Italian Bishop Likens Pokémon GO To Nazism, Claims It Turns Players Into "Walking Dead"

LOL

Groups should embrace and use this phenomenon, not decry and denounce it.

(Facepalm)
Oh, mylanta....
This is like 2000's era when Asereje being accused as a Satan worshipper song.

I apologize on my miserable country's behalf.

And yet another idiot opens his mouth to spout some uneducated, tunnel-visioned nonsense.

He's just p... off that they don't have a "Catholic GO" app to get all these "walking dead" back into the fold of the Church.

EHHHH...POKEMONNNNSSSSSS...

(sorry, that's supposed to be a Pokemon Go zombie voice)

LMFAO well I had my laugh for the day.

Well, Pokémon received a papal blessing in the past so I bet this guy's thoughts are fueled generally by him not getting it

WTF? XD This reminds me of that Christian guy who said Pokémon was satanic!

So THAT'S why I'm starting to feel so fascist. Man I was worried there for a second.

Sometimes I'm ashamed to be italian. This is one of those times...

new...bad...DIE!

@mjharper
cue Lavender Town music

Any people that end up killed or seriously injured while using this app are morons and it's called Natural Selection. The app clearly said since day 1 while watching the loading bar to BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS. It should also say in parenthesis 'Be aware of your own children' as well.

Pokemon also promotes the concept of evolution. He forgot that part. #666

This reminds me of something...must kill John Lennon...

Anyway, the law that when an Internet loses all meaning and will eventually degrade to mentoning Hitler means our work is done.

See Damien, it's annoying when people spread false rhetoric and false narratives, isn't it?

That's something you need to think about when it comes to your own writing...

Apparently Antonio Stagliano doesn't want people having fun. The only people I seen speaking out against Pokemon Go have been nothing but a bunch of political and/or religious killjoys with nothing better to do.

Lmao is he serious?!?

So those cute Lil Pokemon, that has a kids cartoon and fun video games, are now as bad as the Nazis?!? Lol Italy, your the last country that should be saying this, you where on the Nazis side, remember?

@InternetBowser
Actually Italy is known for kind of never finding the middle ground. We have either geniuses far ahead of their time, or utterly ignorant bigots.

I... don't even know what to say about such blatant stupidity...
I kinda wanna laugh though.

@Yorumi exactly

Haha i am not a pokemon go fan, but I love how it bothers people so much. Let people do what they want, cause they will anyway. I don't try to talk people out of religion, or eating unhealthy food, or partaking in activities that are not "productive" cause people do what they want anyway. Sure call out the people that are actually cause harm others by playing, but as a whole just stop being intimidated by trends.

@AlexSora89 that's how the US. The difference is that there's only like 4 super smart people here...

"Zombies though, are pure awesome."

More than anything, this is wildly insensitive. Hey, you know this popular app and this massive tragedy that killed over 60 million people? They're basically the same thing.

Well, we Belarusians are a superior nation anyway, and every other nation should either go extinct or serve us.

A Bulbasaur told me that before I caught him. %^)

BS. Pokemon GO has brought so many people together. It's not against anybody; that's precisely the opposite of what it was made for.

Here we go with more "insert this game or app" that makes everyone mindless zombies nonsense. This guy takes it to an even more ridiculous extreme. But seriously, if you don't like the game, just ignore it and let others who do enjoy it.

@hYdeks Your knowledge of 20th Century international relations does you credit, but your tarnishing of a whole nation, 70 years on, with the same brush, let's you down.

Let's try and avoid any contentious remarks re. the Nazis. Traditionally they don't go down too well.

Wow

@Yorumi WELL SAID

(Was going to say how Godwin's Law shouldn't be an actual law of nature, but you said it much better)

Breaking News: Italian Bishop is an Idiot. More at 11.

Walking dead is a good comic series though, he should read it.

I never knew bishops have such a good sense of humor... What a joke!

Well, I didn't want to say anything, but the last time I started up the Pokemon GO I did this weird march while playing, I don't know what made me do that. Didn't say anything because I have no interest in creating a furor.

@InternetBowser While I certainly think this guy's a doofus, that's a bit of a sweeping generalization you got there. We're not everyone of us "walking dead" that follow idiots like him.

