I've been reading Witchcraft Goes Mainstream by Brooks Alexander and thus, having been out of US culture for 14 years, realizing the inroads of occult themes into society. From some of the responses, it sounds to me as if people are saying "it's no big deal" as if such games are like granny's cutting off the turkey's tail so the kiddies won't get food poisoning from the leftovers--a silly but harmless superstition.

For me, it seems as if the acceptance of cultural occult themes by believers is treason, like ripping pages out of a Bible to use as toilet paper and saying, "It's just paper" which is true. It's evident that the practice is well accepted in churches.

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Mary Vanderkooi
Kale Heywott Church (KHC)
Soddo, Ethiopia