Same Slam, Different Fandom

[captain_slinky]

Further evidence that Religion is just another branch of Geekism/Nerdism/Fandom. Consider this "Exhibit A", Pat Robertson's recent comments regarding Dungeons & Dragons:

Contrast and compare to Carrie Fischer dissing Star Trek:

One of the great traditions of Fandom is NOT ONLY to sing the praises of your own Fandom, but to also mock/shame/"Diss" other similar fandoms. Christianity gets their rules from a book, D&D gets their rules from a book (but D&D is at least nice enough to put an edition number with each major revision of the rules).

I can remember when I was first exploring Fandom and i was warned against becoming some weirdo Star Wars Freak. It was TREK all the way, and those Star Wars fans? Well they were just awful, terrible people who weren't REALLY sci-fi fans. They were just jumping on the band wagon and going with whatever was popular at the moment! Stay away from them at all costs!

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[lynna12000.livejournal.com]

Christianity may not number the different editions, but they do name them. Things like New International Version, The King James, The Jerusalem, to name a few. Not to mention The Apocrypha and The Dead Sea Scrolls. (Lovely little expansion sets)

D&D fandom also has its' die hard adherents. You still hear rumbles about 1st editions vs 2nd edition.

What always struck me as funny were the peole who don't play the games that took them so seriously. My High School D & D club had to disband after a parent called up and complained about us writing spells. We may not have thought about it before, but several certainly thought of it after.