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Essay claiming the popularity of the novels and the games indicate a growing tolerance of pagan influences in popular culture.
http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/D&D&Harry.htm

Christian cartoonist Jack Chick's 1984 anti-roleplaying tract.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp

Descriptions (by a religious tolerance group) of Christian opposition to gaming.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/d_a_d.htm

Scriptural arguments against Dungeons and Dragons.
http://www.webzonecom.com/ccn/cults/satn07.txt

A youth ministry contrasts roleplaying's "philosophy" with the Word of God.
http://www.generationyes.com/yes/ddbibleview.htm

Opposing viewpoints from Usenet discussions.
http://athos.rutgers.edu/pub/soc.religion.christian/faq/d&d

A biblical critique of roleplaying and its connections to other suspect hobbies.
http://www.liontracks.org/publish/ltmfanta.htm

A game designer's advice for roleplaying gamers communicating with concerned non-gamers.
http://www.trhickman.com/Intel/Essays/Ethic1.html

Article from the "Youth and the Occult" issue of the Watchman Expositer.
http://www.watchman.org/occult/frpgames2.htm

Article by William Schnoebelen.
http://www.chick.com/articles/frpg.asp

Article by William Schnoebelen.
http://www.chick.com/articles/dnd.asp

A counter-article to "Should a Christian Play Dungeons & Dragons?"
http://elephanticity.250x.com/xianches.html

Article by M. Joseph Young. Discusses Christian ideals and roleplaying conflicts.
http://www.mjyoung.net/dungeon/confess.html