[UA] Chick and role-playing

[Michael Dinowitz]

According to many schools of thought (including Jewish) the more concentration given to a subject, the stronger the spiritual reality of the subject becomes. Even something that is not 'real' such as democracy, elvis, or the necromicon can gain a certain reality due to this. Just how much this reality touched onto the physical realm is in question.
(basic source that you can find is "the way of God" by Luzatto, translated by Kaplan, chapter 1 section 5 among others)
This means that yes, the Necronomicon is real and maybe this chick guy is a phychic that is seeing its spiritual representation (it its decided to show itself to him to mess with his head). 
If you think that RPGs can get weird, just wait till you start reading some of the 'real' stuff. :)
(yes, I believe in magic as does just about every Orthodox Jew. Just not all study it or subjects close to it)

> > Yes, but there's this:
> > 
> > http://www.chick.com/articles/frpg.asp
> > 
> > jess--I wish I had the book in which the author says he's
> > seen the Necronomicon
> 
> "Contrary to the ramblings of D&D defenders like Michael
> Stackpole, the Necronomicon and the Cthulhu mythos are
> quite real."
> 
> Bwahahaha!  I love statements like that.
> 
> ".when he mocks the Necronomicon and claims it is entirely
> fictional. It is not, and its use (even in part) has led to
> the destruction of many young minds and souls. I have
> personally watched it happen."
> 
> Well, maybe it's led to the destruction of $9.95 as some
> clueless occultist buys the paperback black book with the
> silly rituals.  
> 
> "Now, admittedly, few people who play D&D actually intend
> to do magic when they play. But I knew some who did, and
> even today I have corresponded with people who were gamers
> and also active magicians on the 'inner planes.' If you are
> a gamer, you might be playing with such an individual."
> 
> Wow, chilling.  I'm pretty frightened that the pimply-faced
> geek across from me is an active magician on the inner
> planes.
> 
> Hmm, we could have an RPG similar to the Vampire games.  In
> short, you are a true magician gaining power from RPGs. 
> What you do in a RPG actually affects one of your "realms
> of power."  So you role-play yourself in a RPG.  Hmm,
> probably sounds too much like Dream Park.
> 
> Kevin
> 
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