I love MagiQuest! A lot of fun (basically a glorified scavenger hunt... but with wands!) and a great way to get exercise (the MagiQuest near me was in a hotel that spanned four floors, so we were running up and down stairs for hours)

But yeah... let's just say that I disagree with their consensus on the subjects. ^_~

LOLOLOL

I have to absolutely laugh out loud about extremely religious people that feel this way about certain things. To be quite honest, I feel sorry for them, because this world is FILLED with absolutely demonic things everywhere in their minds.

hahaha whatta joke. I'm glad its only a few extreme Christians that are like this, and not all of them.

I don't have audio on my computer so I can't hear what is being said. However I am aware of the extremist views regarding those series. The thing about Christianity is Jesus urged its followers to guard their hearts watch what they see and hear avoiding anything that appears to be evil or wrong in the eyes of the lord.

The thing is people get so caught up on this trying to shelter themselves from anything they deem "Wrong in the eyes of the lord" they go to extreme lengths to protect their minds and such from negative influence. The major problem with this ideology is that in doing so they judge everything they see or hear and jump to conclusions based on false pretenses.

Example a huge reason Pokemon is often called out is that their are Psychic type Pokemon. The Bible does condemn trying to contact the dead and tell the future through contacting a psychic. There are multiple examples in the Bible of such occurrences this leads people to assume that because a Pokemon has some of these characteristics it is evil. Of course we all know Pokemon are not actually based on Psychic practices or the occult that these Christians believe. Another big one is gambling is wrong according to the Bible, the way the Pokemon TCG game was played in the 90's was called keeps. Kids used to gamble with them by playing each other then taking the losers cards I know I did. Add in the fact that Pokemon is about fighting two groups of animals it is seen as bad in the eyes of many Christians and other belief systems alike called animal cruelty many times.

So religious conservatives and anti-gambling and animal rights activists do have some grounds for their beliefs. Of course I have seen religous people take this and stretch it out to call Pokemon demonic and so fourth.

As for MineCraft, lol this guys nuts what is the Biblical basis for having anything against MineCraft? As for Magiquest I guess the generalization can be made that it is magic based which people associate with dark arts. But again Magiquest isn't actually incorporating anything spiritual it is just a game made for fun loosely based on a concept that may be deemed wrong.

In the end I'd like to say its not just Christian's who share those views about Pokemon in fact the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia actually banned it from their country. In fact some Muslim leaders issued Fatwa's ordering all Muslims to stop playing Pokemon. There are so many controversies surrounding Pokemon its not funny! (Source)

But yah this guy is nuts, people are going to far and being to protective. Remember back when religious groups around the world thought the radio was evil and then when TV came out it too was evil. People just have a tenancy to take things to their extremes!

no words can express my contempt for this level of ignorance. Darwin was wrong, if these people are able to breed then we're going backwards.

(Waits to see how long it takes for this post to be reported)

This new guitar hero? That fad ended like 3 years ago

^^ To be honest, I really don't care if somebody is religious, it can even be a good thing. I just have to laugh and feel sorry for extremists that honestly feel this way about things around us.

I wonder what would happen if they got to see Demon/Dark Souls.

These people aren't really to be identified as Christians - they should be identified as superstitious people.

Not all superstitious people are Christians, and not all Christians are superstitious. In fact, these superstitious Christians are a very small minority that just happen to be taken seriously by the American media which still relies on the primitive conservative Christian viewpoint.

"Oriental demon" - that should be evidence enough of ignorance; just like superstition.