RE: Baal in play - yes, but it's not teaching anyone who Baal actually is. This very serious real life demon is used in a play setting as "just another bad guy". It's getting people desensitized to something that is very dangerous.

I hear what you're saying - that the hyperbole is annoying in discussions like this. But what in my message has struck you as hyperbole? Why?

Is it because you don't really believe in things like demonic forces? Spiritual warfare happening right here on earth around us?

Again - you're talking to someone who plays D&D regularly and someone who works professionally in the game industry.

I have statues of gargoyles and dragons and all sorts of things like that.

It's been in the last two years that I've started to take that stuff more seriously and question having it around.

It's not that the little plastic statue has any power - no, not at all. It's a dumb little plastic statue - a decoration.

But what is it adding to my life by having it around? Follow that question deeper and you may see where it leads.

Dancing on the edge of something you don't know how deep it goes is very dangerous.

If you know how deep it goes, it's still dangerous - but at least you're aware.

A lot of your language in your descriptions is around "Right" and "Left".

I would encourage you to realize that "Right" and "Left" are just a facade dichotomy that Satan uses to keep our eyes off of the real battle.

If you are playing on the field of "Right" vs "Left" in your mind, then you will not see the real battle lines - and that will not end well, friend.