@mjharper BRAAAAAAAAVIARYYYY... BRAAAAAAAAAAIXENNNNNN.....

Well, I do call people who use their smartphones while walking 'Smombies' so I guess he and I do share at least one opinion. The rest of it is complete nonsense, though. I even know some people who made new friends or found a girl/boyfriend thanks to GO.

Many of the complaint I hear about Pokemon Go being evil can apply to smartphones in general. Most of them aren't justified though.

@InternetBowser I think @Yorumi said it better than I could. A lot of people who proclaim to be of a certain faith don't conform to every single thing their doctrine states. Only a handful of religions would wholly excommunicate its members in that case. So no, not every religion is as cut and dry as "our way or no way".

Just no.

@AlexSora89 you shouldn't, sadly I've seen every country make this kind of assesment on Pokemon Go, it's like is 1998 all over again.

The difference is that some countries have recognizable people saying it, but it's all the same.

Haha. Yeah...a little extreme comparing it to the holocaust...but the truth in the statement is the reality that the rapid advancement of media and games and its accessability (not just pokemon GO, but other things like facebook) has greatly changed the social frontier, especially with younger people. It just goes to show that in 2016 there is much more effort required of the individual than in the past to maintain balance and as odd as the term sounds, 'game responsibly' or we will indeed see a society of increasingly unhealthy and watered down social interactions. I am obviously an avid gamer but I try and keep in control of being distracted. If I wanna play Pokemon GO, I set time aside and truly play it instead of letting it sneak into time with my kids, work, etc. Just my humble thoughts. But yeah...more specifically...this guy is an idiot.

I agree 100%. People shouldn't play games at all on their phone. Gaming is an indoor activity. Doing it outside only leads to problems.

I love it! El Diablo Poko!!!

@InternetBowser Do all religions control every aspect of your waking life? If not, then I don't think you can compare ALL religious folk to "walking dead", even if they do follow their doctrine to a T. What I'm trying to get at is that comparing ALL smart phone users, ALL religious people, ALL of what have you, to subservient zombies of a totalitarian system is ridiculous.

This made me think of this lol:
"They named me one of their top five Hitlers of all time. Real Hitler wasn't even on the list!"

I don't know what is worse- this man's ridiculous, offensive statements, or the fact that the media is giving this idiot a platform from which to broadcast such nonsense.

He's obviously seen a parade of marching Pikachus and drawn entirely the wrong conclusion.

http://techno.lapresse.ca/jeux-video/201608/18/01-5011607-un-eveque-italien-en-croisade-contre-pokemon-go.php

Meh, it's just a turn of the times. people in the 70's were probably more outdoorsish, but now with the internet and bogeymen like kidnappers, not much people actually goes out. Pokemon Go has probably stimulated the economy from things like food, powerbanks and actual pokemon games to other tangibly related things like upgrading to new phones or engaging in social media.

I mean if Pokemon Go pushed people to mobiles, they may as well hold all their social media in one place or laugh at cat videos.

@HappyMaskedGuy "I don't know what is worse- this man's ridiculous, offensive statements, or the fact that the media is giving this idiot a platform from which to broadcast such nonsense."

Yes.

Adolf Hitler goes on holiday and got stopped at customs. "Name?" "Adolf Hitler" "Occupation?" "No just two weeks."

Claims like this really do nothing for anybody.

People who don't see both sides of the coin don't usually know what they're talking about, and a very harsh statement like this one usually indicates that.

@InternetBowser If I may interject here, religion defines strict rules because it attempts to define the truth of the human being. If you go against the rules you jeopardize what your religion promises, since the rules were only instantiated in the first place to help fulfill those promises. It's kinda like a roadmap to help get you to your destination; you don't have to use it, but if you think it's right why not? Otherwise you might never get there...

And probably more importantly, there are many many smaller issues which are not defined, such as Pokemon GO. This bishop is presenting his (imo extreme) opinion of the game; but this does not affect Church doctrine in any way.

@ryando Well it promotes the word, not the concept. In real life, evolution affects species, not individual organisms

If anything it's done kids the world of good, getting them off their asses to go outside and hang out.

