Cindy- I sympathize with your loss of a friend. My cousin caught his wife cheating on him and took his own life so by that train of thought Marriage is demonic as well and should be avoided at all cost. I don't like the game but the point of it is to stay alive at all cost. If he was truly lost in the game he could not have done that. |
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---Mike on 5/15/08 |
iloveHim:
I'm sure that the woman would also have admitted to eating hamburgers and watching television. That doesn't mean we should run out and boycott McDonalds and Sony for being satanic.
When I was growing up, two popular games were "cops and robbers" and "cowboys and indians". Yet parents weren't upset because these games involved thievery and violence.
Like other games or activities, D & D can be used well, or poorly - something that requires discernment. |
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---StrongAxe on 5/12/08 |
NO WAY! I would make sure that that game along with the ouija board was no where near me! You are meddling with Satan when you meddle with certain games. Do not open your mind to those games. Trust me when I tell you that I once watched a woman being exorcised of demons. She admitted to playing with D & D (not sure how long?) and I sat & watched many different demons come out of her mouth. You can hear the 'demonic' voice when she spoke, gnashing her teeth. (Contd.) |
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---iloveHim on 5/10/08 |
Only Jesus can set you free! Please stay away from these things. NO Christian should be playing with these... let alone their children. And make sure your children aren't down the street playing with it at their friend's house. Very dangerous to your mind/life! |
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---iloveHim on 5/10/08 |
As long as you remember that there's a very distinct and obvious difference between reality and fantasy. I've been Christian for awhile, and I play DnD. It's a good escape, but I play with other Christians, so that helps, too. |
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---tabit8547 on 4/8/08 |
I have a friend who is involved with this game.She knows that I am against it. Which scriptures do you think would be the most helpful. Thanks. |
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---Kella3336 on 3/18/08 |
Bill_bila5659:
There are many places where the Bible tells stories full of bad activities without them being condemned (for example, when Jacob's sons slaughter the village of the man who raped (but later married) their sister, Jacob condemns them - NOT because their actions were 'morally wrong', but because they would make them notorious. This is a lesson in expediency, not morality. |
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---StrongAxe on 3/6/08 |
Yes, StrongAxe, the Bible does have anti-Bible characters, but it is made clear they are wrong, while the anti-Bible characters in the DDD game are NOT clearly exposed as being undesirable to emulate, and ones can in taking on their identities, though imaginary, be approving of such anti-Christ protagonists. And this tacit or outright approving of evil individuals, though imaginary, can be deeply damaging...because of the spirit who has ones approving wrong personalities. |
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---Bill_bila5659 on 3/6/08 |
Dungeons and dragons is a known demonic game, i would caution anyone of it |
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---rosalie on 3/6/08 |
I can't say how pleased I am at your decision. |
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---Pharisee on 3/6/08 |
About the friend who introduced me to Dungeons and Dragons: he never had a problem with the game and neither did I. Until now.
The son of another friend developed the mental illness "schizophrenia" after playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Thanks to all my spiritual Brothers and Sisters for their invaluable input. I've come to SEE that I've been "playing with fire". Ouch!
I've decided to renounce Dungeons and Dragons and NEVER play that game again. |
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---sag on 3/6/08 |
Sag: I honestly don't see how you can be wearing the whole armour of God (Eph. 6:10-18). Especially when you say on another blog "I don't understand God". I believe you're playing with fire & trying to justify it. The ultimate life consequences will be devastating if you pursue D & D. Life isn't a game though the devil (your enemy) sees you as "the game" to be baited, hunted, played & beaten (utterly destroyed). Don't do it!!! |
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---Leon on 3/6/08 |
Children engage in role-playing activities from a very early age. When I was growing up, it was generally "cowboys and indians" or "cops and robbers".
Play (in humans and animals) is a safe way to learn useful life skills, without the consequences of bad choices. (it's hard to die in a crash in a plastic car in the back yard). The best toys and games teach useful skills. Sports teach agility and tactics. Toys for young children teach hand-eye coordination, and manipulation. |
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---StrongAxe on 3/5/08 |
Role playing allows you to explore the consequences of good and evil actions, wise and foolish choices. Inasmuch as one is willing to learn from such situations, they can be edifying.
However, if one uses such situations merely to indulge one's baser instincts, it's like any other form of self-indulgence.
Role-playing is fiction. Jesus used fiction a lot - his parables were generally about hypothetical situations, or metaphors. Because he used them to edify, this were a GOOD thing. |
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---StrongAxe on 3/5/08 |
1. Will playing this game edify or merely entertain me? Are you choosing permissible over praise-worthy activities? When you have a choice between good, better, and best, choose the best! (See Galatians 5:13-17.)
2. Will playing D & D obey self-will or Gods will?
3. Does D & D glorify God?
4. Will playing D & D result in good works?
5. Will playing D & D show self-control?
6. Will playing D & D redeem the time?
7. Is D & D something Jesus would play? |
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---Court7646 on 3/5/08 |
9. Will playing D & D fit in with my life purpose? (2 Timothy 3:4)(Ecclesiastes 2:1).
10. Will playing D & D give me an eternal focus? |
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---Court7646 on 3/5/08 |
Role playing. One can carry role playing into their adult life and at some point they are unable to distinguish truth from lies.
