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Are Magicians Demonic?
It’s sad that I even have to write this article
Here we are with yet another example of how some Christians take things to an extreme and give other Christians a bad name.
The example we’re serving up today is this: Many Christians believe magicians are of the devil.
That’s right. Many Christians believe magicians are demonic.
There are numerous websites, blog posts, and a bunch of YouTube videos — many with a staggering number of views — arguing quite strongly that magicians (including many magicians who identify as Christian) were either intentionally or inadvertently consorting with demons to pull off their feats of trickery and illusion.
Yes, many Christians believe that when a magician performs at a children’s birthday party, he or she is channeling demonic spirits.
Sigh.
As a Christian myself, it’s sad that I have to write an article addressing this, but I do.
Christians sometimes believe crazy things. Stupid things. This is unfortunate because Christians should be among the most sober-minded, thoughtful, and intellectually robust people on the planet.
Yet I’ve found that too many Christians rely on emotion, personal experience, preferences, or “my pastor said…”…