I must say though, in my job I drive buses.
And twice kids have walked in front of the bus playing Pokemon Go not thinking what they are doing.
It's a concern, as 10 tonnes of metal against flesh and bone...
You get the picture.

It's popular and it's not the thing that we represent! Ergo, it MUST be evil!

Oh no! Pokemon, Harry Potter, the nintendos, Dragon ball, DOOM, are satanic! The whole world is condemned!
Hahaha!
Welcome to the 90's people.

@DarthNocturnal It's the 2010's. Of course people will make sweeping generalizations because of one person that show them to be almost as bigoted as the person that started.
Fighting fire with fire is fighting fire with gasoline.

Pretty sure cellphones in general already accomplished all that stuff 6 years ago. Pokemon Go just gave more people a reason to join the mindless ranks...

@TeslaChippie Why can't a Christian support the concept of evolution again? I've done just fine accepting science as fact.

Come to think of it: would be kind of funny if they turned his church into a PokéGym...

@ThanosReXXX
Oh that would be the ultimate irony.

"Even the worst history student in the world can tell that an addictive mobile phone app isn't in the same ballpark as an organisation which was responsible for triggering bloody global conflict and killing countless innocent people, but perhaps that's just us."

I hate it when comments like this are made. A comparison doesn't mean two things are alike in every way. People get emotional about things irrelevant to the comparison, and then conversation becomes impossible. That said, this particular comparison is a silly one.

@Yorumi How would you explain the intricacies of evolution and progression from the big bang itself to primitive people who lack the capability to fully grasp those concepts, which would require centuries of research from them? Whose to say that they'd understand if you showed them, and what would stop them from writing down an incorrect or super oversimplified interpretation of how things began? The Bible itself has always been man's perspective, which is hardly a complete perspective at all. I personally think both beliefs are extremely compatible, you just have to get past human error and misconception.

Those are just my beliefs though.

Hopefully Pokémon Go continues to weed out idiots.

@Yorumi You know who else thought it was a bad idea to compare things they don't like to Nazis? Hitler.

Good going, Adolph.

Jeeze this comment section is a goat rodeo

Lol sounds like a gen 1 hater.Hahaha

@Savino lol when print newspaper was the new trendy thing to do, people have probably said, "look at those lemmings, with their nose in their newspaper." They probably used lemmings instead of zombies because, you know, zombies weren't a thing until the 1970s or so

@Yorumi I'll consider this in my future research, but I'm still not 100% that your point is factually correct. It's too black and white, and I've lived long enough to know that both the Bible and Science aren't black and white. The only thing that's black and white are idealists, and I'm too analytical to be looking at the world from an either or perspective. That betrays what science is to me. To me, it's about exploring all possibilities without bias, and eliminating what can be eliminated, but still having a broader view. To trap yourself into viewing the world from a narrow minded perspective is a hindrance to science. To do so is to give up your right to be a scientist, and instead condemn yourself into unnecessary cynicism. Mind that I'm not talking about you, just in general. I have deeply enjoyed this discussion though. Thank you.

@Yorumi

"This is really a good rule for everyone, if your criticism of something or someone involves nazi's or hitler, you should probably just stop and rethink what you're about to say cause you're 99.99999999% likely to make an idiot of yourself"

That's just nazi propaganda

@AlexSora89 And all hell breaks loose when both groups exist in the same era.

When I seen the headline first I thought it said "Ian bishop" he's an Irish comedian. ✋😀

@InternetBowser

"as opposed to religion which turns everyone in walking dead zombies who follow idiots like him? Pokemon>Religion "

QFT. An organisation that does pretty much what he claims Pokemon Go to do. Well, I'm sure if someone realizes the sins of playing Pokemon Go a few 100 Ave Marias will undo the harm

@Yorumi

Excellent little explanation of Christian views too, btw. Well put. The Christian (such as myself) sees evidence, but instead of trying to piece it together to fit the theory of evolution I see it as supporting the scriptures that have already been written. Such as the flood, and how it explains the layers they find in the earth and the mass bone graveyards, how dinosaurs became extinct, why man used to be smarter and is degenerating ( as opposed to the theory of evolution which proposes that life becomes more complex and smarter with time).

