Underwaterbob@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoStereotypical religious nutjobs in the 80s and 90s were all "The end is nigh!" Now that science supports them, they're all "Everything is A-OK!"message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1950arrow-down143
arrow-up1907arrow-down1message-squareStereotypical religious nutjobs in the 80s and 90s were all "The end is nigh!" Now that science supports them, they're all "Everything is A-OK!"Underwaterbob@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThat’s hilarious! I remember people saying that D&D led to kids stealing stoplights, and wondering how on earth that had anything to do with satan. I also remember Frank Peretti books (This Present Darkness), and Screwtape Letters. Edit: also Hell’s Bells https://youtu.be/Eu4UWhzwRiI
minus-squareTheMechanic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI did spend some of my childhood stealing traffic lights and street signs. It wasn’t Satan that made me do it, it was the boy scouts.
That’s hilarious! I remember people saying that D&D led to kids stealing stoplights, and wondering how on earth that had anything to do with satan. I also remember Frank Peretti books (This Present Darkness), and Screwtape Letters.
Edit: also Hell’s Bells https://youtu.be/Eu4UWhzwRiI
I did spend some of my childhood stealing traffic lights and street signs. It wasn’t Satan that made me do it, it was the boy scouts.