Thread: Question: Religion and Dreaming

I think there was already a topic (or two) like this, but I can't seem to find it. There were some interesting points made there...

Anyway, I'm not religious at all, so I can't really argue from that point of view. Personally I don't spend my dreams as a sadistic madwoman, but I'd never tell anyone what they can or can't do in a dream. Doing that seems more wrong to me than anything you could do in a dream.

Originally Posted by joey11223

Technically yes with video games, but Harry Potter, that isn't fair, it's a book about witchcraft, it doesn't teach you it, its only fiction.

...Nah, video games don't really teach you anything, either. Pushing a button that makes a character on screen do a back flip does not teach you how to do a back flip. Pushing a button that makes a character on screen kill someone does not teach you how to kill someone.

In fact, most of the skills you learn from video games end up being completely useless in real life. :p

Amethyst Star has hit the nail on the head. You have freedom of choice at that point. Anything you choose to do that is prohibited by your religion is wrong in a lucid dream.

It's a really tough question, but look at it like this; if you kill a DC, has anyone really been hurt? Is it the same as murder? Would God look at it as being the same? What about dream sex? Would it make a difference it you 'married' the DC? I really can't see how someone can think that the same rules apply in a dream and in WL.

"The problem is choice." - The Matrix

In my book, if you've chosen to do something, whether it be in a dream or in real life, it's on the same level as actually doing it. Even if "nobody knows", there will still be consequences.

Originally Posted by naikou

...Nah, video games don't really teach you anything, either. Pushing a button that makes a character on screen do a back flip does not teach you how to do a back flip. Pushing a button that makes a character on screen kill someone does not teach you how to kill someone.

In fact, most of the skills you learn from video games end up being completely useless in real life. :p

o sorry i phrased it wrong. I meant that harry potter doesn't teach you witchcraft, but i didn't mean that games teach you things. Although i watch this thing were offices workers were told to play fast paced games for like an hour a day or something and it improved their hand eye coordination.

It's a conscious decision, but at the same time, it's a sandbox. For example, some have very religious-sounding opinions on proper formatting when editing a Wiki. But the "WikiSandbox" node, nobody complains about, do they? That's how I see it, anyway. Of course, this is coming from someone who feels his own secret thoughts are ACTUALLY private (i.e. no worries about voyeuristic higher beings judging me for my thoughts). I also think it's ok to covet your neighbour's wife, so long as you do so in the comfort of your own fantasies. Same reasoning.