Words fail me.
Magical Thinking is NOT limited to Liberals. . .
One of the great illusionists - Houdini - campaigned constantly against psychics, mindreaders, and other such fraudulent foolishness.
There are real magicians out there, but they don't generally publicize their activities. Those guys, it is a good idea to avoid.
Occasionally you meet someone that has an IQ so low they need to be watered daily.
They will be out with the pitch forks and torches demanding that the witches be burned at the stake.
I realize it’s on a different level than the article, but yesterday I walked through downtown Salem,Ma. also known as the Witch City. Literally every other store is selling magic, witchcraft, or the occult. It’s a spooky place. Mentioning Christ there would be garlic to a vampire.
Interesting article! Many American Christians are of the same mentality..believing that illusionists contact evil spirits. I know a woman who laid out a huge deposit to have one of the famous illusionists come to our town as a fundraiser. She not only lost her deposit, but had to pay him out of pocket as well, when people failed to show up for the show.
His show consisted of teaching people how the magicians tried to overtrump Moses when Moses was confronting the Pharaoh.
People are more fearful and superstitious than they let on. It’s sad to see minds so closed that they willfully remain..blind.
I wonder if this guy, when seeing Penn & Teller demonstrate how a trick is done, believes it’s some type of do-it-yourself lesson in the occult?
The occult is dangerous so I share that general concern. But I suspect these men mean well and I don’t believe these particular guys are involved with occultic practices, so that argument seems silly. However, I find it hard to take “Christian magicians” all that seriously. They are part of the pragmatic ethic that has taken hold in the modern circus church world. Disciples are made through His word, through the foolishness of preaching, not through magic, juggling, motorcycle riding, rodeo, comedy, feats of strength and all the other worldly things people purport to do for Jesus. None of those activities point a sinner to Christ. If people got back into the Bible and learned once and for all how God saves sinners a lot of silliness would stop.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” (Romans 1:16)
“For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” (1 Cor. 1:21)
“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14)
Oh, you said "Christian Magician"
Why don’t these soothsayers just conjure up their own money rather than requiring it from their audiences?
P.T. Barnum had the correct words: There's a sucker born every minute. :o)
Its the Egyptian Magician that scares the heebie jeebies out of me...
I’m confused. What part of Africa did this story take place in?
There do exist some Buddhist monks in Tibet, who are so demonically possessed that they do indeed levitate.
FWIW, I don’t see how illusion could be used to advance Bible doctrine. Who would trust a magician, when it becomes apparent his intent has been to deceive his audience by chicanery or slight of hand?
Besides, the Miracles of Christ were far more impressive.