There are a lot of things in this world that I don't understand and I'm not going to pretend I have the answer. But the one thing that I absolutely do believe is that matter does not exist on its own, and to me, it's much more logical to conclude that God has always existed and created matter then to conclude the matter has always existed of its own accord. Once you take that as truth then it's logical to conclude that if there is a God then He created us for a purpose, and if we have a purpose it's logical to conclude God has communicated with us at some point(s) in time, and if that is the case then you have to look at religion and there's only one religion where hundreds of prophecies have come to pass exactly as they were written- in some cases thousands of years before hand- only one that prophecied the Savior's coming down to the exact day (463 years from the decree to rebuild the temple, which is all historically documented, to the day Jesus rode in Jerusalem on a donkey which is also historically documented) there is only one religion that aligns with science and history and that is the God of the Bible.

I refuse to have blind faith. I totally and absolutely reject it. My belief is grounded in logic, science and fact.

@Ninten-san Josue Irion? It's been ages since I've watched a video of his. Top-tier comedy, let me tell you.

Let's be reasonable here though. It's obviously Satan.

Turns you into the walking dead? So like Jesus then?

@Yorumi @JaxonH You guys bring up some pretty interesting view points that I've never really come across, and I honestly enjoy hearing them.

@Yorumi
I think there is far more to grapple with in the creation account of Genesis vs. what science has revealed and it's not quite as simple as your thorough summary; I don't think the line in the sand you've drawn regarding creation is an absolute one, though I once thought as you seem to.

@Yorumi @JaxonH @BlatantlyHeroic
I suspect that time is just another ingredient in creation, myself, and as in science that is a tough one to grapple with conceptually. (models of the Big Bang require time to be part of what is pushed into existence, for instance) To a creator outside of what we know as the universe you can create an animal, ecosystem, etc. by applying evolution and time just like mixing up something in a bowl. We study the swirling nature of the stirring from the inside and it feels infinitely complex and inevitable. From the outside, you know, mixin' up some pancakes.

Both believers and scientists and those that are both have deep wounds from ongoing conflicts and don't work well together, unfortunately. As a believer I think you should boldly follow threads of scientific discovery closely and resist the temptation to discard something because it doesn't fit what you thought it might be. It makes you untrustworthy as a witness. If the scientific evidence that fossils can't possibly be the result of a flood, for instance...

The oddest American mashup of politics and faith-based organizations led to the very odd denial of global warming by many of them; something that lines up perfectly fine with Biblical accounts and supports it even. Not to mention the mandate to take care of the earth. Well, that's the point where hopefully one would stop supporting and try to change the group or throw support elsewhere. Yet...

Anyway, great discussion, all.

For the record, the Bishop has done stepped in it. My family is doing something together that is both physically active and appreciative of the outdoors and our community and socializing and connecting with new people more than we have in too long. All because we are having fun with Pokemon GO. Outsiders' views are often harmfully dismissive. — hey and that brought it back to the science faith discussion!

@aaronsullivan You look away for a couple of hours, and the discussion turns into a science/faith debate...

I kinda already suspected that Pokémon and bishops weren't a good mix to mention on a gaming website...

Hail Pokemon GO!

@Yorumi
Not sure if you've ever heard of the firmament, which is actually mentioned in the Genesis account, "and let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters".

Many have theorized this was perhaps a hydrogen ice bubble which encapsulated the earth, compressing the atmosphere and allowing for a much higher oxygen concentration (explaining why there are footprints showing man used to stand 9 foot tall and mosquitoes with foot long wingspans- Life could grow larger under these conditions).

They propose that well, if it never rained before the flood then how did the flood happen? They say the firmament collapsed, and rained down upon the earth which is how the entire world was flooded (it also says the waters from the deep broke loose).

There's just so much evidence, such as the rate at which the earth's spin is decreasing. If you go back millions of years and do the math the earth would've been spinning so fast that nothing could've survived. I watched an entire video where they did nothing but rattle off little facts like that that are just inexplicable.

