So, in which fantasy tabletop (or toilet-top) role-playing game was that?
I must have spent 2h reading the whole thread, or almost all of it.
Some comments that I found great were from: Thamex, Clown, Dark_Lord_Prime, TheObservantOutsider, bkb, Reynardine, Bastethotep, Canadiest, shy... There apparently was a parody on YouTube but the video is gone by now.
While many noted how the original post appeared to be parody, I also read the nautical999/vana saga. Assuming that it's really the same person and that they were not a troll, there were typical symptoms:
- The need to impose and dictate, rather than listen and learn, while claiming to have special access to what the alleged divine supposedly wants. Projects elitism, narcissism, not humility. "I will vet out to see what God wants done": who do you think you are, mortal?
- The denial of the reality of the other, that must absolutely be twisted as being something else. With judgmental accusations of alleged "sin", a subjective concept.
- Bigotry disguised as concern, with denial claims like "it's God who wants this", "God still loves you , but"... Unecessary repetitive rounds of conversation because of the inability to grasp what the other says (or unwillingness to accept it).
- Superstition, a simplist view of the world and of psychology, where everything is misconstrued as the work of supposed demons. A lot of false premises that would, instead of being able to help, as the preacher claims, may actually harm because they're false, reality-denial doctrinal subterfuges to prevent addressing the actual problems and posit false a-priori causes. The "signs of having a demon" were full of confirmation bias based on misconceptions.
- Obvious ignorance, while claiming to have the solution to everything.
- Claimed that obsession with demons is sign of a demon, when the only person seemingly concerned about them is the preacher itself.
- Bombarding with personal invasive questions about things that are none of their business, especially after already having been given too much information, plus all the evidence that motivated reasoning and misrepresentation, manipulation was at play.
Vana was really more patient than I would have been. At the same time, while not exactly at this level of insanity, I was myself raised in a cult that alienated me from reality. It took efforts and a long time to liberate my mind and open it again to be able to reassess reality and the world.