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Gamers Don't like Christian Gamers, but that's OK!

I have been both a Christian and a videogamer for most of my life. However, something that I did not understand for a long time was the ways Christians gamers are often alienated by other gamers. I can not speak for all cases, but I will share some of my experience and understanding on the topic here in this post. How are Christian gamers disliked? Swearing- Swearing is a big part of internet culture. Because it's not uncommon to see a group of gamers swearing, rules and customs against swearing are very often mocked by gamers. I have often seen on Christian servers trolls will join just to see what would happen if they say "frick". Frick isn't a real swear word, but it's very annoying to some Christian gamers because it is used to intentionally mock Christian customs about swearing. Christian Imagery- Because Christian imagery is a huge part of western culture, many people are familiar with it, and so it is very easy to mock. For example, a fan might depic...