What really gets my brain cooking though, is whether the continents separated at the time of the flood or at the Tower of Babel. There's very little written about that account, and I'm not sure if it was simply a division of languages but it says that man was scattered. How and to what extent... That's the question that gets me

@BlatantlyHeroic No reason o.o Everyone should believe in what empowers them to do the most good in their life. Evolution and creationism ARE mutually exclusive explanations for the origin of species, but I know plenty of Christians who believe the Old Testament is more a collection of parables than actual history

Some Hindu "spokesperson" from India also called Overwatch offensive. People will have problems with anything.

This is a missed opportunity. He should be using the popularity of the app to the church's benefit, not demonizing it and everyone who uses it. He could arrange Pokemon Go church trips or something. Is that against Catholic beliefs? I've always been Protestant, and I've seen video games used in youth groups to bring kids together. A church-sanctioned Pokemon Go hike could be a very popular event, bringing a lot of people together under the church.

@TrueWiiMaster
The thing is, to this bishop if it wasn't created by the church, it's the work of the devil.

@Fillupmycup
From an outsider's perspective, the Land Of Freedom has its own fair share of problems, but Italy is often worse. At least there's only one Trump in there, we have too many guys like that here
(let's not derail the discussion about that, though, I know this is a risky subject to mention)

@InternetBowser
What aren't you sure about? I kind of lost track here...

@Kmno
Thing is, people tend to take advantage of whatever is currently being most talked about to appeal to the general public for the sake of a reference. The Italian president of the Republic lately said "we're not here to catch Pokémon" as a way to say the government isn't slacking, which kind of says a fair deal about how Pokémon GO is seen. And given this game makes many a fan's childhood dream come true, this is a really sad scenario.

@Ernest_The_Crab
This is a problem as old as the world itself, my good friend.

_{Don't get yourself banned -Morpheel}

typical (usually religious or maybe that's just me) out of touch old person propaganda, nothing new

on a side note, heil all over 700 types of pikachu

Blasphemy! Don't let the bishop shake your faith. Stay true to the Church of Nintendo!
_{(And keep praying for Metroid Prime 4...)}

@Yasume
Hello....Gaming can be outside too. I mean not a 'Video Game', but a real outdoor activities that can be considered as a Game.

@TrueWiiMaster Nothing video game related is strictly against Catholic beliefs, but there are aspects of it that are frowned upon. In general, the Church worries about people spending too much time on video games instead of having an impact on their community and helping the poor (and it's definitely an issue to a degree). The older generations tend to go overboard though because they didn't grow up with the stuff.

Part of me thinks this bishop is seeing gamers for the first time since they're usually playing video games inside their houses.

@JaxonH I'd rather not believe that there's an after life or ultimate good if they both are determined by an egotistical being who damns people to eternal punishment for not dedicating their lives primarily to boost his ego.
An egotistical being who claims to be perfect and not lie, and yet is explicitly at his whits' end with his creations and willing to break the covenant that he promised not to, multiple times.
An egotistical being that decrees something that's in the absolute worst case scenario really a mental illness a sin, when it is far outside of most's control.
An egotistical being who's left things so vague and open to interpretation that dozens of denominations have sprung up with their own beliefs and interpretations on things.
An egotistical being who's responsible both for you finding your keys in the morning and a child starving to death.

That's why I'm no longer a Christian.

@CrazedCavalier
Clearly, you've made your choice.

Just leave you with some food for thought. This God you call egotistical, loved you so much that he came to earth, lived a perfect and sinless life for you, so that he could have his hands and feet nailed to a wooden cross, crucified a gruesome death having never sinned once, so that you and the whole world could have eternal life with Him. He freely pays your debt, my debt, everyone's debt.

" for God did not come into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. But he who does not believe on him is condemned already"

Accept it, reject it.... It's ultimately your choice, and no one can make that choice for you but yourself.

@JaxonH And thus, we have the discrepancy between the Old and New Testament Gods- one who judges and seems almost as capricious as the false gods that were his competition, and another that sends one of his three split personalities to die and rise again for everybody's transgressions.

But I'm a 16 year old, and the son of an Anglican pastor no less- I have a long life still ahead of me, and my beliefs will certainly change in some way or another overtime.

@CrazedCavalier
The Old Testament was just- it was to teach man the consequences of sin, and what God could and should rightfully do to punish evil.

