Christianity Versus Roleplaying

Ravenwing · Post by **Ravenwing** » 2004-04-03 11:53am

Darth_Zod wrote:as far as the fundies are concerned, if it it deals with magic, it's bad and is obviously satanic. meh.

well EXCUUUUUSE me! Magic, wicca and paganism do not have anything to do with an evil concept that is central to a completely different religion. (sorry but that sort of talk gets right up my nose. i dont tell them they are evil just cause they worship something else)

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2004-04-03 12:53pm

Also, it paints a world without there diety, and one that's getting along just fine without him.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-04-03 01:06pm

Christians can roleplay. They just have to be human warrior/fighter/knight/paladin/crusaders with a lawful/good allignment. Oh, and they must always, ALWAYS remind themselves that it is just a game.

It's worth a laugh.

Grand Moff Yenchin · Post by **Grand Moff Yenchin** » 2004-04-03 01:30pm

Lazy Raptor wrote:Christians can roleplay. They just have to be human warrior/fighter/knight/paladin/crusaders with a lawful/good allignment. Oh, and they must always, ALWAYS remind themselves that it is just a game.

It's worth a laugh.

This is cool...

The comic

Lv. 8 Cleric can learn the real deal?

*goes off to join a game*

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-04-03 01:34pm

NO!

Clerics are an abomination! You're better off being a dual claymore wielding berserker! Prayers are not spells! You cannot presume to control God like some kind of faucet! He does not bow to your every whim!

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2004-04-03 02:42pm

Ravenwing wrote:well EXCUUUUUSE me! Magic, wicca and paganism do not have anything to do with an evil concept that is central to a completely different religion. (sorry but that sort of talk gets right up my nose. i dont tell them they are evil just cause they worship something else)

In the religious views of Fundies, anything that's not them is a tool of the corruptor and tempter Satan. No, Really.

Xenophobia, ladies and gentelmen!

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-03 02:47pm

Lazy Raptor wrote:Christians can roleplay. They just have to be human warrior/fighter/knight/paladin/crusaders with a lawful/good allignment. Oh, and they must always, ALWAYS remind themselves that it is just a game.

It's worth a laugh.

Okay, so I'm a paladin this game. So what? I've also played a chaotic neutral cleric of Tempus, a lawful neutral Eastern monk, and a neutral evil blackguard. Oooooo, looks like you're wrong! Owned!

As for Jack Chick, I've gotten all the funny I can out of that. Its just not funny anymore for me. x_x

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-04-03 02:49pm

Ravenwing wrote:
Darth_Zod wrote:as far as the fundies are concerned, if it it deals with magic, it's bad and is obviously satanic. meh.
well EXCUUUUUSE me! Magic, wicca and paganism do not have anything to do with an evil concept that is central to a completely different religion. (sorry but that sort of talk gets right up my nose. i dont tell them they are evil just cause they worship something else)

i am aware of this. i was referring exclusively to the viewpoint of your average fundie moron.

justifier · Post by **justifier** » 2004-04-03 04:03pm

Lazy Raptor wrote:Christians can roleplay. They just have to be human warrior/fighter/knight/paladin/crusaders with a lawful/good allignment. Oh, and they must always, ALWAYS remind themselves that it is just a game.

It's worth a laugh.

That never gets old.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2004-04-03 05:05pm

LadyTevar wrote:
CrimsonRaine wrote:
Jesus, man, that's the goddamn point of it. Some people roleplay because it's fun, some people roleplay because they're creative geeks, but almost all people roleplay for escapism. Didn't any of these fundies play "Tea Party" when they were a kid? That's roleplaying, my cross-carrying friends. (which of course, is not directed towards any one here).

Crimson Raine
Remember Raine, it's called Hypocrasy (sp).

Hypocrisy

Maybe I should ask for a Grammar Nazi custom title...

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2004-04-03 05:27pm

...D'oh!

Damn you SPELLING! DAMN YOU!

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2004-04-03 05:29pm

Gah, crap, I was caught in the missspelling

...considering that's how I'd probably type Hypocrisy normally...the damning of spelling remains! DAMN YOU SPELLING!

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-04-04 03:24am

Ravenwing wrote:
the definition of occult literately is 'that which is hidden'. the occut world is elusive, mysterious and to many unnatainable and wonderful. the ultimate escape.

As opposed to the roleplaying definition of occult which apparently is "anything which is derived from horror literature".

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-04 09:05am

Peregrin Toker wrote:
Ravenwing wrote:
the definition of occult literately is 'that which is hidden'. the occut world is elusive, mysterious and to many unnatainable and wonderful. the ultimate escape.
As opposed to the roleplaying definition of occult which apparently is "anything which is derived from horror literature".

Not quite. A cult in-game usually refers to a hidden group of worshipers of one of the evil deities. Not everything derived from horror literature is referred to as occult. (Any number of monsters, for example. Zombies don't exactly form cults.

