility; I just don't know anymore.
There seems to be a discouraging increase in the number of people these days
who are shouting 'devil worship' and 'witchcraft' or 'evil spirts' or even
'voodoo' (hexes upon us all!).  The implication here seems to be that the
'evil spirts' are singling out the D&D players as likely candidates for either
possession, or at least some devilish shenanigans.  I was all geared up to
unleash a heated reply when the humor of it struck me.  I've been laughing
ever since.

With my apologies I remain yours,

terry mason