Without understanding that we would have no appreciation for the sacrifice that was made to seal the new covenant.

Otherwise it would be, "uh sure, what exactly did you save me from?" In the OT, God showed his people how holy and just he is, and how unholy and how unjust we are. The law was given to serve as a mirror, for man to look into and see how corrupt he truly is. Without the law there is no knowledge of sin. So the law was there to serve as a schoolmaster of sorts, to teach man right from wrong and show man what his do reward truly is- and the wages of sin- any and all sin- is death. So even in the Old Testament God showed great mercy by not wiping mankind out the moment he sinned the first time, or the second, or the 10 trillionth time.

God is still that same God from the Old Testament- a just and righteous God Who will by no means pardon the guilty. But we are in a day of grace- The church age as it is called. Where God shows us mercy and calls us to his son and eternal life.

But this age will eventually end, and that's when the book of Revelation picks up. When this day of grace ends man will face God's judgment, as he did in the Old Testament.

Pidgey.
Tasty.

Catholicism calling Nazism "a totalitarian system" is quite ironic. You don't really need the silly bit about Pokemon Go to make this a fun story.

People do still realize that catholicism promotes a system of total surveillance, submission, hierarchy and truth, right? Abandoning reason and self to serve a higher purpose should sound eerily familiar to folks.

It seems as though this poor fellow suffers from fear of the unknown, which, ironically, was one of the primary factors that fueled nazism.

I've read all the comments on this thread with great interest. There's at least twenty things I could say against the Bishop's comments, but instead of getting drawn into some debate or venting my annoyance with this sort of thing, the Bishop cements my opinion of religion, in all its forms. In that it is utter, utter, utter...bollocks.

@MarvinTheMartian
Don't let this guy be that cement. Not all religious people think Pokemon are Nazis.

Candy Crush was a completely mindless cash grab that got millions of people addicted and was made by a company that tried to trademark the word "Candy" and no one bats an eye. Pokemon GO releases and everyone loses their minds.

When Pokemon came out the 90s the church thought it's a satanic game. Some people likened it to the legend of Solomon, he captured demons and trapped them in his ring then he summoned them to do his bidding. It's similar to the genie.

i would think a bishop would love pokemon go as an opportunity to lure little children

Every group, be it religious or not, has its share of extremists. Some people are too blinded by their own bias towards what they view as an "opposing" group, and they hurt the image of the group they're trying to represent. I've known many awesome Atheists, Agnostics, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, what have you. Then I've met a self-righteous sub category from each group as well. In all honesty, if everyone became either an Atheist, a Christian, a Buddhist, or whatever else, it wouldn't stop the fighting or the bickering between humans and it certainly wouldn't stop wars. These people aren't a result of a belief system, but rather a result of human psychology itself. They're often narcissistic, somewhat more aggressive than the average person, and can't handle anyone having an idea separate from their own. All of the constant flame wars you see between "atheists" and the "religious"? They're generally the same type of people, and they have more in common than they'll ever want to admit.

@CrazedCavalier I'm actually an Athiest that became a Christian. XD
But hey, whatever we end up believing in the end, always remember that the world is a mysterious chaotic place that we still have much to learn about and that you can't afford to get mad at someone for having different beliefs. You can debate, and debating is a wonderful thing, but always remember that you're one individual out of several, and that people are still people no matter what they believe. We're all the same animal species, practically a family (a dysfunctional one but a family nonetheless).

I enjoy it when people are offended by things. It means we are progressing as a species.

😂😂😂😂😂 what a moron!!

Somebody bash the bishop, please.

@feelinsupersonic omg your comment just made my day , I read it in such a serious tone that it made me laugh for a good 5mins !!! I'd have spammed the upvote/like button but sadly I can't.😂😂😂😂👌👌

Haha omg I always forget how many crazy religious people read this site until articles like this turn up 😂😂

Mr. Mime is mein Führer.

Well is he wrong?

@Madder128 since it gives the layout of streets no excuse for walking out in the street.it shows how arrested e development is of this generation of kids. And all kids need glasses.

@Slim1999 - please be aware that there r-word is on the naughty list here. Thanks.