)

Ravenwing · Post by **Ravenwing** » 2004-04-04 12:04pm

Peregrin Toker wrote:
Ravenwing wrote:
the definition of occult literately is 'that which is hidden'. the occut world is elusive, mysterious and to many unnatainable and wonderful. the ultimate escape.
As opposed to the roleplaying definition of occult which apparently is "anything which is derived from horror literature".

well actaully roleplaying occult is about the mystery. cults are hidden, of elite stature usually in some way because of thir status (apparently) and magic is also a popular theme because it is not widely explained and is therefore glorified wrongly as a childrens sparkly dust sort of thing, so it too is mysterious. from that point the 'magical' occult categories grow fast, including all the undead creatures and dragons and swords and people with wings and the list goes on ad infinitum

Ravenwing · Post by **Ravenwing** » 2004-04-04 12:06pm

Ravenwing wrote:
Peregrin Toker wrote:
Ravenwing wrote:
the definition of occult literately is 'that which is hidden'. the occut world is elusive, mysterious and to many unnatainable and wonderful. the ultimate escape.
As opposed to the roleplaying definition of occult which apparently is "anything which is derived from horror literature".
well actaully roleplaying occult is about the mystery. cults are hidden, of elite stature usually in some way because of thir concealed standing(apparently) and magic is also a popular theme because it is not widely explained and is therefore glorified wrongly as a childrens sparkly dust sort of thing, so it too is mysterious cause nobody understands it. from that point the 'magical' occult categories grow fast, including all the undead creatures and dragons and swords and people with wings......the list goes on ad infinitum

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-04-04 03:26pm

Rogue 9 wrote: Okay, so I'm a paladin this game. So what? I've also played a chaotic neutral cleric of Tempus, a lawful neutral Eastern monk, and a neutral evil blackguard. Oooooo, looks like you're wrong! Owned!

An Eastern monk! You dabble in martial arts and other occult practices!

I looked through the index of of his comics and didn't see anything about martial arts. Does he really think that karate and such are evil Satanic practices? I wouldn't put it past him.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-04-04 03:35pm

i used to have this fundie teacher that thought meditation wound up summoning spirits.

so you never know.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-04-04 06:46pm

Darth Wong wrote: As one JW acquaintance says, it's all "occult". And anything "occult" is prohibited by the Bible's condemnation of witchcraft.

According to dictionary.com

occult

adj : having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" [syn: mysterious, mystic, mystical, secret] n : supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural" [syn: supernatural] v 1: cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies" [syn: eclipse] 2: become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often" 3: hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"

Hmm, the first part eh. That would mean you can't have a religion or a belief in say GOD then. Nice one.

On a side note. A guy at work one of those 'I'm a Chrisitian you have bad behaviour' types got pissed when another guy at work said something about him going to his 'cult' meetings.

A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.
The followers of such a religion or sect.
A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.
A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.

Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.
The object of such devotion.
An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.

Oops. Looks like he was right after all.

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2004-04-04 07:21pm

Mayabird wrote: An Eastern monk! You dabble in martial arts and other occult practices!

I looked through the index of of his comics and didn't see anything about martial arts. Does he really think that karate and such are evil Satanic practices? I wouldn't put it past him.

While I have not heard it specifically from Chick, I have heard condemnation of matrial arts from other Fundamentalist

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2004-04-04 07:22pm

Kitsune wrote: While I have not heard it specifically from Chick, I have heard condemnation of matrial arts from other Fundamentalist

"Martial" arts, sorry

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-04-04 09:18pm

Darth_Zod wrote:i used to have this fundie teacher that thought meditation wound up summoning spirits.

so you never know.

I had a doctor who thought that my epilepsy/schizophrenia was caused by demonic posession.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-04 09:34pm

Gandalf wrote:
Darth_Zod wrote:i used to have this fundie teacher that thought meditation wound up summoning spirits.

so you never know.
I had a doctor who thought that my epilepsy/schizophrenia was caused by demonic posession.

Well he's crazy. What this has to do with roleplaying though, I have no idea... Unless he thought that the possession was caused by playing RPGs, which isn't an inconceivable thought given how often that one used to be thrown around.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-04-04 09:45pm

Rogue 9 wrote:
Gandalf wrote:
Darth_Zod wrote:i used to have this fundie teacher that thought meditation wound up summoning spirits.

so you never know.
I had a doctor who thought that my epilepsy/schizophrenia was caused by demonic posession.
Well he's crazy. What this has to do with roleplaying though, I have no idea... Unless he thought that the possession was caused by playing RPGs, which isn't an inconceivable thought given how often that one used to be thrown around.

He asked if I'd been attempting voodoo or playing with quiga boards. Roleplaying was also implicated.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-04 09:46pm

Riiiiggggghhhhhttttttttt.

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