Gaming as fictitious as Religion?

[JWeinCom]

robzo100 said:

JWeinCom said:

Eh... I feel like you're just trying to play devil's advocate, but that's kind of a weak comparison.  I've yet to hear of anyone who was threatened with eternal torture for not gaming, or someone who was ostracized from their community because they liked the wrong kind of game.  

"Threatened by eternal torture" is not how religion is performed or ingested today. It's much much more casual these days excluding extremism in the Middle East. The debate I'm putting forth is in regards to religion in general, which is faar removed from Middle-Ages and Medievel times that you harken back to with words like "eternal torture" Also, I'm interested in stimulating conversation regardless of devil's advocate or not.

@Pokoko: Well I'm not sure of your age, but I would say that from 18-26 is pretty impactful for both users and non-users, meaning it's lack of use and/or use has a big effect compared to being outside that age range. Below it and FB&Co. is pretty useless as you interact face-to-face with friends at school/work/clubs/home, and above it one's lifestyle, imo, become more serious and focused to the point where casual friends have no time unless they are in close vicinity just as it used to be in highschool/middle school (due to work, family, etc.)

Hell is still part of Christian belief for most christians.  If you think that eternal torture is something that only applied in the middle ages, then you really haven't been paying attention for the past thousand years.