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Bill writes that in 1986 a former game writer for TSR appeared on the 700 Club. This
former employee stated that he had resigned from the company over a dispute he had with them
over the rituals they were using. He believed they were too authentic and potentially dangerous.
The incredible thing was that he wasn't even a Christian at the time of this dispute.
According to Bill, D&D “is essentially a feeding program for occultism and witchcraft.
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Peter, another member of the occult, agrees with Bill but not only in regards to D&D but to
FRPGs in general. Peter described FRPGs as “one of today's most enticing pathways to spiritual
bondage.” Peter spent 30 years in the occult and reach the level of a Temple Master in the
“Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn,” the same occult group Aleister Crowley belonged to.
Peter would use FRPG tournaments to recruit kids into the occult. He said, “These kids are easily
drawn into occult groups through [role-playing] tournaments.” He further stated:
“When kids transition from simulation -- when they actually experience
the POWER that is available to them through the rituals they are learning to
perform under the guise of 'fantasy' -- that power becomes like an addiction and
they get hooked. But they don't see that.”
“I could walk up to any of these teens who showed promise,” he
continued, “and I could put my hand on their shoulder, look them in the eye and
say, 'If you get a rush from this, how would like to do it for real?' No one has ever
answered no.”
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Links to Murder and Suicide
D&D and other FRPGs have been principal motivators in many murders, suicides and
sexual crimes according to detectives, psychologists and family members of the perpetrators of
the crimes. “The National Coalition on Television Violence says D&D [alone] is linked to more
than fifty teenage deaths.”
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Chairman of the National Coalition on Television Violence, Dr.
Thomas Redecki, has been an expert witness at a number of murder trials linked to D&D. Dr.
Redecki, a psychiatrist, states:
I've found multiple instances of attitudes, values and perceptions of reality
that were strongly influenced by an immersion in these games. When someone
spends 15 to 30 hours a week dreaming of how to go out and kill your opponents
and steal treasure, it's not surprising that the desire to act it out in real life
occurs.
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Other FRPGs
Fantasy role playing games are targeted at all different age levels. There are card games,
video games and more. Pokemon is an example of a card game that was targeted at young
children. Like D&D, Pokemon involves violence, killing and the occult. Another occult card
game, Magic the Gathering, is targeted at all age levels. It is the most popular FRP card game on
the market. It is even used in public schools.
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Stephen Dollins recalls a mother who reported to him that her son's teacher was having
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