Author Topic: Christ for Crowd Control! (Read 19252 times)

Endarire · « **Reply #40 on:** June 13, 2012, 05:29:02 PM »

This is one of my favorite passages: Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."

muktidata · « **Reply #41 on:** June 13, 2012, 06:31:14 PM »

Quote from: bhu on June 10, 2012, 11:43:30 AM

Quote from: darqueseid on June 08, 2012, 04:50:04 PM
and yet I can't seem to find a passage that condemns d&d, funny...

I thought rpgs were the tools of the devil or some such nonsense, but seems like Jesus didn't talk about them anywhere.

A lot of that has to do with miniatures and casting. The locals think of miniature painting as a hobby as devoting yourself to graven idols. Since dnd includes magic, they have the same objection to it that they do Harry Potter: it supposedly increases the chance witchcraft or paganism will be acceptable.

The main things to watch for when filling your kids full of Harry Potter is the premature independance and disobedience to authority it promotes. A lot of parents hear, "Shut up, mom!" or "Whatever!!!" and think, "Where in the world did that come from? I never taught them that." Other than that, I can't see why evangelicals would oppose it. The human condition leaves a door open in our hearts for anything to take hold and become an idol; whether it's a bad thing that's indulged in or a good thing that we make an ultimate thing. Anyone who quickly casts judgement on hobbies as a whole or specifically targets fantasy/role playing hobbies probably doesn't understand what freedom in Christ is about or how neutral things like that are meant to be enjoyed as gifts.

Endarire · « **Reply #42 on:** June 14, 2012, 05:40:03 AM »

Muktidata: Amen.

Dkonen · « **Reply #43 on:** June 21, 2012, 02:20:52 PM »

Speaking as someone who came from a house that burned the first box set to cross the household (in the wood stove we had downstairs) I'd like to put a lengthy personal anecdote about this; namely exploring the harmless escapist nature and the education of good vs. evil (adventurers are often out saving people and slaying evil, after all)... but it would be far too long.

So instead.... +1

Endarire · « **Reply #44 on:** June 21, 2012, 04:50:51 PM »

Dkonen: In Matthew 9:13, Jesus quoted the Old Testament prophet Hosea who said, "I desire mercy, not sacrifice."

Here's the full version, Hosea 6:6. Some versions say, "I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings."

Dkonen · « **Reply #45 on:** June 21, 2012, 06:23:21 PM »

I wasn't actually referring to it that way, though I expect the look on said parent's face would have been worth it to insinuate they were making a "burnt offering" of D&D to God.

Endarire · « **Reply #46 on:** July 03, 2012, 02:49:21 AM »

1 Samuel Chapter 17: David vs. Golaith - The Old Testament's signature boss fight. Also, the plot and rewards sound like something from early D&D or Dragon Quest.

Bauglir · « **Reply #47 on:** July 03, 2012, 03:05:43 AM »

A damn fine critical hit, if ever there was one.

Endarire · « **Reply #48 on:** July 03, 2012, 03:11:05 AM »

That's where the 20-20-confirm autokill rule comes from. (The temple is the strongest part of the head. It's been said that only God Himself could get a stone through there!)

RobbyPants · « **Reply #49 on:** July 09, 2012, 09:12:33 AM »

Quote from: Endarire on July 03, 2012, 03:11:05 AM

That's where the 20-20-confirm autokill rule comes from. (The temple is the strongest part of the head. It's been said that only God Himself could get a stone through there!)

Or any other person one time in four hundred. It's just only David was crazy enough to not care about being one of the other 399!

sirpercival · « **Reply #50 on:** July 09, 2012, 09:20:32 AM »

Goliath didn't IP proof.

Endarire · « **Reply #51 on:** July 09, 2012, 07:52:18 PM »

You can't IP proof DM Fiat, which was "God says so."

Halinn · « **Reply #52 on:** July 09, 2012, 08:31:53 PM »

As I understand it, Goliath didn't have any defensive magic running that could have helped, such as displacement or mirror image. So under the assumption that the bible setting has a 20-20 autokill rule, it's a failure to IP proof, as well as dumb luck on David's side. God would not have to be involved.

muktidata · « **Reply #53 on:** July 09, 2012, 08:41:28 PM »

"... and yet not one of [the dice] will fall to the {table] apart from the will of your Father." Matthew 10:29 NASB

Halinn · « **Reply #54 on:** July 09, 2012, 09:12:58 PM »

Sparrows are, last I checked, not dice.

Endarire · « **Reply #55 on:** July 09, 2012, 10:26:37 PM »

Matthew 10:29 says, in essence, that everything is in God's control. If you roll a 6, it's because God felt like giving you that 6. If a sparrow loses its wing or dies, it's because it was part of God's plan.

kalaskaagathas · « **Reply #56 on:** July 09, 2012, 10:48:20 PM »

Quote from: OutlawPhilosopher on May 15, 2012, 10:08:30 PM

Yeesh, I know! That translation is awwwful [really? diarpasai gets rendered as two different and completely non-synonymous English phrases].

Or were we talking about something else?

Thank goodness! Someone else who can read Koine and can commiserate with how awful most English translations are!

Quote from: Halinn on July 09, 2012, 09:12:58 PM

Sparrows are, last I checked, not dice.

Contextually, "sparrow" is a likely translation, however, the word itself is of somewhat obscure and varied meaning. None of them are dice, per se, but if we are to see past the filigree of the silver apple and look to the golden apple, the inner meaning, then we will find it means something akin to muktidata has posted (I'm goy, but reading Maimonides has convinced me I need to study Talmud, and especially to learn how to properly study Talmud).

muktidata · « **Reply #57 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:46:55 PM »

Quote from: Halinn on July 09, 2012, 09:12:58 PM

Sparrows are, last I checked, not dice.

With Flesh to Stone available and a few points in Craft [Dice], they are.

Cyclone Joker · « **Reply #58 on:** July 11, 2012, 04:19:04 PM »

Leviticus 11:10 condemns That Damn Crab. That CR3 is an abomination in the eyes of god.

Endarire · « **Reply #59 on:** July 12, 2012, 10:52:35 PM »

The book of 1 Samuel in general is about adventure, adventuring, and adventurers. Look at Samuel, Saul, and David!

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