God Told Him to Trash $30,000 "Demonic" Pokemon Collection 👿

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It's the "Evangelicals say Pokemon is demonic" 2024 edition! From panicking about James' gender presentation to throwing out $30,000 worth of Pokemon collectibles, we see plenty evidence that the 'Pokémon is evil' craze is far from over.
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01:32 Former Witchdoctor on Pokemon as Demons
11:30 Kat Kerr vs Pokemon
19:16 $30,000 Pokemon Dump
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[@rolfs2165]

That was the first Raycon plug in a long time that I haven't skipped. I love when creators don't just read off the standard text but actually put it in their own words. :D

[@nathanhails5901]

Lol... Not a religious person here. Don't think Pokemon is Demonic. I think it's funny that they're throwing away Pokemon cards. Literally throwing away money, likely his parents bought those cards 😂😅

[@Wix_Mitwirth]

Emma, "you're just like a dream". I'm glad I "met" you. Pleasant hoomons are so rare.😉

[@desperadox7565]

@@rolfs2165 Same. She's frighteningly good at doing ads.😎

[@desperadox7565]

@@nathanhails5901 It's kinda sad.

[@MinionofNobody]

Pikachu told me to trash my $30,000 collection of Christian items.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Is he off coffee again? Get that mouse some damn caffeine

[@Sableagle]

Saruman the Many-Coloured told me to trash my hometown's $30,000 church.

[@13shadowwolf]

​@@Sableagle $30K for a church? Wow, that's a tiny church, they usually are around $300K for a small church.

[@ComradeCatpurrnicus]

$30,000 in Christian items? So like a couple of price gouged Trump Bibles? 😅

[@joewalsh4713]

Based Pikachu

[@josephfernandez8015]

Isn’t it strange these guys aren’t talking about Harry Potter anymore now that JKR has gone full fascist.

[@nightlordAL]

Good point 👌

[@Zero-ei8jn]

Yea it's so odd. I can't honestly believe they'd be okay with fascists. Gosh almighty. 🙄

[@gamingsheepy6981]

They probably finally read them and realized the books themselves reflect their views (remember, at the end nothing changes. The world remains fascist)

[@popechucky]

I’m waiting for one of ‘them’, to explain that to me… JKR has gone ‘off the rails’, and it’s like none of them even notice

[@FergieTheTaurus]

Of course not, she's on their side.

[@zero69kage]

My mom actually burned all of my Pokémon cars. She burned a lot of things that she thought were demonic. And guess what happened, I started to think that I was a demon because of the way they treated me. Their just emotionally scaring kids.

[@thetypingape2073]

Yeah, the effect this has is probably not what is intended.

[@oengusfearghas9608]

The sad part is parents like that never understand why they wind up being alone and never visited in the old folks home

[@NZBigfoot]

I had a lifesize fully articulate toy of Spike from Gremlins as a kid friends of mum from America sent me... my mum (as a rather hard line christian) one day didnt like it 'watching' her while using the Ironing board in my bed room (it had been there for 8+ years) so she tossed it in the trash without telling me and i never found out until weeks latter i noticed it was missing from the shelf... never really got over that maternal betrayal. Especially given its condition it would be worth a pretty penny these days.

[@tyrannotitanentertainment7579]

“Why don’t my kids talk to me???”

[@thetypingape2073]

@@tyrannotitanentertainment7579 *Blames Pokemon.

[@desperadox7565]

Never trust a person that throws plushies into the garbage. They're probably serial killers.

[@gooeydude574]

What if the plush is dirty beyond repair

[@thenexus8384]

​@@gooeydude574give it a proper burial

[@iatebambismom]

That lady saw a "warehouse" full of spare body parts for amputees in heaven.. I wonder why they can't be delivered to earth? The shipping must cost too much for God. Haha

[@happytofu5]

I wondered if she was the same person 😂

[@Romanticoutlaw]

that also leads to some... implications. It implies that heaven is a physical place with things like warehouses; they have to physically store things? What happens if there's not enough storage space? Do the limbs spill out into the heavenly streets? Which angel's mundane job is it to take inventory on spare parts? Why couldn't god be arsed to attach them at conception, for people born without? Why not make them regrow on earth rather than have to keep track of a stock of them in heaven?

[@iatebambismom]

@@Romanticoutlaw Yeah, it's mind boggling. Are the limbs "alive"? Hands crawling around like Thing from the Addams Family!!

[@helenr4300]

no it is click and collect only - you get them once in heaven....

[@DaveLH]

@@helenr4300 : Yes, in order to get them you have to earn the right number of "Jesus points" (to borrow an Emmaism) in your earthly life.

[@ToxicMonster5]

It's both sad and funny that a game franchise that was based on the creators' childhood of running around the woods playing and catching bugs is the target of so much scorn from ridiculous people of religion.

[@thetypingape2073]

Bugs are gross though so I don’t blame them.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Anything they didn't think up is evil and demonic to them. They live in a constant state of fear as regards culture at large.

[@percythecryptid]

@@thetypingape2073take that back

[@thetypingape2073]

Well. I guess I do blame them. Bugs are gross though - not eating them.

[@percythecryptid]

@@thetypingape2073 that's not what i meant and you know it :(

[@seansteele6532]

Pokémon was inspired by its creator’s childhood memories of collecting bugs and stuff in his hometown.

[@donovanfaust3227]

Yes, one of it's many inspirations.

