Don wrote:

> Please, let us not forget the question that must be answered, and that is
> WHY...
> Why what you may ask, well why was the card game created, or why was the
> show created or why was "Pokemon" itself created? Was it just for money...?
> Or does the name "Pokemon" (Pocket Monsters) have a clue, (to have with you,
> or to have on one self a small creature/monster with unnatural powers and to
> be able to call upon them when you wish.) does this sound any thing like a
> familiar spirit to any of you...?
 
> Let think about this for a moment...

Look at the Japanese culture.  Anyone familiar with the way things are 
going over there will understand that it is just more of the same.  A 
large part of the audience is very familiar with the magic, gore, 
violence, and secularism that shows like Akira, Nausicca of the Valley 
of the Winds, Power Rangers, etc. promote.  The Pokemon show may 
be trying to catch kids at younger ages.  It could just be a marketing 
ploy, but the extra affect of occult entrapment may be by design.  I 
doubt that the producers of the show or the cards would tell you that 
their ultimate goal was to get kids to worship Satan.

Anybody ever watch The Munsters, I Dream of Jeanie, T.J Hooker, etc. 
?  Ever hear the songs Monster Mash or Purple People Eater?  
Neither the whole story, nor the intent is told just by the title of any of 
these.  Content matters.  Even some books of the Bible (depending 
on what version you use) have confusing names.  The Book of John, 
for example, is not really about John, it is about Christ.

I am not trying to rip your comments.  It is just that sometimes the 
things people do are just for greed, not to further Satan's plans.  It may 
work that way, but the producers of a lot of this crud in our world do not 
understand that.  From what I have seen of WotC and others like 
them, they want to produce products that capture and hold an 
audience.  It is profit to them, not a religion, though they may worship 
money, or the attention that Magic gets them, I don't know.

Let's not make the mistake that all of what is obviously evil to us was 
intended to be.   Abortion is; Power Rangers - who knows.  Let's keep 
the dialogue with these people intelligent and genuine, let's not mix 
up a lather and attack.  At the same time, don't buy, view, or listen to a 
questionable product.

Joe R