D&D and satanisim

All what evil? That is what I do not understand about the claims of D&D being evil. I played it quite a bit in my youth, and had to defend it against my father. He learned in church how bad it was for me and condemned it. His basis was not on experience, or even testimony of people who had played it, but simply baseless claims. I challenged him to actually try it, and directed him to a friend of his that played the game. I never learned the results of his experience because he never again bothered me about my harmless social gatherings.What exactly is evil about the game? Is nintendo also evil? Baseball? Reading? How about mathematics? The mere fact that the game does not promote religion does not seem like a valid reason to consider it evil. How about gardening or painting the fence?

Reading your post and Asgara I see what Phat likely meant in his post:

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All {snip} evil is the absense of God

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This however does immediately beg the question of what isn't evil? Sure D&D has magic, demons, dieties, and a group of poor saps trying not to get eaten by a red dragon; but its all imagination. Novels, tv shows, video games, music, etc all have the same idea - creating a world of fiction for entertainment purposes. That is such a bizarre stance to take on issues. I suppose its easy as long as one doesn't actually think about the contradictions they make in their lives. Exactly! Being a dork is not evil. Then there is no hope for someone who thinks like that. Life is full of explorations that do not revolve around God, church, or Bible readings. Rejecting D&D out of hand is closed minded, thinking about the position and following it to its logical end is to reject nearly everything the world has to offer!