[@WolforNuva]

No it was inspired by THE DEVIL to teach EVIL-ution to children! Won't anyone think of the children?! (this is a joke btw)

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

and something about kids collecting beetles and watch them fight

[@Ogre32890]

"They were made, created, to live violence." Magikarp knowing only splash

[@84warhead]

Magikarp is rage incarnate, just look at Gyarados

[@naturescorruptedinfactorie8062]

**Trainers who only use their Pokémon in contests:**

[@toast2110]

Abra:

[@jaxonanderson7220]

Meanwhile Sunkern can barely do any damage with it having the lowest base stat total of the whole series

[@Ciran87]

James is absolutely iconic and I have no idea why they hate on him so much

[@KnightlyNerds]

Simple, because he is unique. They hate anything "different"

[@ThompsonFlash9999]

​@@KnightlyNerds they fear a woke Queen

[@Sophia-vk5bq]

@@ThompsonFlash9999James isn’t a queen, he’s a queer icon. 👑

[@ThompsonFlash9999]

@@Sophia-vk5bq that's what makes him a Queen

[@happytofu5]

He is a guy who wears dresses with no shame 😱 *clasps pearls* of course they go after him

[@GlassSpiider]

We shall not tolerate this Poképhobia

[@thetypingape2073]

Ok. I may disagree with you fundamentally in ways that would enrage you. Pokephobia though lol.

[@Finckelstein]

Have you seen some of those pokemon? Outright nightmare fuel! The phobia is real!

[@GlassSpiider]

@@thetypingape2073 Lol you seem strange ☺ that's a thumbs-up for you

[@GlassSpiider]

@@Finckelstein I don't believe fear of Mr. Mime (or many Psychic type if we're honest) is phobic because there's concrete things about them to fear. Phobias must be irrational; anyone rational would find Mr. Mime horrifying. Feeling that way about all pokémon because some of them make me poop my pants is poképhobia 😂

[@unoriginal2552]

​@@GlassSpiider I find Mr. Mime dreadful. Cause like, that's just a guy. That's... A guy that we capture in a ball? If I'm a mime, can I be caught like a pokemon?

[@Where_is_Waldo]

"I saw a five year old swear and hit his father who was willing to sit on his five year old so the kid is clearly demonic." 🤦‍♂️ Now my brain hurts... literally, I facepalmed too hard.

[@thetypingape2073]

Children do not ever do anything bad without a demon telling them too in sassy voice.

[@Where_is_Waldo]

@@thetypingape2073 Well, who wouldn't follow a sassy voiced demon?

[@thetypingape2073]

@@Where_is_Waldo Admit, sounds fun.

[@DrJReefer]

Five year old had a violent tantrum? 😮

[@thetypingape2073]

@@DrJReefer Well. I am convinced. Call the local exorcist.

[@Pootycat8359]

17:47 "War...violence..." Has this person read the Old Testament, lately?

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Yep. Lots of war and violence, even rape. Lots of messed up bits.

[@lukedavis436]

Yikes...no wonder Pressure cooking stimulates the effects of the old testament

[@kyleepratt]

Was going to make this same comment, glad you covered it already!

[@Evilriku13]

"That's why we have the new TRUTHFUL testament, because the old one was written by satanic priests and people who took too many drugs... I guess" - That weird woman who looks like being part of some disco drug fest party, 2024

[@MarkSiefert]

Since when are right wingers AGAINST war and violence?

[@davidchess1985]

Weird how God let the guy collect all the Pokemon to start with, and then was like "Whoa, hey, I didn't notice you had all those demon-things, get rid of them bro!".

[@davidchess1985]

The big question being, how do they tell the voice of God whispering in their heads, from the voice of the Devil...

[@brandonm949]

God's a very busy guy lmao

[@KrimsonKattYT]

​​@@davidchess1985Probably the devil. He wants people to be miserable and not have any fun, and to trick them into thinking they ARE having fun when they're actually suffering and hurting themselves. Without harmless hobbies to indulge in people resort to drugs, partying, gambling, and drinking to lay off steam, which are obviously much worse than playing a card game or watching anime.

[@lewildwest]

@@davidchess1985 Easy. Devil just calls you a hypocrite all the time, like those annoying atheists online. God makes you feel special and important.

[@bigman4487]

@lewildwest god isn’t real bro

[@nightparadedragon2107]

Leave off James. He’s just trying his best!

[@sketch-eee4165]

And slaying!

[@Evilriku13]

still funny how James gets taken as an example but not like Spiritomb, Giratina or other more "harmful depicted darker inspired" Pokemon for this, as if James is the pinnacle and like Spiritomb or Gitarina are like "not even close" in terms of being negatively influecing their targets and somesuch. Or a Drifloon!

[@lonewolffang]

Throw away $30,000 worth Pokémon stuff?! At least sell it for a good price.

[@ThompsonFlash9999]

Profit is demonic, brother

[@lonewolffang]

​​​@@ThompsonFlash9999 Please tell that to Kenneth Copeland, TD Jakes, and Joel Olested.

[@CLYMA1.5CHAINZ]

Ok, sister. ​@@ThompsonFlash9999

[@Phantomsangel]

Idk man I have a feeling it's faked

[@lonewolffang]

@@Phantomsangel most likely is just to piss people off or be praised by others

[@thejoker-pd9df]

My parents raised me to think for myself. I walked away from the church as a teenager due to how my family was treated at the after church gatherings. We were not part of the moneyed "in" crowd, so just minutes after listening to a sermon about the teachings of Christ, we were treated by our "fellowship" like something that needed to be scraped off their shoes. By removing myself from this environment rather than trying to fit in, I released myself from the necessity of believing a bunch of claptrap. These people are deluding themselves to maintain herd status. Malicious preachers prey on the weak.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

You're right. That's why people need to form personal connections with God rather than relying on pastors or some sort of "community." Most churches are heavily corrupt are run by evil, sinful, selfish men, though there are some good small ones here or there.

[@feralperil]

my mother forced me to go to church with her after my dad died. everyone treated me like shit because I was from a 'broken home'.

[@thejoker-pd9df]

@@feralperil I am sure some of them were the "single mothers are poor because they are immoral" crowd.

[@ElectroPikachu]

There are plenty of churches that are misleading people and built around obtaining money and praying on the weak. There are plenty of people who use religion to justify their own prejudices. However, these are not things taught within the very religion they claim to believe. People will use whatever they want to justify their actions. These acts are not a problem with religion, they're a problem with people.

