'End times' pastor warns ISIS could use Pokémon GO to target Christians with 'cyber-demons'

A right-wing Christian pastor warned on his radio program that the Pokémon GO cell phone game undoubtedly had sinister portents.

Rick Wiles, who frequently warns the apocalypse is near, called police last week after spotting a middle-aged man apparently taking pictures with his phone outside his "TruNews" offices -- but officers told him the man was playing the augmented reality game, reported Right Wing Watch.

That freaked Wiles all the way out, and he let his imagination run wild.

“These Pokémon creatures are like virtual, cyber-demons,” Wiles said. “What this man, Friday, was trying to find was the Pokémon demon that had been placed inside the ‘Trunews’ office.”

Wiles worried that terrorists could use information harvested by the app to target Christians.

“What if this technology is transferred to Islamic jihadists, and Islamic jihadists have an app that shows them where Christians are located geographically?” Wiles said.

The game places "PokeStops" an "Pokémon gyms" at churches, in addition to homes and businesses, but that was enough to terrify Wiles.

“The enemy, Satan, is targeting churches with virtual, digital, cyber-demons,” Wiles said. “I believe this thing is a magnet for demonic powers.”

It didn't have to be terrorists, he warned, saying everyday Americans could be tricked into doing the wicked bidding of these "cyber-demons."

"At what point does this game go live and the Pokemon masters are telling people to kill people in those buildings?" Wiles said. "People are losing touch with reality."

He compared Pokémon GO to the Facebook Live broadcast of a traffic stop that led to Philando Castile's fatal shooting, saying it showed how digital technology could alter reality.

"I thought, either this is staged or she has lost touch with reality," Wiles said. "Which one is it? Both of them are weird and frightening."

Wiles' co-host, Edward Szall, agreed -- and he backed up their argument with a fake quote by the creator of Pokémon that supposedly endorsed Satanism.

“They’re spawning demons inside your church,” Wiles said. “They’re targeting your church with demonic activity. This technology will be used by the enemies of the cross to target, locate and execute Christians.”