Proof that Pokemon is evil

[dramaking]

May I ask where? Not trying to be rude of course.

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

May I ask where? Not trying to be rude of course.

I could ask you the same. I don't know of a specific verse, but that's the impression I've always had. And it makes sense to me. It's much easier to become a slave to your money if you have a lot of it than if you only have enough to survive.

 

[dramaking]

I could ask you the same. I don't know of a specific verse, but that's the impression I've always had. And it makes sense to me. It's much easier to become a slave to your money if you have a lot of it than if you only have enough to survive.

Ask me the same of what? Are you asking me to give a verse showing where Jesus doesn't say some thing. That could be quite difficult.
"Give and it will be given unto you, in good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over" Luke 6:38
There are many others to this effect but this is the easiest.
In addition during the feeding of the five thousand when Jesus asked them how much food they had.
They said it was eight months wages, they didn't, mark this, say they didn't have the money. Instead they asked if that is what they should spend it on.
It says that Judas was embezzeling money, while in modern times you can rob some one by faking computor files then it was gold in a bag.
How could a treasurer robbed the bag if there wasn't enough for it not to be missed?
That is some history for it and for us in particular.
How can God expect us to bless other people when we barely have enough for ourselves? The Old Testement patriarchs were not poor, quite the opposite, Abraham had so many flocks the land couldn't hold him, Joseph was remarkable business man who single handedly saved a country and became the most successful man in Egypt at it's peak, Solomon was the richest man in the world.
In fact all of the men that the Bible refers to as role-models were exceptionally rich.

 

[rusaemfrlg]

well i love pokemon, but in no way does it make me want to make me do satanic things, i love god with all my heart, and it does not make me commit acts against him, we have to realize it is just fiction, and has no relation to the real world, and besides there are games out there that are 100x worse than pokemon.

 

[Leprechaunist]

The dumbest accusation I've ever heard against Pokemon is that it's teaching kids to "summon spirits" from those pokeballs...

Is it just me or does Christianity (or any type of belief in the supernatural, really) tend to create intense feelings of paranoia in some people? All that belief in invisible stuff that's out to get ya....

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

Ask me the same of what? Are you asking me to give a verse showing where Jesus doesn't say some thing. That could be quite difficult.
"Give and it will be given unto you, in good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over" Luke 6:38
There are many others to this effect but this is the easiest.
In addition during the feeding of the five thousand when Jesus asked them how much food they had.
They said it was eight months wages, they didn't, mark this, say they didn't have the money. Instead they asked if that is what they should spend it on.
It says that Judas was embezzeling money, while in modern times you can rob some one by faking computor files then it was gold in a bag.
How could a treasurer robbed the bag if there wasn't enough for it not to be missed?
That is some history for it and for us in particular.
How can God expect us to bless other people when we barely have enough for ourselves? The Old Testement patriarchs were not poor, quite the opposite, Abraham had so many flocks the land couldn't hold him, Joseph was remarkable business man who single handedly saved a country and became the most successful man in Egypt at it's peak, Solomon was the richest man in the world.
In fact all of the men that the Bible refers to as role-models were exceptionally rich.

Jesus also says that the poor and humble are blessed. He also tells to leave their nets and follow him, effectively leaving behind any way of gaining money. I'm not saying having money is bad or Jesus said so, but I'd imagine that Jesus would say that it would be better to only have what we need. That is, make what we need, or make more and give the rest to the poor, or something to that effect. Why did this discussion come up again? I've lost track...

The dumbest accusation I've ever heard against Pokemon is that it's teaching kids to "summon spirits" from those pokeballs...

Is it just me or does Christianity (or any type of belief in the supernatural, really) tend to create intense feelings of paranoia in some people? All that belief in invisible stuff that's out to get ya....

Anything and everything promotes paranoia. Religion is just easiest to pin because it encompasses so many people. I mean, there have been conspiracy theories about governments for as long as there have been governments. There has been suspicion of strangers since the first time anyone ever stole. Paranoia is something that's in everyone, just some people let it go a little crazy.

 

[Leprechaunist]

Anything and everything promotes paranoia.

Now *that* sounds paranoid!

In all seriousness, you're absolutely right. I admit that unstable people will seize on anything as a focal point of their delusions. What I think I was refering to in my post was the heightened sense of "spiritual warfare" some Christians have. That particular worldview, more than any other, seems to inspire a very bizarre kind of "fortress mentality" paranoia. I grant that it is (probably) a minority of Christians who are actually so crazy.