[@somebodyrandom27]

​@@thejoker-pd9df It sucks that there are so many people who genuinely believe that everyone deserves their lot in life.

[@bobunyun]

1: I love that one of the Pikachus on your shirt is a Ditto 2: The episode where James finds out his pokemon star sign is Moultres is possibly the funniest thing they ever did: "I AM A MIGHTY MOULTRES!" 3: Note that both Kat Kerr and the poke-trashing guy are hearing voices telling them to do things. Kat attributes them to demons and the guy to God. Sounds like a mental health problem to me. 4: Dude does research and discovers Pokemon are often based on folkloric beliefs and calls them myths and legends. Like David and Goliath? Like Samson? Like talking snakes and donkeys, pillars of fire, people being transformed into salt? Like those myths and legends?

[@roberttregidgo6345]

I think they are all dittos

[@rampagingibex3181]

​@@roberttregidgo6345 All the pokemon have dot eyes or some emoticonish expression. either they're all dittos or, more likely, it's just an artistic choice

[@bobunyun]

@@rampagingibex3181 OMG, you're both right. Mind blown. The Snorlax is the only one that looks normal, although it's clearly been drawn on by an angry jigglypuff

[@marzipancutter8144]

Samson always comes so out of left field for me. Like there's all these prophets that can pray for basically everything Gandalf style to fulfill some greater political goal and then there's just this guy with clearly defined hard superpowers with strengths and weaknesses living out a soapy action movie and indiscriminately killing enemy soldiers and destroying their temples with little greater impact. It's as if they switched out all the writers, changed genres and adopted a hard magic system, but only for one season. It also hits all the wartime propaganda vibes.

[@user-tw3rh9po4t]

Also, Arceus is literally based on God himself, and Mew is probably loosely based on Jesus Christ or Adam and Eve. Also, Golurk is a thing (although it’s more of a Judaism thing rather than a Christianity thing).

[@coasty3072]

He mentions Pokemon Go. Does anyone remember when Churches all over the US and other places were Pokestops and Gyms. Does anyone remember how quickly churches jumped on that bandwagon for a short time Christianity was all in for Pokemon because it brought people through the door.

[@usoppdaman7269]

Some Christians are pro Pokèmon and some Christians are against it. You’re doing the “funny how the same people” fallacy. The Christians who are pro Pokèmon and the Christians who are against Pokèmon are probably not the same people. A group of around 2 billion is not a monolith.

[@lPsychoMax]

Ironically my family is very christian and when then saw pokemon they just said "looks like a cool and fun fantasy show." and that was that. They didn't hate it, didn't think it was demonic; it was just a show that I liked and they grew to like. I say this because we get so many crazy christians talking about pokemon being evil, we tend to forget there's even more sane christians who are okay with it or enjoy it themselves. My mom absolutely loves pikachu and she reads her Bible every day. She doesn't know many of them even back them but she's doing her best and I love her for it. ^^

[@CatsMeowPaw]

Imagine following the voices in your head and throwing out $30k. He's celebrating what he's done when in fact he should be concerned.

[@DR.NIMROD]

i dont understand why people like this (however they are described) think that as you get older, you can no longer have fun and play games. what is the point of life if you cant have fun and enjoy yourself? i feel sad for them.

[@Groffili]

"Only those who grow up and remain a child are human" (Erich Kästner, German author) (Original: "Nur wer erwachsen wird und ein Kind bleibt, ist ein Mensch")

[@anthropomorphicpeanut6160]

This 100%

[@druelia9485]

Right, I try to think about what they do in their spare time, and all I can imagine is them sitting there doing taxes (even when it's not tax season) and, when they want to really let their hair down, watching crime shows.

[@DR.NIMROD]

@@druelia9485 dont forget ”talking” to god about what to get angry and offended about. 🤣

[@druelia9485]

@@DR.NIMROD AND that God ALWAYS conveniently agrees with them. Have you ever heard a Christian say "I prayed about x, and God told me, nope, that's not a problem, stop judging that person/thing."

[@annaairahala9462]

Ah yes, demonic pokemon. Heard that one all the time. Great up with parents who were convinced pokemon was of the devil and founded through the occult. I thought all my siblings thought it was bogus, turns out I was one of the only ones.

[@desperadox7565]

At least *you* turned out normal.👍

[@justin2308]

“Founded through the occult”? It was based on BUG COLLECTING!

[@ChrisPhillipsMusic510]

"Pokémon is evil and demonic!" But... How? "Pokémon is evil and demonic!" Can you explain what makes Pokémon evil and demonic? "Pokémon is evil and demonic!" But what about Yokai Watch and Shin Megami Tensai? They are like... Literal demons in game to my recollection... "Pokémon is evil and demonic!" Is it because Pokémon is more popular? "Pokemon is evil and demonic!" "...but also yes."

[@jfiel209]

I thought my undiagnosed anxiety disorder was the holy spirit convicting me of sins. I lived under constant threat from an all powerful being. Family members got rid of all Pokemon. It was one of the first times I started questioning "truth". Thanks Lord Pikachu ❤

[@guanxinated]

I honestly would like to see a class-action lawsuit against the Vatican and other powerful religious institutions over the sheer amount of psychological distress they've caused. The cumulative damages and the opportunity cost (over a thousand years!) are probably in the hundreds of quadrillions of dollars, if not more.

[@pyratehyena1312]

witches, demons, satan AND EVEN GENDERS! it'd be hilarious if, y'know, people weren't being hate-crimed because of it.

[@vls3771]

When my kid was growing up it was harry potter mania we had a church family neighbour they said their kids cannot come over for harry potter movies its evil witchcraft ...you could see the dissapointment on their kids faces that they couldn't be with the other kids . The pastor of their church said " theres going to be an epidemic of young adults into witchcraft in 10 years well guess what its 20 years and 100s of millions of kids who enjoyed the movies and books are doing fine ...

[@azzamat001]

And woman who wrote Harry Potter now holds some of the same less than savory views of crtain groups of people that the church leader would hold. Oh the irony.

