Posted on 09/03/2016 6:57:43 AM PDT by truthfinder9
Recently a Facebook friend shared an example of Christian white magic in the real world. You’ll never guess what magic book it was.
His family owned a “book of magic,” a fantasy novel. That wasn’t the dangerous magic. Instead, someone he knew became alarmed at the book. She effectively cast a spell against his family. She removed herself from their contaminated space and created a magic circle.
This phrasing is only mild hyperbole. But unfortunately, this is what many Christians do. We believe in magic, and even practice types of spells, all in an attempt to avoid bad magic.
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 is usually cited to prove fantasy magic is evil. Instead, God directly warns God’s people to avoid the actual practice of divination and sorcery, in an attempt to protect ourselves from harm—that is, dark spiritual influence—or to divine the future...
Moses, speaking for God, goes on to say, “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him [and not to the evil occult practices] you shall listen …”] The point of this passage is not to point to “good” magic to defeat the evil magic. God points away from all personal occult practices. He is pointing to the coming Final Prophet who speaks for God—Jesus!
But Christians may forget about the Final Prophet and get distracted by pretend “dark magic” such as found in books and stories. So what kinds of actual spells do we often cast?
1. ‘Health and wealth’ prosperity spells
Of the many magic spells Christians try to cast, this one is probably the worst. It’s also the most developed magic system among professing Christians. Here’s a basic overview of it...
(Excerpt) Read more at speculativefaith.com ...
Before moving in I sprinkled Holy Water in every room of the house, and we soon put up the Crucifixes and made a small Mary Chapel.
Thanks, I will pass that onto our pastor. I’m pretty sure he meant major publishers
Still we must do what we can. God will act as He pleases in His own way and His own time.
Yeah...I had a family member who did that. He was later diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.
Sounds like it.
The brain can do scary things.
I did not know any Christians could believe in this crud.
Thanks for posting it.
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