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

Now *that* sounds paranoid!

In all seriousness, you're absolutely right. I admit that unstable people will seize on anything as a focal point of their delusions. What I think I was refering to in my post was the heightened sense of "spiritual warfare" some Christians have. That particular worldview, more than any other, seems to inspire a very bizarre kind of "fortress mentality" paranoia. I grant that it is (probably) a minority of Christians who are actually so crazy.

And honestly, you may be right. Or it just may be that there really aren't any more paranoid Christians than any other group, it's just the Christian ones are the most vocal, so you hear the most about them. All I ask is that people don't judge all Christians based on the extremists and the paranoid.

 

[* General-E *]

May I ask where? Not trying to be rude of course.

May I ask where? Not trying to be rude of course.

Luke 18:18-25 (New International Version)

18 A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

19 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good—except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.
21 "All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.
22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." 23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth. 24 Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

 

[CyberPaladin]

Leprechaunist I have to disagree with you on this. I Know because back when I was unemployed I used to hang arund conspiracy theory web boards the vast majority of members weren't christians of course also all of there conspiracy were about nonspiritual things like serect soiceties, aliens, other government conspiracies, and I even meet one atheist that was convinced Bigfoot was real and the government was covering it up because conservative Christians couldn't handle its existance. I didn't believe any of there theories mind you but I found them to be funny to read.

 

[Leprechaunist]

Leprechaunist I have to disagree with you on this. I Know because back when I was unemployed I used to hang arund conspiracy theory web boards the vast majority of members weren't christians of course also all of there conspiracy were about nonspiritual things like serect soiceties, aliens, other government conspiracies, and I even meet one atheist that was convinced Bigfoot was real and the government was covering it up because conservative Christians couldn't handle its existance. I didn't believe any of there theories mind you but I found them to be funny to read.

Lol! It sounds like those message boards were comic gold. I love reading up on beliefs that cannot be supported with facts. Speaking of which...

You're right, I'm not quite sure how to substantiate my claim that the extreme Christian worldview "more than any other" leads to the bizarre fortress mentality. I think it was more of an inference on my part, but having no real facts with which to back it up, I will retract it.

On the subject of conspiracy theories, have you ever read Robert Anton Wilson's "Illuminatis Trilogy"? I haven't had the chance to read it myself, but from what I've heard, it is a brilliant parody of conspiracy theories that weaves a great number of them together. Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum" does something similar. A lot of fun stuff.

 

[CyberPaladin]

Lol! It sounds like those message boards were comic gold. I love reading up on beliefs that cannot be supported with facts. Speaking of which...

You're right, I'm not quite sure how to substantiate my claim that the extreme Christian worldview "more than any other" leads to the bizarre fortress mentality. I think it was more of an inference on my part, but having no real facts with which to back it up, I will retract it.

I think we can all agree that a variety of things can spawn paraniod views and beliefs and relgion is one of them.

On the subject of conspiracy theories, have you ever read Robert Anton Wilson's "Illuminatis Trilogy"? I haven't had the chance to read it myself, but from what I've heard, it is a brilliant parody of conspiracy theories that weaves a great number of them together. Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum" does something similar. A lot of fun stuff.

I haven't ready any books on the Illuminatis but the websites I been to were a real trip.

 

[Mrs. Enigma]

Some people just have fall for anything, and get caught up in anything, so I could see how they could get caught up in religion and in aliens, or bigfoot, or whatever.

But not all Christians are Christians because they just get caught up in things.

 

[Naskiel]

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[TriptychR]

Plus, in episode 12, Ash did a satanic ritual, to try and capture a new Pikachu : )

And this was...? And if it was satanic, why are you happy about it?

 

[Dannager]

And this was...? And if it was satanic, why are you happy about it?

Pretty sure Naskiel wasn't being entirely serious. He is the one who started the D&D thread, too.

 

[NeoScribe]

Yeah, he's just being funny.

(But are you sure that's episode twelve?)

 

[akaMorninglife]

If people are just starting these threads now to try to be funny I beg you to stop.

 

[pikachu23]

pokemon is not evil.you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TriptychR]

Look what you've done now! You got a Pikachu so angry that it managed to gain access to a computer and type out a message with its paws!