[@kylegonewild]

@@azzamat001 "Now holds" is giving her more benefit of the doubt than she deserves.

[@zotha]

8:12 Oh, it's so cute that you entertained the idea that evangelicals give a single shit about accessibility or inclusion of the disabled.

[@PinkiePi]

Belief in demons and thinking things are demonic seems 1000x more juvenile than Pokemon ever could be.

[@DaveLH]

Ironically, adults engage in much more "magical thinking" than children ever do.

[@thetypingape2073]

I dunno about juvenile. Possibly, it is more rudimentary. Old fashioned if you will. Congealed, fermented, mummified, fossilized, even.

[@user-tw3rh9po4t]

?

[@Imtheone9091]

Unfortunately I had a cousin like this growing up. Anything his dad disagreed with, hed have some epiphany where God told him it was the devil. Zelda,pro wrestling,crash bandicoot and yep pokemon.

[@jamesrule1338]

Satan didn't make Crash Bandicoot. He might have designed a few of the levels mind you....

[@ritchie6162]

Omg where I’m from this stuff was so normal. I brought a new Harry Potter game over to a friend’s house and his mom made me go home for bringing a demonic game into her household. Also any event that I did with him outside of school had to be church-sponsored in some way. Weirdly she didn’t have a problem with Monster Hunter Legends which is like… pick your battles I guess.

[@justin2308]

Pro wrestling, even if wrestling’s been around for millennia and even JACOB wrestled with an angel?

[@alexandralash]

My 9 year old kid knows that everything fun is demonic because he keeps coming into my office and staring longingly at my Baphy plushie, he can’t have him though, cause he’s my little bundle of snuggly demonic joy. The kid has to be content with the cuddly Cthulhu he stole from me. In this house we love our demons (and eldrich horrors).

[@ig4299]

Gepriesen sei Cthulhu.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Edgy much?

[@thetypingape2073]

Oh you.

[@heyyodude8637]

@@KrimsonKattYT How is it edgy?

[@lordspaz88]

13:35 "Heaven is full of tame, rideable dinosaurs, but POKEMON ARE DEMONIC"

[@naturescorruptedinfactorie8062]

I almost want to think she’s secretly a Pokémon fan, and that’s just a “hint” that she is. What she described is essentially what every Pokémon fan wants to do with a big Pokémon 😂

[@Evilriku13]

*cries in Tyrantrum & Aurorus*

[@jeffweber8556]

If Pokemon is demonic, then every kid from the 1990s to now is possessed.

[@Gremlin_Boi_]

not just kids from the 90s, I started playing at 6, so we Zoomers are affected too. lol, I've been possessed for years.

[@brandonm949]

They probably think that's why Millennials and Zoomers are abandoning Christianity lol

[@thetypingape2073]

The plan is working as intended. Got em.

[@kylegonewild]

I find it funny because there's no way in hell (heh) your average kid could afford the original gameboy and since it came packaged with Tetris in the US it was commonly purchased FOR and BY adults who ended up playing Pokemon later and sticking with it.

[@thetypingape2073]

@@kylegonewild Ebil pookaymons

[@Psychichazard]

'Witches, demons, and EVEN A GENDER BENDING CHARACTER'. Uhm...pretty sure that demons, if they existed, should be more of a concern. I just can't this.

[@Shampyon]

A lot of these people believe anything other than rigid heteronormativity is literally demonic.

[@Rosyna]

8:02 Meanwhile, demons keep ignoring me. I just can’t get any love!

[@diablo.the.cheater]

Are you sure?

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Trust me, it's better for demons to ignore you. Demons are malevolent tricksters out to ruin your life and/or eat you. It's better to make friends with humans, or if you want something a bit more spicy the fae, not demons.

[@jaimerivera2382]

@@KrimsonKattYT I mean, I've been asking for demons to show up for 30+ years. And...nothing. I'm not being eaten, my life hasn't been ruined, things haven't been moved without me moving them, nothing. You'd think I'd be the perfect target, right?

[@Zomdra]

The "Pokémon=Demonic" stuff has always been extra funny to me as a Digimon fan; all that reaching, exaggeration and misrepresentation these people have to do to try and make Pokémon sound satanic when Digimon is over there letting you pal around with creatures that are _explicitly_ demons, wizards, vampires and all sorts. They just never noticed, since Digimon isn't as popular/famous.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

Same with the Megami Tensei series.

[@NIHIL_EGO]

@@dragowolfraven3806 Good starts these people would just combust if they had to learn about MegaTen.

[@Casual_Goof]

$30,000?????? My tummy hurts now

[@TheWobblyQueen]

Don’t let it, the guys saying $30,000 as a clickbate flex. The only things with any true value in life are water,food,a roof over your head & clothes on your back. Collectibles are just that collectibles You might be happy to pay $90 for a plushy & keep it pristine on a shelf with its pika friends, the value it has is in the comfort it brings, not a price tag. That toy in the arms of a child who’s never had anything, is priceless. Guys a douche 😂

[@DrJReefer]

Is that the resale value of his collection or how much money he thinks he's spent on them?

[@Casual_Goof]

@@TheWobblyQueen I’m just super frugal, so the idea of spending $30,000 or estimating the resale value of $30,000 just to bin it all and not at least donate it makes me tweak out lol

[@Phil9874]

I could not imagine throwing away 30k. That's a literal fortune. I could buy a car and buy the things I've been wanting/needing

[@wolfsraynefan]

lmao, I think they added the Moltres part simply because it said "*Flaming* Moltres" as a gotcha with Flaming being the term to refer to flambouyantly gay men.

[@midnight4685]

And Jessie then says "I think that costume came right out of his closet" so I assume they added it because 1. Flamboyant 2. Flaming 3. Closet

[@TisButAScratch666]

"[satan's] not gonna tell you this is evil, this is from me. He never does that" because satan doesn't exist

[@CassiusStelar]

Satan told me what evil is. The one from Wreck it Ralph specifically. Bad guys don't have to be bad guys~

[@sonicfanboy3375]

"Thanks Satan" ​@@CassiusStelar

[@ThompsonFlash9999]

He didnt throw that sheet away. He filmed himself throwing it away, then threw it on Ebay.

