Pokemon. Gotta catch them all ... AND THEN GO TO HELL!
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"They are soo into this fantasy world that they can't distinguish fantasy from reality." Hmmm... and this is coming from some guy that believes in an invisible sky daddy that created humans out of clay!?!! This, from a guy who worships a Zombie with lag!?!! (Three days to respawn?)
Its not just right-wings Americans that think Pokemon are something more. My friend's Dad went to Venezuela for some charity work, and he found shamans and witchdoctors had the cards and were trying to use them in their own little fucked up incantations.
"The Narrow Gate" by King Jesus Christ Matthew 7:13 - You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it. (New Living Translation) version Videogames like any other modern day form of entertainment, music, movies, art, sports, etc always come with a level "degraded moral content", so in essence and according to a "standard" and an "intelligence", that far exceeds that of any mortal, these things are evil, this man is right. If you say you dont believe in a higher power, in my humble opinion your scared and decieved, through deligent research or just good ol common sense, 1 cld easily come to this same conclusion. As you continue to follow the news and listen to the so called experts, or dont, either way there will be no denying that life is getting tougher, and people are caring less, life means less, all manners of corruption are up, tell me im wrong, you only have to open your eyes to see this. The truth is entertainments purpose is to distract ones mind from the pressures of life, so that one can have a moments relaxation. While most people are distracted with different forms of "relaxing", bad things continue to escalate, evil continues to increase, tell me im wrong. And people dont really want to know the truth, cause they dont think they can handle it or do anything about it, or its to hard of a road to tread. So we continue to "distract ourselves" with entertainment, pleasure, things that benefit no one but the individual seeker, things that dont help you understand the world you live in. The in Vogue thing these days is sarcasm, an attempt to pretend like your not bothered by whats going on in the world, a defense mechanism, but as we continue to whistle in the dark, pretending like its ok, or there arent any consequences, remember, life isnt easy whether you are believe in god or not, whether your rich or poor, black,white, etc, all experience the evils of life. So to ignore, to shun knowledge and understanding about life is foolish, you only live once and then.....???? well you might want to find out.
I all I know is that God is the only one who knows what is right and wrong. These guys just make a living on trying to scare people into believing what they want you to believe. So I say go ahead and play Pokemon cause you are not hurting anyone.
hahahaha people think witchcraft is make believe. thats like saying video games are make believe. and anyone playing them is just crazy or fooling themselves. walk into a bookstore or a library. there are hundreds of books on witchcraft and how to perform it. satanism as well. open your eyes, then open your minds. put steady research into topics of illuminati, freemasons, catholic church, and you eventually will come to the realization that satan is real. which automatically makes GOD real. people think the living generation is the most highly advanced generation to have lived on the earth. WRONG!! the SUMERIANS, who lived in todays IRAQ like 8000 bc or something like that were. and thats proven fact. artifacts to back it up. there story verifies the story of GENESIS. this isn't make believe. THATS THE REAL REASON WE OCCUPIED IRAQ. we will never leave. satan is coming back to IRAQ. YASHUA is coming back TO ISREAL. you only have to look to see. prove me wrong by doing research. then debate. research the statue of liberty and find out what it is. who made it. who they were involved with. why it has everything it has on it. look at ariel photos of WASHINGTON DC and see how much effort and symbolism was put into making it that way. when you see these things for yourself, it gets a little harder to deny.
@ ManAnimalX - Sorry for calling you an asshat, man, but that kind of thing really offends me. I already PMed you with what I'm about to say here, but I feel like it's worth sharing with everybody at this point.
Look man...you're not going to win over hearts and minds with this kind of hateful talk. That's not how Jesus did things, now is it? I really wish you Christians could be more like him. You shouldn't let yourself get so riled up over things that you start threatening people with hellfire and whatnot.
Anyway, I hope you find some peace of mind from his teachings. I might not believe that he was literally the son of God, but he had a pretty good way of doing things. You would do well to follow his example.
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It's okay, we try to ignore the idiots as best we can. Unfortunately, sometimes we elect them to be our president for eight years.
SPIRITS IN THE DARK REALM
OCCULT PARAPHENALIA WORLD OF DEMONIC / SATANIC
Pokemon? Really? What the fuck have I been missing out on?
Actually did you know it grew out of a preacher's web page in the UK? It just exploded in the states.
The more you know!
This is redonkulous.
Its all bull. Completely.
"tell me im wrong"
Yep, you're full of shit. Unless you are joking, which would make you a bad comedian.
Great example of Poe's Law.
Look man...you're not going to win over hearts and minds with this kind of hateful talk. That's not how Jesus did things, now is it? I really wish you Christians could be more like him. You shouldn't let yourself get so riled up over things that you start threatening people with hellfire and whatnot.
Anyway, I hope you find some peace of mind from his teachings. I might not believe that he was literally the son of God, but he had a pretty good way of doing things. You would do well to follow his example.