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There was a widespread moral panic over D&D back in the 1980s. A lot of Christians sincerely believed that D&D was a recruitment tool for satanism. Well into th

There was a widespread moral panic over D&D back in the 1980s. A lot of Christians sincerely believed that D&D was a recruitment tool for satanism. Well into the 1990s, many evangelical groups were producing materials warning that D&D inevitably leads to witchcraft, murder and suicide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATUpSPj0x-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATUpSPj0x-c https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/us/when-dungeons-dragons-set-off-a-moral-panic.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/us/when-dungeons-dragons-...

DoreenMichele 9y ago
Yes, this was in the 80s. I'm old. Thank you.
kolpa 9y ago
Beware. "sincerely" is generally a term used to give irrational religious beliefs undeserved weight over (s-called) "mere" rational choices.
- brokenmachine 9y ago
  Interesting observation. There's no functional difference between "sincerely" believing something that isn't true, and just plain old normal "insincere" believing something that isn't true.
Fifer82 9y ago
Damn I really wish I could title the book, it is on the tip of my tongue but I read the same thing. What I found abhorrent is that the people interviewed in that book, ended up being prescribed meds by good professional Christian Doctors using all means to change their paths from evil. To avoid D&D as it was the devils work. I would say that those parent's were mentally ill and/or uneducated and that the doctor's were mentally ill and/or uneducated. Alas, religion.
- clort 9y ago
  You are probably thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dungeon_Master
forapurpose 9y ago
I think I read that the makers of D&D removed/renamed things like demons and devils as a result.
- fenwick67 9y ago
  They pulled them out of AD&D second edition for this reason [1]. In third edition they brought the words "demon" and "devil" back though, and they're still there in the latest edition. [1] https://archive.org/stream/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine154#page/n10/mode/1up https://archive.org/stream/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMa...
bb88 9y ago
I remember it being pushed by the 700 club. And the problem was that nobody knew what it really was.

DoreenMichele 9y ago

Yes, this was in the 80s. I'm old. Thank you.

kolpa 9y ago

Beware. "sincerely" is generally a term used to give irrational religious beliefs undeserved weight over (s-called) "mere" rational choices.

brokenmachine 9y ago
Interesting observation. There's no functional difference between "sincerely" believing something that isn't true, and just plain old normal "insincere" believing something that isn't true.

Fifer82 9y ago

Damn I really wish I could title the book, it is on the tip of my tongue but I read the same thing. What I found abhorrent is that the people interviewed in that book, ended up being prescribed meds by good professional Christian Doctors using all means to change their paths from evil. To avoid D&D as it was the devils work. I would say that those parent's were mentally ill and/or uneducated and that the doctor's were mentally ill and/or uneducated. Alas, religion.

clort 9y ago
You are probably thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dungeon_Master

forapurpose 9y ago

I think I read that the makers of D&D removed/renamed things like demons and devils as a result.

fenwick67 9y ago
They pulled them out of AD&D second edition for this reason [1]. In third edition they brought the words "demon" and "devil" back though, and they're still there in the latest edition. [1] https://archive.org/stream/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine154#page/n10/mode/1up https://archive.org/stream/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMa...

bb88 9y ago

I remember it being pushed by the 700 club. And the problem was that nobody knew what it really was.