[@ZebraLuv]

Gotta fund his youtube channel somehow.

[@MeppyMan]

Yep. Zero chance that got trashed. That’s why he carefully put them in a bag. Lying hypocrites the majority of them.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

One of my friends, well now former, is now a radical christian. He burnt his entire warhammer collection.

[@legosi2736]

Oh dear 😧

[@azzamat001]

Jinkies. As a loooong time Warhamer/40k hobbiest, that story makes me weep. If for no other reason, because of the share amount of money going up in flames ... that sh1t ain't cheap.

[@PGOuma]

The environment 😔

[@ThompsonFlash9999]

​@@azzamat001can't it be cheap nowadays? What's stopping yall from 3D printing your own? Like, the cost of like 2 or 3 sets alone would pay for the cheapest 3D printers, right?

[@azzamat001]

@@ThompsonFlash9999 I'd love a 3d printer. I used a resin printing one in a previous job, that was part of the minitatures hobby industry ... the detail was amazing, nearly as good as injection molded plastic. Sadly my current living arrangements don't allow for me to have one at home due to the space required, and the fumes of printing and washing. And in my part of the world commisioning someone with a decent printer to do the prints is as expensive as just buying the 'plastic crack' from the GW store. But solid advice my friend. :)

[@maxwellcampbell7995]

When I was five I saw James with boobs, and thought "what I thought he was a boy? What if he was born a girl but likes to be a man? I mean men and women are treated differently so it makes sense as to why someone would do that. Good for him. Interesting character concept.":3 It took me two seconds to figure it out. And people say trans people will confuse kids.😂😂😂😂

[@DaveLH]

The very first trans character in children's lit is Tip/Ozma in L Frank Baum's _The Marvelous Land of Oz_ (1904) -- Just saying.

[@joelpartee594]

@DaveLH TMLoO bothered me when I read it around age 8. I felt like I had been tricked into identifying with the protagonist. It definitely prepared me, a little bit, to have a better intuitive grasp of gender.

[@JohnDoe-ku4jj]

Don't forget that people like Kat Kerr have a history of saying autism is or is caused by demons. Story could have just been her gross interpretation of someone's overstimulation meltdown

[@Juggernautohyeah]

That magikarp plush is adorable, but I notice its eyes are placed more toward the front of its face, which implies it is a predator animal, rather than prey like the rest of its kind.

[@bella-bond]

😂

[@Tohkar]

One of the symptoms of mental health disorders (i.e schizophrenia) is dissociation from reality, making people completly vulnerable to the voices in their head. At this point, only other people may help you. We'll never know how many people (actually) hearing God are "just" sick, but my money is on all of them...

[@dragonstar2011]

That last guy was wrong about the inspiration for pokemon. It originally started because the creator liked collecting bugs and was originally a bug collecting game and slowly turned into pokemon. Some of the pokemon are based on Shinto beings and creatures, but it's not the inspiration for the series as a whole.

[@Sableagle]

"I kept searching and the Lord revealed - " "I sat in the dark and hallucinated - " Same thing.

[@thetypingape2073]

I had a dream with a baby ghost that was playing with me and we were unwrapping a full size metal skeleton together while an anti-semite in the background kept trying “educate” me and I was trying offer some rebuttal while using my fingers to pull the thick plastic off these metal bones. Then I just knew the baby ghost was going to get mad at me when I got all the plastic off and I said “It’s ok baby, I got another skeleton we can open” and I woke up screaming. So. Was that God or like, too much garlic before bed or what? Your guess is as good as mine. Sweet Dreams - Not a striking Hollywood writer. 👻💀🩻☠️👻🥽🥽🥽

[@marzipancutter8144]

@@thetypingape2073 That is the most dream energy dream I've ever heard of.

[@thetypingape2073]

@@marzipancutter8144 Thanks Marzi! I had forgotten about this comment and this dream but was searching for it because I couldn’t remember the details and didn’t remember what comment I posted it in response to. You have allowed me to find what I thought was lost. For that, I grant you access to my dream. Now don’t be alarmed in the dream. Those things can sense your fear and it will work them into a frenzy! Instead, try to think of smooth and soft jazz-flute and the flavor of cinnamon toasting into a sliced bun. Thats the dream energy you want to feed baby ghosts so they don’t try to tear your bones free from your skin like those old Schick commercials. Also, you just reminded me that a Happy Valley Dream Survey video also exists. I am going to go check that out and leave an essay comment there. I owe it all to you. Enjoy those dreams!

[@Pootycat8359]

In the 1980s, it was "Dungeons and Dragons" and the "Cabbage Patch Dolls." Actually, the belief that those dolls were possessed by demons inspired some really good movies, "Child's Play," and a number of sequels. They featured "Chucky," our favorite serial-killing doll, and "Tiffany," his equally lethal lover. Chucky & Tiffany gave us the clever paraphrase of that well known religious quote, in, "The family that slays together, stays together." By the way, I thought Tiffany was really sexy....🖤

[@thetypingape2073]

I too am offended that Dungeons and Dragons doesn’t have a more satanic spotlight today! It would make my hobby more edgy and sexy! I mean, it does at least have elements based on actual demonology and angelology, am I right? Imagine looking at that Saturday morning cartoon, Pokemon, and getting demonic vibes and seeing it as your personal mission to stop the Pokemon menace. A holy mission, sanctified by Arby’s or whatever Bible Belt people equate The Vatican. Silly right? Too bad they were right about the Cabbage Patch Dolls, those things will curse your life with demonic energy. Don’t forget to smudge your home after making eye contact with one or else it will follow you home! Source: Personal Experience.

[@isaiahwilson4943]

I had such weird feelings about Tiffany as a kid. Then "Seed of Chucky" came out and it was fully cemented in my head that she was hot. Nothing has been able to change that.

