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:::I'll grant you that, I guess. How about this, then: How about we warn parents about the dangers of encountering atheists or other non-Christians, or worse, steroid users in sports? No matter how you look at it, using an '''encyclopedia''' to warn parents that their children might talk to an atheist doesn't seem appropriate. [[User:EBrown|EBrown]] 20:22, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

:::I'll grant you that, I guess. How about this, then: How about we warn parents about the dangers of encountering atheists or other non-Christians, or worse, steroid users in sports? No matter how you look at it, using an '''encyclopedia''' to warn parents that their children might talk to an atheist doesn't seem appropriate. [[User:EBrown|EBrown]] 20:22, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

::::If the encyclopedia in question plainly makes its purpose known, and that purpose is to be an educational resource for those of a conservative (and particularly conservative Christian) philosophy, then I think it's entirely appropriate to include such warnings.  It's really no different from having, say, a website that reviews movies from a Christian perspective.  While warnings to parents concerning anti-Christian themes might not be appropriate in a movie review in, say, the New York Times, it's entirely appropriate for such warnings to appear on such a website.  --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 20:27, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

::::If the encyclopedia in question plainly makes its purpose known, and that purpose is to be an educational resource for those of a conservative (and particularly conservative Christian) philosophy, then I think it's entirely appropriate to include such warnings.  It's really no different from having, say, a website that reviews movies from a Christian perspective.  While warnings to parents concerning anti-Christian themes might not be appropriate in a movie review in, say, the New York Times, it's entirely appropriate for such warnings to appear on such a website.

 

::::Furthermore, I will suggest that there's, again, a difference between roleplaying games and sports.  While someone who participates in sports might be incidentally an atheist or even a Satanist, it's unlikely to come up in the context of that activity.  I know I didn't have a lot of religious discussions while playing football.  On the other hand, as the link I provided shows, it's entirely possible to use D&D as a vehicle for expressing Satanism or other questionable philosophies. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 20:27, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

==Warnings to Parents==

==Warnings to Parents==