Is playing with magic cards a sin

  • Thread starter Thread starter blessed1
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
B

blessed1

Guest
My son is having problems fitting in at school.For years he’s asked to play the “Magic” role -playing card game with other kids.I’ve always said no,thinking it is contrary to our faith. Today I find out that his teacher plays the game with his class during recess,and after school.I went on line ,and researched the game once more.I found there is an option of his playing the “white” side,which has angels,monks,and other good beings.The role of these beings is to teach the “bad guys” to mend their ways.I know that “The Lord of the Rings” depicts evil and good,and magic and is considered ok.Would I be wrong in letting my son play?
 
its a game, there is no undertones of reality or danger of becoming lost in the fiction.

its not really a role playing game, you arent really acting like a person or doing anything but playing the cards in your hand. the “evil” cards do have some nasty stuff on them but its much like Lord of the Rings, its obvious that they are bad and you dont have to play them. its just a complex card game. More similar to a board game than a card game actually in terms of complexity. but i digress, i played with them when i was in elementary school, i had fun. i want really into it hardcore but it was a fun diversion.
 
blessed1

I played Magic:The Gathering for years and I can testify that it really is harmless. If anything, it really does give the player an immediate community to be in. I found it easy to find friends when I moved, etc.

The game is full of mathematics and strategy. Consider it a learning tool that your son will never know he’s learning with. And I assure you that their are no evil messages contrary to our Catholic faith.

If anything, it’s just expensive 😉
 
I’ll agree with the above posters, as I too grew up in my teens playing this game. Not only does it promote a sense of community (albiet, the geek community 😉 ), it promotes strategical thinking, reasoning skills, and is a great way to eventually make a little money on the side if one becomes interested to go to tournaments - where large groups of players pit against one another in duels to win prizes or scholarships, or some other winning.

It has very much of the same elements as the Lord of the Rings card games - you can choose and adapt which side you wish to play with. The best way to validate a game a son or daughter might be interested in is to sit down and learn more about the game itself, and maybe even get your son or daughter to teach you how to play - that way, you can know what they are playing,how it is played, and what your child’s driving force to play the game is.

I hope some of our responses have helped you. 🙂
 
I got the same bad vibe from the game as well, grouping it in with hard-core Dungeons and Dragons (which IS a role play game) where people would actually act out their battle scenes :eek: . I know faithful Catholic young men who play Magic, and I can attest to the fact that it is not inherently evil as I originally thought. It looks kinda fun, very strategic; I just don’t like it because I have nothing to do when they all decide to play :rolleyes: .
 
40.png
St.Curious:
I played Magic:The Gathering for years and I can testify that it really is harmless.
Click to expand...
Except, perhaps, financially. 😃
 
I played it for years. It’s a pretty good game.

I do stay away from the Black cards though. I have a fundamental problem with ‘controlling’ things like vampires and werewolves. My deck was White\Green and my wife played White\Blue

‘Controlling’ Angels, White Knights and Tree Ents was more my style.
 
40.png
vluvski:
I got the same bad vibe from the game as well, grouping it in with hard-core Dungeons and Dragons (which IS a role play game) where people would actually act out their battle scenes :eek: . .
Click to expand...
There are three things I can assure you about live action role playing.
  1. When you are hit at 1am with a sponge sword, soaked in dyed water, in the middle of January…the water has frozen and it DAMNED WELL HURTS!
  2. When the police arrive (same game) and you are wandering around in a latex rubber and fun-fur demon outfit, being chased by people in silver sprayed knitted wool chain mail shirts…it really is very difficult to explain what is going on.
  3. When you been mugged on the way home and the police asks “was it orcs”, laughing till it hurts actually does help get over it.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top