[@DrJReefer]

...and then it came full circle and Chucky got blamed by British tabloids for a particularly horrible murder.

[@wendymccoy1093]

I'm pretty sure he was also based on the My Buddy dolls from 80s as well

[@BestAnimeFreak]

Chucky is also pro-trans (another demonic nightmare xD), considering his child is gender non-conforming and he eventually accepts them as they are ... I think ... the movies get confusing as fuck xD

[@184Switch]

'It bites, scratches and screeches' is very specific. Meowth can learn all these moves, so that's my bet.

[@leebulger7112]

Meowth! That's right!

[@lukewarmninja9767]

Fun fact: pokemon number 666 is vivillon. Please insert pretend disturbing Pokedex entries depicting their dark secret.

[@CTCTraining1]

Emma, you need to setup a service to allow these evangelicals with expensive Pokemon to send them to you for rehabilitation from their evil ways.

[@lizardkyng]

as an american I am often sad at the number of people that claim to want to be christ like but spend all their time spreading hate and fear

[@valolafson6035]

Well, Jesus is thought of as 'too woke' now.

[@mattsmith3022]

I showed a Pokemon to a former witch doctor, he said, “I know this one, It disguises itself as a tree to avoid attack. It hates water, so it will disappear if it starts raining”

[@justin2308]

I actually read an article where a guy who became Christian started saying stuff like that and it prompted the author’s son to immediately bring out his Pokémon book and throw it in a fire barrel.

[@Palemagpie]

Fun fact. The church of England offically considers Mewtwo a positive role model for children.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

That's hilarious!

[@Duffrey_von_Quack]

"Witchdoctor recognised Pokemon as demons" -Dudelives in the jungle -Not many followers -Has to paint his own face for a ceremony Pope"Who blessed Pokemon in around the year 2000" -Lives in his own governed palace in Italia -Big Cheese of alll the christians -Sorounded by some of the greatest pieces of art in human kind -Got a dope as robe for every day of the year I'm with the pope on this one.

[@dracorex426]

Plus the Pope exists. Whether or not that "witch doctor" does is very much still up in the air.

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

Evangelicals: "Pope, look! This is DeMoNiC..." The Pope: "Sir, this is a game for little baby children. Stop wasting my time with this. It's fine."

[@neil2796]

My favorite bit from Kat Kerr is the body parts warehouse for people who arrive in heaven with missing limbs.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Yeah, even though the Bible says that everyone gets NEW BODIES in heaven. Like, completely new bodies. Their bodies aren't added upon, they're made completely new.

[@erin1569]

You should've bought a huge Snorlax and written it off as a business expense

[@oengusfearghas9608]

My response to somebody throwing $30,000 worth of anything into the garbage is simply: a fool in their money are easily separated.

[@georgem2334]

I've watched Harry Potter, and I like Pokemon, and nothing terrible has come to my life. Also, I'm a lifelong atheist so I don't believe in all this religious nonsense.

[@tanek_09]

The atheist bit is a big part of the key here. Another part, though, is what you consider to be "terrible". Someone who has been taught that demons and curses are real might see the milk has expired and then gets a red light on the way to pick up more. Terrible events all because of that demon iguana Charizard. Or something.

[@jmcsquared18]

@@tanek_09 my dad would literally thank the lord if he found a good parking spot at a Walmart. And he was a heart patient with handicapped parking privileges. Good guy but deluded with zero self-awareness, which is what fundamentalist monotheism does to people.

[@bradenjuengel9104]

Q.E.D., I suppose.

[@antimatters6283]

"demons" is a cheap, easy way to blame some outside force and creature for their own failures, shortcomings, and mistakes. "Demons did it" is easier than "I made mistakes and I am accountable for myself."

[@kajielin4354]

I mean, not wanting to force the pokemon to fight is kinda N's goal in Pokemon black and white (somehow that makes him the bad guy which I find hillarious)

[@bethanybrookes8479]

I thought he was only supposed to be the bad guy because his morals got taken advantage of by a cult...

[@gobsvensen]

I think that woman just dropped a lot of acid and lived near Disney World. Stumbled into the World of Energy at EPCOT and saw all the tame dinosaurs. Disney is also constantly adding new attractions and the "Mansions" are just the hotels.

[@twiggledowntown3564]

The throwing away stuff just feels so sad to see. I'm also one of those people that doesn't even like throwing away food or even torn clothes.

[@voidarmy]

That man is an absolute liar, there is no way he trashed a $30,000 Pokemon collection. It's all just one big clickbait lie, you know he threw everything in that bag and then as soon as the video was over he put everything back on the shelves. If he really wanted to make the video out of the some appeal from a higher power he wouldn't have bothered to mention how much is cost. He only mentioned it the amount to generate views, there is no way he is stupid enough to actually believe what he is saying.

[@rojh9351]

13:33 A wild KatKerr appears! Emma uses Withering Sarcasm. It’s super effective!

[@umkm2k]

God said "Facts don't care about your feelings, debate me bro"

[@jamesrule1338]

God sending links to sketchy Ted X talks...

[@Jcs57]

Pretty sure god said stone your child to death but never mentioned Pokémon.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

​@@Jcs57God said to stone adulterers and idolators, and that was 4000 years ago. Times change and the old laws no longer apply.

[@Jcs57]

@@KrimsonKattYT So shrimp, bacon, mixed fabrics, and gay marriage are perfectly fine now, 2200 years of progress I suppose.

[@KireiC]

Oh no not "anime is satanic/demonic" Little Light Studios!! They did a series about how various anime are evil - Suris the Skeptic covered it some time ago, and it was pretty entertaining for an anime fan like myself :)

[@DrMintster]

"Pokemon are trained to fight, therefore THEY'RE the problem" would make a great premise for a potential Black & White 3. lmao

[@justin2308]

Replace Pokémon with human soldiers and you can see why that statement doesn’t work. Just because you’re trained to fight doesn’t mean you have to fight. The anime and manga actually show this.

