I don’t remember if I’ve blogged on the subject or not. In any case, I am now. ;p
I’ll start with scripture and end with my point.
“‘Do not practice divination or sorcery.” – Leviticus 19:26
“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.” – Deuteronomy 18:9-11
“Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.” – Acts 19:18-20
“The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.” – Revelation 9:20-21
“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” – Revelation 21:8
“Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.” – Revelation 22:15
The Bible clearly condemns magic. It’s listed as a sin among sexual immorality, murder, idolotry…you read the verses. And yet, so many books (and movies, TV shows, etc.), including ones by Christian authors, contain “good guys” who have magic powers. You wouldn’t portray sexual immorality as a good thing, so why would you portray magic as favorable, cool, or desirable?
