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Offline Houshined

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Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« on: January 11, 2011, 09:51:06 AM »
i was cruising the internet and found this. i think its hilarious they hate on Pokemon for the WRONG REASONS.

http://www.cephas-library.com/save_our_children_pokemon_booklet.html



favorite quote:
"You can catch a Mew by cheating with a Gameshark."
YES CAUSE NINTENDO WANTS YOU TO ALTER THE GAME SO THEY CAN KICK U OFF THEIR END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT!



Heres some help Berit Kjos:
1) Pokemon fighting resembles illegal cock fights. forcing creatures to fight is wrong and fighting is wrong.
2) casinos are for adults, not children
3) leaving home at age 10 to wander the world and going on dangerous adventures without supervision or at least a call once a week is irresponsible
4) The world is not a safe place, misty should have been raped at least once and there should be more crack heads.


anyone else have any more funny articles or want to help berit kjos out or clearify?
« Last Edit: January 11, 2011, 08:00:50 PM by Declan_23 »

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2011, 06:42:19 PM »
In my opinion, I think Pokemon is more realistic then Christianity.

(But, I do not want to get in a religion fight with any of you. I'm just to tired.)

But seriously, that guy is crazy.

1. In cock fights, they kill the animals, Pokemon faint, and they agree to come with you.
2. Nintendo said that, and there are no casinos in the next game.
3. Your mom calls in some games, and people say sometimes "You sould go visit your mom, and you can in the games.
4. I think the creator imagined Pokemon as a world peace in a way.

Berit Kjos, is not the brightest.

Also your link doesn't work.
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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2011, 08:25:02 PM »
Oh gosh...

As a Christian i can say this guy is an idiot. Hes overreacting for all the wrong reasons and i cant believe he went through all that time to write that.

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2011, 08:45:08 PM »
@LucarioX
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just think of all the Christians Kjos is influencing. they are going to also be mad at pokemon even though that have NEVER SEEN IT or tried to understand it.
« Last Edit: January 11, 2011, 08:48:05 PM by Houshined »

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2011, 10:43:26 PM »
HEY POKEMON IS FICTIONAL SO IT MUST BE EVIL!!!!!!!111!1!11!1!!!!!!!1!!1!

If anything needs reform, it's Christianity. Christianity's number one teaching is to have faith.
Faith is the belief and dependence on a force which you do not actually know is there. Moreover, it not only discourages thinking for yourself, they threaten to send you to hell if you defect from its beliefs.
Pokemon, on the other hand, teaches... OH! That's right, it doesn't TEACH anything! It's a GAME!

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2011, 12:31:01 AM »
HEY POKEMON IS FICTIONAL SO IT MUST BE EVIL!!!!!!!111!1!11!1!!!!!!!1!!1!

If anything needs reform, it's Christianity. Christianity's number one teaching is to have faith.
Faith is the belief and dependence on a force which you do not actually know is there. Moreover, it not only discourages thinking for yourself, they threaten to send you to hell if you defect from its beliefs.
Pokemon, on the other hand, teaches... OH! That's right, it doesn't TEACH anything! It's a GAME!

Dont dog on Christianity till you actually learn more about it. And we already said this man's views were misguided and wrong and are a bad representation of Christianity.

What you said reminded me of this verse, just thought i would share it with ya.

Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and the conviction of things not seen.

Just something to remind me about faith.
« Last Edit: January 12, 2011, 12:42:20 AM by Viper »

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2011, 01:30:27 AM »
the thing here is that there are some people that are so fanatic with the religion that anithing that is not from the european art, intellect and imagination its an "evil thing" because its not chistian, so i think that maybe its not the religion that has go bacward, its the people, not everybody of course, that do not open their mind to think and that has no tolerance in things that are not of their culture

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2011, 02:30:33 AM »
Dont dog on Christianity till you actually learn more about it.
I did. And I did.

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2011, 03:09:14 AM »
Dragonball Z taught me that violently fighting people who inform you that you're their sibling is A okay, so I can totally see where this guy is coming from.
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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2011, 03:48:54 AM »
HEY POKEMON IS FICTIONAL SO IT MUST BE EVIL!!!!!!!111!1!11!1!!!!!!!1!!1!

If anything needs reform, it's Christianity. Christianity's number one teaching is to have faith.
Faith is the belief and dependence on a force which you do not actually know is there. Moreover, it not only discourages thinking for yourself, they threaten to send you to hell if you defect from its beliefs.
Pokemon, on the other hand, teaches... OH! That's right, it doesn't TEACH anything! It's a GAME!

Im a Christian, and NO, The bold text is WRONG.

Faith, is beliveing in something. (Force, deity, or other)

However, believing in the sense that you believe it is there. You may not be able to see it, but its there.

Ex. ( I have faith that there is oxygen to breathe. )

Christianity is Historically, and Geographically accurate.

