Charity Refuses Donation Because of D&D Connection

An anonymous reader writes "This year's GenCon Charity Auction raised over $17,000 which they intended to donate to Gary Gygax's favorite charity, Christian Children's Fund. However, the charity refused the donation when they learned of its connection to Dungeons & Dragons." It seems to me all they would need to do is cast remove curse or dispel evil and the money would be fine to use.

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Re:This summary is already out of date

[stonecypher]

"Nothing to see hear"

... but much to taste?

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[Jonah Hex]

I am so glad that they have a reasonable reason for doing this. I was a victim of my grandmother taking away my AD&D books back in the 90's due to the 700 Club helpfully telling her they would allow me to summon a demon from hell or force me to kill myself when my alternate persona died.
 
Jonah HEX

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[Anonymous Coward]

Hush you zealot! Your fundamentalist ramblings aren't welcome here; for this is Slashdot bastion of reason and impartiality.

To arms!

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[Anonymous Coward]

Do you now have a set of dice lovingly carved from her bones?

Mods + spawns = creationism

[sinij]

D&D supports creationism, why else would monsters get spawned? They are not evolved, but just appear in spots = intelligent design.

Re:Mods + spawns = creationism

[robertcz]

Look, I'm a Christian and an offended by all this assumption that all Christians are creationists. It's only those whacky Do-It-Yourself churches that are. Most churches that have proper theological traditions and training for their ministers (e.g. Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran) have for a long time had no problem with the discoveries of science. When I first met a "Christian" [actually whacky Evangelical in a church with no bishops, i.e. not really a Christian (sorry Presbyterians)] who actually really genuinely truly believed in creationism as a statement of facts, rather than as a metaphor, I fell of my chair. I would be scared to live in the US - almost half o fthe peopel there believe in that shit.... But I still think they were dumb to not take the donation...

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[Anonymous Coward]

Grampa?

Oops!

[Anonymous Coward]

They should have the lawful good cleric make the donation next time instead of the chaotic neutral rogue.

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[aussie_a]

How the fuck was she killing zombies without a DM?

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[HiVizDiver]

You owe me a new monitor + keyboard.

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[KGIII]

I take it that they failed the save vs. liquid?

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[Drakkenmensch]

My mother sat me down one day when I was very young and spent along time telling me about the movie she saw the night before of kids playing this 'evil game' that leads some of them to kill themselves, and that I must never, EVER play that game. Naturally, I simply HAD to find out what this incredible "Dungeons and Dragons" she warned was all about.

So in short, if my mom hadn't forbidden me to play it, it would have taken me at least another 10-15 years to find out about it. I credit my mother for giving me such an early head start in my roleplaying career!

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[Jonah Hex]

I was rather disappointed that I was modded funny, as I was dead serious. (the bone dice reply was FUNNY) We got in a huge argument about it, and since the religious right had told her that I would say it was just a game while it was really a tool of Satan I didn't make much progress. I had to search around myself to find my AD&D books from where she had hidden them. I'm just glad I got back my tactical rules 3rd edition and the rest!
 
Jonah HEX