The argument, I think, is that the Bible is Anti-Magical. No Fairies, or other magical creatures are allowed. In fact, there is a volume of the manga "The Ancient Magus' Bride" where the Fairie Queen Titania banishes a Catholic Priest from her kingdom. I think it was volume 3. It was pretty badass. To go even further, Magic in general is banned in the Bible for use by humans. Some modern Witches believe that this was put in during the King James Version of the Bible to take Magic away from the poor as a way of subjugating them and taking away any kind of power that might pose a threat to the Monarchy. This all points to Pokemon having powers as both a revival of Magical Creatures and Humans in control of Magical Power. Both of which are threatening to a Christian Worldview. You might, a reasonable person, ground in reality, say that "Magic doesn't exist. It's a fantasy." Well when the advent of Christianity spread across the world, it didn't happen in a nice and polite way. People were still savage, and so was their way of spreading new ideas. The Church was no exception to this, and anyone found to be practicing Magic was tortured or outright killed. Many traditions of Magic had to go underground and survived in secret within families down the generations, but the lion's share of Magic in General Human Civilization was wiped out. Science and Technology replaced Magic under the watchful eyes of the Church, but not without a lot of intervention that slowed progress down so much that we are only recently starting to advance at the proper speed. History is full of accounts of Magical Creatures and Magic-using humans. The Old Gods become the New Demons. Modern Magic Users have only scraps of knowledge compared to what used to exist long ago, and the revival is in it's infancy. So it will take a long time for Magic to come back. They kind of make a projection of this idea in the cartoon "Adventure Time" where science has been driven undergound from almost complete destruction and Magic becomes the overgrowth from neglect that permeates and forms the basis of reality once again. Christians know the danger of this overgrowth, so they spread weed-killer on the sidewalk, figuratively speaking. Hence the Anti=Pokemon sentiment.
Reviews for "Pokemon is Demonic Apparently"
Hah i knew pokemans are demonic .... bla .. bla bla .... more gibrish and last but not least Undertale >.o
I suppose there are people who would consider Undertale to be demonic as well haha
Funny enough, I've had that conversation.
I'm pretty surprised that this animation is liked, considering the ridiculous antagonist is relatable to a big portion of people (religious people).
Good job.
True, I'm expecting a bit of backlash, but honestly I'm curious to see what those people will say about it haha
Wow, very nicely done on all fronts!!1 I grew up watching Underdog, and watched the Western world's initial reaction to Pokemon (never recall hearing about anything demonic, though guess it could be viewed that way... if they were real, which they aren't).
VA and animator put their best paws forward on this one, and the NG artists who did the background musics also did as well, thanks all!
Growing up in a Christian household and going to a Christian school for a bit (apart from other things) let me see plenty of opposing viewpoints on whether Pokemon was demonic or not. I just never thought it made sense since we had other animals doing the same kinds of things here in the West. Anyhow, I'm glad that you enjoyed this :D
XD This was hilarious! Well animated, and scripted - 5 stars :)
Thanks a lot, I'm glad that you liked it :D