Magician with a Mission Levitates In Front of 400 People [Testimony of a converted skeptic]

SouthernOregonNews.com ^ | 10/25/04 | Nick Diamantides

[Teslas Pigeon]

I think the jet trick was a variation of the rotating platform, but I might be wrong on that. I think most of the times they do a "really big thing disappears" trick it is some variation on the rotating platform. I'm not an expert on magic, maybe some Freeper/magician can offer more.

[shiva]

Magic? Magic? I'll show you magic. Magic is seeing through a dress!

[steplock]

Oergon? like washington - a bunch of flaming ignorant leftist jerks who will fall for any and all eastern lies - like the muslim extremists they elect to office.

[Teslas Pigeon]

Why are you paging someone who is specifically mentioned in the article?

[evets]

[joesnuffy]

Doncha worry when the anti Christ gets puts his act on the road there will be great signs and wonders..mind blowing extravaganzas....

Many will be fooled....and believe...

The bible says these will be so astounding that if not for the grace of God even the very elect
will be fooled..



"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an
observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do
these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto
diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do." (Deuteronomy 18:10-14)



"Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times . . . Regard not them that have familiar spirits,
neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God." (Lev. 19:26, 31) "And the soul that turneth after such as have
familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people
. . . A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their
blood shall be upon them." (Lev. 20:6, 27)


"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before,
as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." (Gal. 5:19-21)


"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." (Exo. 22:18)

Notice that God doesn't make any distinction between good witches and evil witches. Every witch, every wizard, and every sorcerer in the Bible
is evil in the sight of God! Notice Acts 13:8-10:

"But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. Then Saul, (who
also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, and said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou
enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?"


"Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts." (Rev. 9:21) "And the light of a candle
shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were
the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived." (Rev. 18:23)

[dukeman]

Great, great post!

I thought so, too. I never tire of stories about people who seek to disprove the claims of Christ, only to come to believe. God invented irony and He loves to display it in this way!

[denydenydeny]

Don't EVER talk badly of David Blain. That man's a hero.

He's my hero for snagging both Josie Maran:

and Manon Von Gerkan:

[redheadtoo]

An old roommate of mine saw Kole preform at the First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, CA. In one trick he disappeared from the stage and reappeared in the audience only four rows in front of her. My former roomie was very impressed. She had been staring intently at the stage and had no idea how Kole had managed to place himself in the audience without being seen.

[TexasTransplant]

Oregon and Washington are simply extensions of Berkley, I miss the Great Northwest, it's beauty and History, it is it's recent History that just takes the G outta Joy.
(Besides after a few years in Texas, I am spoiled, in Oregon and Washington a couple of hours of Driving and you are out of State, in Texas you have just traversed a few Counties.)
Besides Southern Oregon State (which is what it was called when I attended) is a very Liberal Arts, ie the Shakespearian Festival, College, and the story is refreshing when approached from that angle.

[Twinkie]

snuffy,

I agree. A lot of stuff that is thought highly of and
harmless in this generation is harmful to us more than
people might think. The aspect of being thought of as
"ignorant" influences a lot of people to indulge in things
that aren't necessarily pleasing to God.

[balrog666]

Yeah, but I prefer the guy who stayed in the plexiglass box above the thames river, while the brits threw rocks, eggs and insults at the loser. That was a good trick.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! Blaine's an idiot.

[dukeman]

A lot of stuff that is thought highly of and harmless in this generation is harmful to us more than people might think

I had this type of reaction to the wildly popular book, The Da Vinci Code. I felt it would grieve God for me to read such a thing. My wife and I discussed this and we disagreed. I told her I wouldn't read the book for the same reason I don't go out to candlelit dinners with old girlfriends now that I'm married. It just wasn't right.

[datura]

Don't lump all of us in that category. Some of us still live free, with the same laws of the Old West that have been here for centuries. Not all, but there are still Americans out here.

I just shot a bear last night in my yard (~400 pound black bear). Does that sound like Berkeley or Seattle to you?

[TexasTransplant]

Too Cool! That was the Oregon that I grew up in.

Awesome, (I hope I can still visit)

[tophat9000]

It'll probably take penn and teller 15 minutes to debunk him.

Why would they need to.. he debunks himself

Kole acknowledged that his magic tricks were illusions - carefully planned, and carefully executed maneuvers designed to fool viewers not trained in the field of magic. "There's nothing supernatural about anything that I do," he said.

[Twinkie]

I have so little time for reading myself that I have to
be sure that I'm choosing something that is true and
edifying to spend my time reading. I more recently did
read the Mitford series by Jan Karon which is just fiction
without the filth, try to read something from the Bible
pretty much every day. From what I read later, the
Da Vinci code thing was the flight of someone's fancy and
was debunked. At any rate, getting tangled up in a maze
is not something my head needs.

[dukeman]

Morning bump

[Aquinasfan]

"This organization offers a one million dollar reward to anyone who can demonstrate a true paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event under proper viewing conditions,"

I want my million bucks:

Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano
The Tilma of Guadalupe
Incorrupt bodies of the saints
Fatima
Shroud of Turin
Sudarium of Oviedo

[dukeman]

Go for it!