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Leads to the question: if Singer and his fellow players just got a little more "serious" about playing DnD, to the point where they could argue it constituted a
by burgerbrain 16y ago
Leads to the question: if Singer and his fellow players just got a little more "serious" about playing DnD, to the point where they could argue it constituted a religion, would they then be allowed to play?
- tomjen3 16y agoUnlikely, courts tend to take a dim view on religions that aren't several hundreds if not thousands of years old. It is a legal hack to prevent situations like the one you described.
- endtime 16y agoDoesn't Scientology have the status of an accepted religion in the US?
- w1ntermute 16y agoThey got an exception because of the all the rich/famous people they have.
- electromagnetic 16y agoSo the defining characteristic of a religious entity is how much that entity can extort from its followers, and because Scientology extorts from the rich rather than the poor they attained this status faster. Now where's my chapel in the Apple Store? I suppose the Genius Bar may constitute, but I'm smarter than those people so it doesn't provide me any solace.
- w1ntermute 16y ago> So the defining characteristic of a religious entity is how much that entity can extort from its followers, and because Scientology extorts from the rich rather than the poor they attained this status faster. Wrong, the definining characteristic of a governmentally recognized religious entity is a religious entity that has enough wealth to successfully lobby the government into recognizing it. > Now where's my chapel in the Apple Store? I suppose the Genius Bar may constitute, but I'm smarter than those people so it doesn't provide me any solace. Believe it or not, the vast majority of Apple users don't consider Apple to be a religious entity or follow its every move with anything approaching religious fervor. They're just riding the technology pop culture wave.
- neworbit 16y agoLast I checked Catholic dogma, which has been a couple decades now, I think Steve has to actually pass away before he can become a saint.
- redthrowaway 16y agoThey have an army of lawyers, and getting themselves declared a non-taxable religion in every country they operate in is their first priority.
- rdtsc 16y agoNah. Prison systems have a much more narrow definition of what constitutes a religion. Some have a pre-defined list of approved religions. Religions usually must be established and organized.
- code_duck 16y agoOh dear... the groups that were going around in the 80s warning parents that D&D was satanism would have a field day with that.
- wlievens 16y agoThey've since shifted their focus to Harry Potter.