[@DrMintster]

@@justin2308 I fail to see how.

[@theturtlemoves3014]

Kat is right - reading/watching Harry Potter can bring trouble into your life- you might catch Rowlingitis and find yourself turning into a TRERF!!!

[@solidpixel]

I never got too much into Anime but those clips of James makes me want it check.

[@cornpopandhisbadboys2438]

When I was 7 or 8, I used to "lecture" my peers in a homeschool group about how they were going to burn in hell because they were playing with a pokemon plush. It wasn't even for the same religious reasons these folks use. I was taught that anything popular was sinful and evil and pokemon just happened to be popular at the time. Homeschooling sucked

[@Starcrash6984]

"God told me it was demonic... and had a gender-bending character." Weird that God directly told you about how evil a "gender-bending character" was but in his very thick holy book never had a moment to mention how "gender-bending" is at all evil. Strange that he totally forget to call it sinful.

[@Jcs57]

What’s even stranger is why would the creator of everything suddenly turn on his creation, or did this _perfect_ being make a mistake when creating?

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Yeah the bible never mentions gender bending or trans characters. Weird how evangelicals are so obsessed about it yet that issue is never brought up in the 1000+ page good book. Very odd.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

​@@Jcs57God doesn't turn on humans. Even with the flood it was a last ditch effort to wipe out the nephilhim, who had overpopulated humanity.

[@Jcs57]

@@KrimsonKattYT If god created everything then he turned on a segment of that everything so what imperfection did this “perfect” being introduce that required correction thru the genocide of everything. Would not omnipotence mean he could just zap out the imperfection or go back in time and just not create the imperfection? And why would an omnipotent being need a lowly human to build him a boat? He can create matter / universe out of nothing but a simple boat is beyond his engineering prowess?

[@KrimsonKattYT]

@@Jcs57 God only interferes so much in the lives of mortals. He wants humans to make our own decisions, choices, and forge our own paths, not have everything given to us. He technically COULD have built Noah a boat on his own, but God wants humans to forge our destiny with our own hands, not do everything for us. He's a very passive God, only getting involved when absolutely necessary. God just doesn't grant wishes and solve problems for us, He empowers us to solve our own problems through His grace. He makes the way open, but we have to decide to take it. God didn't create the Nephilim. It's very vague but something was done either by humans or fallen angels to mix human and divine "essences" to create superhumans, but these superhumans lacked the ability to feel empathy and thus became unstoppable tyrants that ruled over and slaughtered regular humans like cattle. God didn't like this and ordered the flood to wipe out these "abominations". God allows bad things to happen like the nephilhim coming into being because without evil there cannot be good, and many bad things may eventually lead to something good down the road. Strife and conflict begets growth, which allows us to develop as people and as a united nation. If there was no evil there would be no good, because if everyone was forced to always do good there would be no point. God created free will to allow humanity to choose to worship God, and by worship I mean by doing good deeds. Worshiping God isn't about singing hymns or praying, it's about doing good deeds and through those good deeds praising God with your actions. God is all powerful, yes, but he is also passive and only interferes directly when necessary. He knows all possible outcomes and therefore knows what's best, even if that involves suffering which is natural part of the way the world is. Life is suffering, and through that suffering we grow. That is the meaning of life, to praise god and suffer.

[@prudentreality]

26:15 Nail head, meet hammer. My childhood up until age 12 was in fundamentalist leaning churches (US) that often gave warnings in the exact way you described. Being raised in that WAS terrifying! Being so worried about doing any little thing wrong, with the idea that such mistakes could be unintentionally “inviting in demons and evil spirits” is scary, exhausting, and deeply unhealthy for anyone, but ESPECIALLY young, developing minds! Not to mention the fact that it all made it sound like this big God, who was supposedly the single most loving and powerful being out there, could effectively be blocked and disempowered to help me by my accidental cooperation with demons, and you’ve got a recipe for a total mental breakdown. Thank you for your thoughtful critique. You’ve clearly done your research and your perspective, as someone outside of that world, is pretty spot on.

[@HealyUnit]

Honestly, it's pretty rude that you've invited demons so many times, and they haven't even bothered to RSVP. Major social faux pas on their part.

[@tauntingeveryone7208]

Little known fact: All demons have autism which is why they do not understand social norms.

[@AnotherCraig]

Ghosted by demons 😆

[@sashawolfson3602]

Hi, Im raised Christian. (I still am Christian but not religious as before) Pokemon was my childhood, i still love it and play it, I still remember my first starter when i play it; Fennekin is always my best starter. I think its ridiculous how other Christians thinks everything is "Demonic" or "Evil" when reality its not, people should enjoy the things that makes them happy.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Exactly. I'm christain too and the amount of rage some people have towards things they don't understand is just silly.

[@KailarahAurual]

I'm also Christian and I agree with the above comment. Well, except for Fennekin being the best starter. Torchic has that spot for me. But everything else, I agree with.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

@@KailarahAurual My favorite starter is oshowott.

[@sashawolfson3602]

@@KailarahAurual Torchic is also my favorite as well. I can agree with you.

[@JoshuaPAMployee]

What's scary is most that "hear God" never question if it's an Angel delivering it or a demon lying. 😰

[@jamesfennell4224]

I am a pokemon fan, I grew up with gen 1 and still play the games. I went to bible college and was given a load of books before I started from someone at church. One of them was a book all about how pokemon was evil. The best thing about it was at the back it had descriptions of all the original 151 and their evolution levels it was like having a pokedex.

[@BJtheBassist]

To protect the world from devastation…

[@midnight4685]

To unite all peoples within our nation...

[@Gremlin_Boi_]

@@midnight4685 To denounce the evils of truth and love!

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Jessie! James!

[@elmo82987]

Shit, I got a personal tour of heaven last time I did a big dose of mushrooms. 😅

[@ChaosSolEternal]

This video made me decide to buy the sleeping Pikachu plush I've been thinking about. He's very clearly a demon since he compelled me to bring him into my home. At least he's a very cute demon.