Role playing can be so fun, that one may never know when all of the roles are so blurred that you have no idea who you really are, ever.
With role playing, you can lose yourself. The authentic self is lost in roles and escaping reality. At that point, you might not ever be able to get your real self back.
The Bible defines it - reprobate mind. |
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---Cindy on 3/5/08 |
The dangers of games like this (and, for that matter, any other activity involving fiction) is when one blurs the line between fantasy and reality.
If one treats it merely like improvisational acting, it's little different than theatre (and many churches put on plays involving both good and evil characters).
However, if one gets TOO immersed with characters and stories, problems can arise. For this reason I don't recommend ANY role-playing games for anyone immature or highly suggestible. |
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---StrongAxe on 3/5/08 |
Bill_bila5659:
The Bible itself also has lots of anti-bible characters (murderers, idolaters, Satan, etc.) in it. Does that mean that we shouldn't read it? |
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---StrongAxe on 3/5/08 |
My next door neighbor, friend committed suicide after playing this "game", only a game.
He was 16 yrs. old. His name was Billy. He was adorable and all the girls loved him.
He's dead. Do not tell me, it's only a game.
I know differently. |
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---Cindy on 3/5/08 |
Sounds like it has characters who are anti-Bible . . . wizards, etc. which were to get the death penalty under the law of Moses. Witchcraft is not cute and funny, but a death penalty thing (Exodus 22:18), under the law of Moses. So, charming though they may present themselves to be, we know there are women and men and psychopaths who behave charmingly and are not to be trusted. "Charm is deceitful" (in Ecclesiastes 31:30). |
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---Bill_bila5659 on 3/5/08 |
"All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any." (1 Corinthians 6:12)
So, why are you under the power of this game so it has your interest...and has power to have you even defending it with its anti-Bible characters? |
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---Bill_bila5659 on 3/5/08 |
Even if we do not get demon possessed by something not God's will for us, our involvement with it can help keep us weak so we can be emotionally unstable and unsound because of not doing things in the safety and strength emotional of God's love. So, wrong games are not the only things we need to deal with.
I have found that relating in God's love with my Internet lady friends is more interesting than the drama of TV action movies. Devotion to relating in love has gotten me away from TV. |
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---Bill_bila5659 on 3/5/08 |
sag, I played D & D all my young life. I had a group of friends that met on Saturdays and we would stay up all night eating potato chips, drinking soda and having a good time. I was usually a lawful good paladin, but sometimes I would play a chaotic neutral wizard and one time I was a lawful evil ogre magi. |
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---Ryan_Z on 3/4/08 |
You probably have "deitys and demigods"
No?
Thumb through, read some of the names-google them, some of them match demon names in history, I'm pretty sure Pazuzu (demon from story "exorcist") is in there too isn't he?
I used to hear people swear their souls to patron Gods for the outcome of a dice roll!
Other oaths for the sake of game fluency.
Could this happen to me now...NO, but I wouldn't promote a game where it could happen to others either. |
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---Pharisee on 3/4/08 |
I used to play this game, it's not so simple to understand the spiritual magnitude of what CAN happen in the portion of reality we don't see.
The Characters we play are an extension of self, those characters live alternate fantasy lives of ours and could act out in some cases demoniacally influenced behaviors that anyone has.
In the case of hypersensitive spiritual people, playing that game once in the wrong place could lead to a demon possession.
You really shouldn't play this game. |
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---Pharisee on 3/4/08 |
sag.....Why would a Christian want to play this game? Is this the kind of thing that a Christian should be having on his/her mind? Would you want to be playing this game the moment that Jesus returns? |
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---Susie on 3/4/08 |
No. It isn't very safe. I knew a young man who was brought up a Christain and ended up commiting suicide and he played this game all the time. |
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---sue on 3/4/08 |
Thanks to the Moderator for letting my question through.
Some people can safely play Dungeons and Dragons while others get into all sorts of trouble.
I'm going to answer my own blog question: Yes, I feel that it is safe for me to play the game Dungeons and Dragons.
Only people who "invite" demons to come into their life will end up being possessed. As long as I have the "Armor of God" on me, and command demons to stay away, I'm protected from them. Right? |
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---sag on 3/4/08 |
If you play Dungeons and Dragons, you WILL open the door for Satan and his demons to possess you. This game is straight from the pits of Hell. |
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---Leslie on 3/4/08 |
Would you like to become demon possessed?
Interesting in having your own pet demon to visit with when you try to go to sleep?
How about a familiar spirit, a sprite or little imp showing up for St. Patrick's Day, would you like that?
Yes, they're good company, hanging around the house when you need an enemy.
Say Beetlejuice and you know what, it could happen.
Here's your sign. |
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---Cindy on 3/4/08 |
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