2007-09-28 10:46:17 · 12 answers · asked by Bride of Christ 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Now that's a conservative viewpoint ! But, no I don't think magic is evil. A guy in a top hat and tails pulling a rabbit out of a hat wii not hurt anyone.
2007-09-28 10:58:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entertainment type is not evil, it is not even magic. It is illusion for fun.
The bible speaks of magic in two ways. "Magic Arts", as referenced in the King James version comes from the original Greek root "pharma,..." from whence we get "Pharmacy." It is a reference to recreational drug use. Yes, they even had funny mushrooms and poppies back then.
Secondly, the bible teaches us to rely on God for our provision. Even the work we do to earn a wage is commanded by God. Any supernatural source, other than God, to which you turn for help would be considered an idol.
That is why Christians oppose magic.
2007-09-28 17:55:08 · answer #2 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not the entertainment type.
A Magician comes out and entertains; the audience KNOWS that the magician is "doing it" somehow, and that's the fun part...to be amazed, amused, and tricked. Even better when it's close-up.
However, if some guy comes out, and claims to have some sort of "power," like the magicians of centuries ago, THAT is when you have a problem.
2007-09-28 18:10:25 · answer #3 · answered by Jed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How on earth would pulling a rabbit out of a hat be evil?!
I don't think Earth-based religion magic(k) is evil, either. Just misused sometimes.
2007-09-28 17:55:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many christian authors have some magic in their books including C.S. Lewis and J. R. Tolkien. In a perfect world we wouldn't have any, but such work can be sanctified and enjoyed with proper education.
2007-09-28 18:07:56 · answer #5 · answered by Doma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly not, since there is no magic involved. It is simply clever deception for entertainment purposes, which everyone realizes. It has no spiritual overtones at all.
2007-09-28 17:55:57 · answer #6 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people are not aware of the connection that sorcery, tarot card and palm reading tie in to magic. However, I am going to keep this answer very simple.
Historically, magic is closely related or associated with the occult. Many people in both ancient and modern times believe that the magic practiced by witches is performed to bring harm to others. Witches are credited with the power to inflict severe pain and even death by means of magic.
Little do we give though to entertainment that promotes magic. For instance, “Harry Potter” (movie and book), which promotes sorcery and divination, TV shows “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and “Charmed,” which promoted witchcraft, talking animals (dog), and using magical powers to their advantage.
Traditionally, witches have been blamed for an almost limitless array of misfortunes, including illness, death, and crop failure. Witches today strongly deny such charges. While acknowledging the existence of the occasional rogue witch who pursues evil, most maintain that their magic is used to bring benefits, not harm.
Wiccans teach that the effects of magic will return threefold to the person practicing it and say that this is a major deterrent to the pronouncing of curses. Examples of this so-called benevolent magic include spells to protect yourself, to purify your home from negative energy left behind by former tenants, to make a person fall in love with you, to promote healing and health, to prevent the loss of your job, and to acquire money. With such sweeping powers being attributed to witchcraft, it is not surprising that it has become so popular.
The Bible, however, makes no distinction between magic that is good and magic that is evil. In the Law given to Moses, God made his position quite clear. He said: “You must not practice magic.” (Leviticus 19:26)
Deuteronomy 18:10-12: “There should not be found in you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, anyone who employs divination, a practicer of magic or anyone who looks for omens or a sorcerer, or one who binds others with a spell or anyone who consults a spirit medium or a professional foreteller of events or anyone who inquires of the dead. For everybody doing these things is something detestable to Jehovah, and on account of these detestable things Jehovah your God is driving them away from before you.”
Why did God say that? It is not because he intends to deny us what is beneficial. Jehovah gave these laws to his people because he loved them and did not want them to become enslaved by fear and superstition. Instead, he invites his servants to approach him for the things they need. He is the Giver of “every good gift and every perfect present.” (James 1:17) The apostle John assured fellow believers: “Whatever we ask we receive from [God], because we are observing his commandments and are doing the things that are pleasing in his eyes.” (1 John 3:22.)
Source(s):
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
April 1, 2000 Watchtower Magazine
Published by Jehovah's Witnesses
Article: "Is Some Magic Good?”
Pages 5, 6
2007-09-28 19:29:09 · answer #7 · answered by the_answer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is simply entertainment. If you mean actual miracles then maybe yes and maybe no. Jesus performed miracles and so did Moses with Gods help. But miracles and the power to perform them are not always of God. The bible speaks of false prophets who perform miracles and deceive many.
2007-09-28 17:57:30 · answer #8 · answered by chitownlifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entertainment magic is mostly slight-of-hand, or illusion.
Magic, as we commonly think of it, is of evil.
2007-09-28 17:50:06 · answer #9 · answered by krankincrimpers 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
David Blaine rules!
Criss Angel is a wannabe!
2007-09-28 17:50:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