[@TheAsvarduilProject]

"I AM GOD, THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING. YOU MUST DESTROY THISE RECREATIONAL PIECES OF CARDBOARD YOU COLLECTED AS A KID BECAUSE THEY SCARE ME." *: Sure, seems legit!

[@melvinp1485]

Why does "god" just talk to idiots

[@thetypingape2073]

And Joan of Ark.

[@melvinp1485]

@@thetypingape2073 That worked out well for her.

[@dracorex426]

It's called a prank.

[@thetypingape2073]

“Uh, I thought it would be funny.” - God?

[@ZebraLuv]

Or if you just light a hallucinogenic bush on fire and breathe it, that'll open up his holy hotline too.

[@Pootycat8359]

19;40 If you end up in possession of a stable of demons, learn to command them and use them to achieve good purposes, like any magician would, and like King Solomon did.

[@eriklunden5218]

Who wants to bet that fellow didn't trash or even sell his collection?

[@GhostIntoTheFog]

I always found it discomforting that the entire franchise is based around capturing the Pokémon and forcing them to fight against one another for sport. I never found the explanation that it’s O.K. because they’re a completely different class of life than ordinary animals and will just be rendered unconscious at worst to be a convincing argument as to why the Pokémon trainers aren’t acting unethically.

[@JesmondBeeBee]

If only the objections of people like Kat Kerr were as reasonable and valid as that!

[@Nehji_Hann]

When I was still lost and going to church, one lady in the church told me that pokemon cards were evil because she tried to burn them and they wouldn't burn. I'm guessing she had the same understanding of fire and cards as people who think snow is fake because "it doesn't melt with a lighter and gets dark charred spots cause burning" etc Like, playing cards like pokemon cards are coated in a wax-like plastic... making them fire resistant for one, but practically anything would be "fireproof" if you just hold a lighter to it for less than half a second

[@marlyd]

Looking up at the sky in an 'old man yells at cloud' way while saying 'pagan heresy' really made me laugh

[@irinaphoenix2169]

I heard, "...witches, demons, and even a ginger character."

[@KnucklesAndBig]

My favorite part about people calling Pokémon demonic is they either say ALL Pokémon are evil spirits hell bent on taking your soul, or they cherry pick the cutest and most tame ones and completely ignore the ones that are like *canonically evil* within Pokémon lore. Like, I would LOVE for one of these evangelicals to react to the story of Sword and Shield, about these two dogs fighting a giant demonic looking hand that came from outer space, and have them tell me with a straight face that the dogs are evil too

[@somersetcace1]

`Look it up! I am the LORD!` Doesn't even provide a scan code! Sheesh!" - It must be like living in a horror movie in your mind, to believe all that superstitious nonsense.

[@DaveLH]

"How are we philosophers supposed to sit up all night debating whether God exists, if some computer just gives us His QR code in the morning?" -- Slight update to a famous Douglas Adams line

[@somersetcace1]

@@DaveLH Ahh yes! The Amalgamated Union of Philosophers! 😂

[@daedalus6796]

Damn, the bar for inviting demons is so low these days.

[@Pootycat8359]

True, true...In the good ol' days, you had to say the Catholic Mass backwards, or sacrifice an unbaptized baby

[@bethanybrookes8479]

I mean, it's always been pretty low. All you gotta do is sneeze and not be blessed afterwards and suddenly your possessed by a demon apparently.

[@zenithquasar9623]

Imagine if they found out about Yokai!

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Or megami tensei 😂

[@jamesrule1338]

@@haruhisuzumiya6650 or even the Persona series. I'm still shocked that Persona 3 has managed to slip below the radar considering how summoning works in that game.

[@Noirevert]

🎶 “I told the witch doctor this is a Pikachu…”🎶

[@snailboy]

Remember kids, there is no bravery without fear... So, better make some shit up to be afraid of.

[@dragonmaster613]

Just because I'm a Priest of C'Thulu and studied Demonology doesn't mean my love of Pokemon is Demonic. (Even though Pokemon got me into Monster Tamers like Shin Megami Tensei)

[@Gremlin_Boi_]

you got a Malamar👀???

[@dragonmaster613]

@@Gremlin_Boi_ yes? I don't see the relevance outside of tentacles.

[@Lost_In_Neverwhere]

God is just angry that Arceus is the much cooler God.

[@indecision6326]

Wait until he finds out about Akatosh and the tangible benefits he offers people who just ask for them. His all-knowing mind will be completely blown.

[@The_Gur]

Arceus literally lost to concrete in one of the movies, unless you're refering to game canon

[@ghostface9894]

What about our lord and savior: Lord Helix?

[@Evilriku13]

I mean.. Arceus being based on Zeus is kinda "worse" because that guy just slept with every woman he could find, even when he needed to transform into different animals and such for it. That said.. JHWH doesn't run around and touches women, at least as far as I know, so that makes me raise less eyebrows for him then Arceus/Zeus.

[@morganmatlock5467]

I gut laughed.

[@grell5108]

Reminds me of when my mom threw out all of my disney dvds that showed magic (aka basically ALL OF THEM) because magic was of the devil. Some taped series too. I'm still mad she threw away my Gummy Bears. It just taught me not to leave my valuables in places my mother could find them.

[@audreyhepburne]

I wonder if Kat Kerr has seen God's dangler? They've went swimming in lava together, you know.

[@jongkittae]

ngl every time these people call something demonic it just makes me wanna get into that thing cos they always make it sound so cool lmao

[@ayanavade3742]

wait.....the t-rex are so tame that you can ride them?? is she talking about the Dragon Tales cartoon show??

[@DaveLH]

"Immediately some of the information it shows is wrong" -- Not only wrongly calling it a "movie," but saying it's "claymation," even though the characters are clearly not clay -- News flash, Little Light: Not all stop-motion animation is "claymation." Also, can we talk about how with "LED" they have obviously appropriated TED Talks' logo?