He better feed poor people and give them a home to stay. That's his job.

@InternetBowser I realize that your comment was solely in jest, and I in no way want to start a religion-based debate on a Nintendo site, but to imply religion consists of people blindly following It's guidelines as if zombies is not accurate and insensitive to people's own respective faiths.

The majority of people, regardless of belief, are right-minded individuals and just generally pretty normal people who do indeed think for themselves, or at least that's my experience. People like Antonio Stagliano are part of a vocal but small percentage.

@BlatantlyHeroic @BlatantlyHeroic "Why can't a Christian support the concept of evolution again?"

We know that evolution is a slow process and it takes millions of years for plants and animals to evolve; however, according to Luke 3:24-38, there are 76 generations from Jesus to Adam. From there, we can say that Jesus was 2000 years ago, and for experiment give each of those people long lives of 1000 years each, and you still only end up with 78,000 years, nowhere near long enough for such complicated creatures to evolve.

@the101
Agreed, I get sick of how anytime ANY religious person does or says something wrong, or stupid suddenly, we're all "evil mindless cultists." (I've seen ignorant people of every faith, or no faith, even atheists) I also notice irony, that the same people who do this, are the same ones for "political-correctness," and such.

I'm a christian, I don't even follow bishops. (That's more of a "Catholic" thing, but regardless many Catholics, especially if they're Pokémon fans would never agree with this bishop.)

@BlatantlyHeroic
At least some understand, rather then generalize anyone different from themselves.

@Nintendo_Thumb 76 generations of man. If man evolved from an ape hominid variant, at what point would we consider it self-aware enough to be at the peak of its evolution, or primitive enough to be considered merely an "animal"? I personally propose that humans were only considered humans once we reached sentience, and that genesis as a whole is told from a misconstrued human perspective. What we were before wasn't sentient enough to be differentiated from beasts. It took us becoming fully sentient and self-aware (advanced communication skills and writing) to be considered by God as a being molded in his image, because he is also sentient.

Religion is the worst controller of people ever throughout history...

I seem to recall this kind of vicious hate towards the invention of the television some 75-80 years ago lol.... and the haters said "this will never last! It's just a fad!" Haha!!

@cfgk24 That's not entirely accurate. People are the worst controller of people throughout history. It's illogical and simple-minded to try to blame such a big problem on very specific groups of various types of personalities. As I've said before, every type of person is present in every belief (or lack thereof). Whether it's a church or a communistic regime, most of the time it's only the self righteous, delusional, narcissistic, unusually psychologically violent compared to the rest of the population, or a mix of all of those that are drawn to high positions. It's part of their personality to crave that type of power. Due to their questionable personality traits, they always end up using whatever organization they slither their way up to do their bidding, and they do it with any and all organizations. Even without religion we've seen this happen to large groups of people whose main goal started out noble but fell by the wayside because their leadership fell weak to the allure of power. Not to mention that what you believe is a choice all your own.

_no...-Joey

@NintendoFan990 Unnecessary comment.

Speaking of walking dead... the source link is cnet. I'm surprised that site still exists. I'd have thought they'd have died soon after they announced they were inserting adware into all their downloads many years ago.

And that Pokemon Go guy crashing into a police car, that's like people text and driving which is already illegal in most places I think.
And the kid falling in the water, sounds like the stories years ago (often from Asian countries) of people abandoning their kids to play MMOs like Starcraft for days at cyber-cafes. (except you know, not days before disaster happens)

@Joeynator3000 :/ I didn't realise you lot were so offended by that. I didn't really it was that bad. Sorry, guys.

"This guy is literally Superman 64 in human form." Is that better? xD

Just because he is a religious figure doesn't mean you can take shots at religions.

Like seirously Pokemon represents the worst of the materialistic world. It was created to sell toys; and its taken over people's lives. It's sad when you think about it.

Like the user above saying that sometimes he's ashamed to be Italian. Why? Because some idiot bishop made some ignorant comments about Pokemon? Be proud of your heritage and the history/culture of your family.

I rather have faith and culture then Pokemon.

@Savino they're reading news. Staying worldly. That's not a good comparison.

What a worthless ignorant life this guy must lead.