Update

So the pastor calls the following day. "I'm sorry, but I don't know what I can do..." I tell him all I expect him to do is keep it in prayer and possibly bring forth a message in the classrooms about behavior.

What bothered me is he seemed more interested in sitting down with me and "setting me straight" about Pokemon. Hello? Pokemon was not the issue. Children's behavior at church (and probably elsewhere) is. I don't need sat down. I don't need to discuss the matter. I KNOW where I stand on the matter.

"Perhaps you should research the matter...?" Excuse me, but no. No need to thank you. Why on earth do I need to research a topic based on other "Christian" writers beliefs on the evils of the Pokemon? If it is documented it will be slanted toward what they see as wrong. Not myself.

I told him I have done the only research I need. I went to the throne. God has not yet convicted me Pokemon is wrong some....8 years?...later..... I don't think he will.

Now, today I found out that the kids at this church are OK with War of Warcraft (WOW) and even Neopets. These games actually use magic/sorcery where Pokemon do not. Granted there are like 3-4 "occult" (their name for them not mine) characters of Pokemon...out of hundreds of characters. So its not like you are subjected to them at every turn. I myself rarely saw them used in the show and games.

Here is my take on Pokemon. We have a vast amount of personalities in this world. Pokemon characters are based on those same personalities. Believe it or not there is occult in our world. Like it or not as hard as you try you will not be able to keep your kids from confronting it at some point.