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Author Topic:   Religious views of Magic the Gathering--PLEASE HELP!
Monk
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Message 32 of 125 (217600)
06-17-2005 10:37 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by lfen
06-16-2005 11:11 PM


I never played the game but I have an idea what it is like. I’ve played a little D&D but that was many years ago. I really don’t have a problem with these games. They don’t seem to foster occult worship any more than the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz.
But this thread caused me to wonder about the reaction to games like Principality which is a similar role playing game but with characters from the heavenly realm, i.e. angels, archangels, seraphim, etc.
Would games like this be prohibited in public schools?

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Monk
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Message 52 of 125 (217702)
06-17-2005 3:58 PM
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06-17-2005 12:22 PM


When I was a kid I only recall marbles and bubblegum cards. I've probably forgotten something. But marketing is driving these fads more aggressively than it did in the fifties.
Boy, that's the truth. Likewise, when I was a kid I remember marbles being popular. I remember my dad showing me a marble game where you cut a small hole in the top of a shoebox. The challenger would place the shoebox at his feet and try to drop his marble through the hole from waist level. If they made it, the kid with the shoe box had to give up 2 marbles. If the kid missed, the kid with the shoebox kept the marble. I think that was my first introduction to gambling.
I grew up in the 70's so we also had slinkeys, silly putty, frisbees, and super balls. Basically anything made by a company called "Wham-O".

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Monk
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Message 77 of 125 (217795)
06-17-2005 11:37 PM
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06-17-2005 11:24 PM


Show me a SINGLE shred of verifiable evidence that there is such a thing as spells, sorcery, or anything at all like that which actually exists and I will denounce MTG immediately after.
Since according to you there is no such thing as angels, archangels, or any other heavenly host either, then a game based on these characters would be ok.

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Monk
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Message 83 of 125 (217846)
06-18-2005 10:58 AM
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06-17-2005 11:44 PM


So yes, a game based upon these characters would be fine by me.
...except wouldn't you need demons, devils, and maybe fallen angels as antagonists in such a game?
Sure you would need anatagonist such as demons etc. I don't have a problem with that and I'm sure there is a game out there somewhere like this.

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