Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things (with Dr. Michael Shermer)
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The Satanic Panic
"I grew up in the midst of the Satanic Panic, which you are familiar with and most of the Westerners are," he says. "My father, who was a really devout Christian, wouldn't let me play role playing games because he believed that not only were the books that were used, the players manual, the Dungeon Master, Guide, stuff that weren't supposed to be on it." He also didn't want his son getting infected by evil from D&D's demonic-looking dice. But even at private Christian school, people found a way to play anyway. 'You can be like a wizard and cast balls and stuff like that'
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