Deception of a Generation is a video from Eagle's Nest Ministries that is horribly flawed. Here, Gary Greenwald, who did other videos for the congregation, including one where he called rock music a tool of the devil, targets cartoons and toys alongside Phil Phillips, a writer infamous for writing fear-mongering books such as Turmoil In The Toy Box and Saturday Morning Mind Control (the former being responsible for destroying many a childhood back in the day).
This was made during the time in the 80's when fear of anything Satanic was at its peak. This video is basically another example of how such ministries and churches uses fear-mongering to force families to convert to their beliefs. Throughout the video, Gary shows clips from cartoons like 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, He-Man, She-Ra, The Transformers, and other cartoons popular at the time are shown (whether or not Eagle's Nest Ministries got permission to use said clips in the video is unknown), along with some of the toys. Heck, even Care Bears and My Little Pony are targeted in this video.
The two presenters do a horrible job making their case. Phil claims he started looking into this when he was on a fourteen day fast and bought one of the toys, and after showing it to his ministers, he heard God speak to him about what happens when a kid plays with a toy, which makes me question if it was God or a voice that is a result of being delusional from hunger. The video contains a lot of misinformation, as they mispronounce names, and Phil even tells of a story where a four-year-old said God is not master of the universe, He-Man is, treating it like it was a bad thing (the kid was four years old at the time, so he didn't know better, that is, if the stories are actually true). Also, the two compare items on the toys to actual occult symbols, which is not good because even if something resembles such icons, it may not be the same.
Overall, this video is flawed, and I have to feel sorry for the 80's kids whose parents fell for this blasphemous fear-mongering garbage. Gary and Phil prove through their dialogue that they cannot tell reality from fantasy, instead looking at any detail in a cartoon and toy they can label an occultist image in an attempt to continue the trend of religious fear-mongering, and even going as far as to even include any religious nut's favorite target, Dungeons & Dragons. It's people like these two that are the reason why people tend to avoid going to church, and even go as far as treat religion as a joke. True Christians should steer clear of this one.
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