It, in and of itself is based on ten Commands. These are actually made to try make us better people. If one is broken, (Like lying,) you have sinned, (which we all do.)


This is where Jesus comes in, his death happened to release us from our sin. (Sin = BAD.) Like any crime, sin has its own penalty. DEATH. Or... specifically... eternal spiritual torture in the gates of Hell.

Christianity has made me a better person, and I don't wanna know where I would be without it.
By loving so many, I have touched their lives and helped them rebirth as well. To be strong is to instill strength in another.

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2011, 04:04:34 AM »
Im a Christian, and NO, The bold text is WRONG.

Faith, is beliveing in something. (Force, deity, or other)

However, believing in the sense that you believe it is there. You may not be able to see it, but its there.

Ex. ( I have faith that there is oxygen to breathe. )

Christianity is Historically, and Geographically accurate.

It, in and of itself is based on ten Commands. These are actually made to try make us better people. If one is broken, (Like lying,) you have sinned, (which we all do.)


This is where Jesus comes in, his death happened to release us from our sin. (Sin = BAD.) Like any crime, sin has its own penalty. DEATH. Or... specifically... eternal spiritual torture in the gates of Hell.

Christianity has made me a better person, and I don't wanna know where I would be without it.
1 - You don't have faith that there is oxygen to breathe. You have knowledge that oxygen is there.
Definition of faith:
Belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
2 -
A) Christianity is partially accurate. There was a person named Joshua, and people claimed he was the Messiah. Do you honestly believe that he could cure Lepers and walk on water?
B) So what? I could say that the Spanish Inquisition traveled by sea from Italy to Canada to kill Abraham Lincoln. That's geographically accurate (you could sail a ship from Italy to Canada), but it's not true.
3 -
Here's an interesting diddy right here. God not only gave us the OPTION to sin, he gave us a literally irresistible urge to indulge in them. THEN, he made the only way for us to be forgiven for him to have the only perfect person EVER be sacrificed. Does this sound like the kind of guy you want to put your faith in? If he were so loving, why didn't he just MIRACLE our asses clean?

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2011, 04:18:48 AM »
Because hahaha, if the God christians believe, in exists, he's just a mad chansey who likes to play around with idiots.

No but seriously, religions were intended to give people without hope in their life, something to live for, and to protect people from the urges to kill or harm others. Today we understand the consequences of our actions more clearly. A human life is worth a lot more. Therefore religion in these days simply does not work like before. IT STILL however gives some people hope and something to live for, especially in less fortunate places of the world. So just let them have their beliefs as long as it does not in any way threaten the ideology of the country you live in.

As for Pokemon... Well, Pokemon is a fictional universe. The world, although mostly based of Japanese culture, has pokemon that protects their trainers against possible dangers. Any form of perversion does not exist. I don't look upon this as bad, as kids would not understand this anyway. Pokemon is a kids show, in terms of the Anime.
Also, part of the reason you are young when you start the journey, is because of the guy behind the whole idea. He always, from young ages, wanted to be able to trade insects, or bugs that he collected. It was his big hobby. This was the result, and could be looked upon as a presentation of this person's dream.
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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2011, 04:37:19 AM »
the whole argument on whether or not Christianity is real or not is kinda stupid... no point in the argument, cuz you cant really prove it's true, or that it's not..

i am a Christian myself cuz i think that it's what makes more sense..(whether u agree with me or not)..... but if you dont believe in any form of religion, you usually end up believing in pure science, which can't always explain everything..

dont get me wrong.. i love science.. i find it all interesting how you can figure out how the universe works from planets to cells..... buuuuut............. there still hasnt been any form of answer on how we came to be either...... nothing that proves evolution.... etc..

so in other words, you HAVE TO end up believing in something.. but none of the ideas anyone believes in can be completely proven or disproven, so i guess we'll just have to wait and see..  ;)

P.S. i had fun reading all the comments.... got me to think alittle..  8)

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2011, 04:44:04 AM »
Well, they have found out that the universe is actually speeding up rather than slowing down, and that there must be some reason behind this. I believe there is something behind all of this, but I don't believe that this "God" (Whatever it is) has the personal characteristics that religions these days claim.

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Re: Yes pokemon vs Christianity
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2011, 05:11:50 AM »
I believe there is a "Creator". That's about all I have a firm belief in. Anything else, and I start to worry that I'll begin praying to an invisible man in the sky, asking him to help me solve my problems.
What is the quote I'm looking for? Oh- right.
"Be the change."
Don't rely on an unseen person to solve your problems, help you solve them, or even root for you to solve them. The only people you can rely on are yourself and your fellow humans. And if, when I die, I am sent to hell for not believing in the Christian God, I'll know that I still made the right choice, because I'd have been sent to hell for becoming an independent person, and that'd be a sure sign of a malicious god with a petty want for respect.