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April 8th, 2008, 17:06 GMT · By Calin Ciabai

Doctor Pat Holliday Releases Book, Claims Games Steal our Minds and Souls

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There are game-related research results that drive me completely mad and such insane things that make me laugh all day. Dr. Pat Holliday's latest book
and "discoveries" on video games are, fortunately, part of the latter category. And, trust me, this is the craziest stuff you've ever heard since anti-games materials started to hit the web.

So, this Dr. Pat Holliday has released a new book in which she claims (among many other things) that Left Behind: Eternal Forces, the game released in 2006 steals the minds and souls of kids, because it "releases children under the influence of subliminal mind control and turning them into puppets." She continues, saying that "The computer is one of the most mind-capturing instruments ever invented. It can be used for good but Satan's agents are certainly taking advantage of it for evil." Satan and nothing else! His agents! Oh, my God, this is absolutely great. And if you think (or hope) that's all, Dr. Pat Holliday has a lot more, "Left Behind video games have absolutely nothing to do with the Bible or Jesus. The metaphysical capture of the souls and minds of the youth are secret goals to turn them to another gospel, another spirit and another Jesus capture them into global citizens. Figments of the imagination and children's false religious impressions are escalating because our Christian churches and many spiritual leaders are sleeping."

Yeah, that's exactly what gamers need now: the church interfering and fighting against video games. Really, now, doesn't anybody in this world ever watch TV or a movie at the cinema? The stuff you can see there is waaaay more hardcore than video games. So, please, give us a break! Uhm... but no, she won't.

"The modern child's world is being barraged with occult oriented books, rock records, pornographic magazines and images of animals and people, ungodly cartoon tapes, witchcraft satanic computer games and children's toys and Disney World and Warner fantasy movies that have become evangelistic tools for Christian children," Dr. Holliday wrote. "Their minds are jam-packed with violence, monsters, fantasies, demons, witches, wizards, robots, zombies like creatures and devils of all shapes and forms."

"Whichcraft satanic computer games," in case you've missed it. And the Disney characters are so demonic! I always though that Mikey Mouse looks like a demon from hell... oh, no! Anyway, as I've said, I found this attention seeking with game-blaming hilarious. But that's from a guy who played video games for so long that definitely has no soul or mind. And other stuff she said.

As a side note: for those of you who watched The Mist... - doesn't Dr. Pat Holliday resemble a character you saw there? I won't name it, but if you saw the movie, you sure know who I'm talking about.

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Comment #1 by: PA on 04 Jan 2012, 18:05 UTC reply to this comment

Dr. Pat Holliday is exactly correct and the reason you are not aware and cannot even tell that she is telling you the Truth is because you are not aware of what is written in the Bible nor do you care. She is correct, and everything she is warning you about is correct. Do you really think demons are going to "look like" horrible objects or characters? Satan mimics all that is good. But you wouldn't know that because you do not read the Bible nor do you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, your Creator. Satan mimics himself as an agent of light. You cannot tell. If you care to open up the Bible yourself and read you will soon find out what is acceptable to Christ. It certainly isn't in today's video games.


Comment #2 by: saved and savvy on 04 Jan 2012, 21:32 UTC reply to this comment

What's truly hilarious is the bias of your opinion because if people buy or believe Dr. Holliday's teachings, you lose money! Your bottom line depends on people feeding on your media output...

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