Frankly Answered Questions - FAQs

Why do you have magic on your web site?

Q: All of the information that I pulled from your web site seems to be right and good and true. However, I would like to say that I am astonished that your web site includes an "interactive magic" section. I clicked on "Quizzes" and then got a menu including various titles including Interactive Magic. Giving you the benefit of the doubt, hoping this was some sort of expository on magic compared to God's Word, I proceeded to click on the title Interactive Magic and found a link to a magic site! Several times on "The Color Theory" game this unknown "I" refers to his mystical powers enabling him predict the color I had chosen.

Now, I too, am a fellow Christian and have some knowledge of God's Word. And I know that Deuteronomy 18:10 - 12 specifically states what is considered by God to be an abomination. "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer or one who interprets omens. or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord . . . . " There is no reference to "good magic" anywhere in the Bible that I am aware of.

So I would appreciate it greatly if you could reply to my e-mail and explain why this section is included in your web site. Perhaps you believe differently. Perhaps it is an oversight. Whatever the reason, I am very interested in your answer.

Christina

A: Dear Christina,

The page you are referring to links to tricks, not witchcraft and that's the whole point. Christians fail to distinguish between witchcraft (use of supernatural powers) and magic tricks (the art of producing baffling effects or illusions by sleight of hand, concealed apparatus). The magic tricks are for fun, but they are also there to teach you not to believe everything. The more we understand about how people can manipulate us with false signs and wonders, the better off we will be.

David Copperfield performed a trick similar to "The Color Theory" game that we link to. I had a member of my church (who had watched this trick with David Copperfield) tell me that he thought that David must have demonic powers! I had to show him how to do the trick before he would believe that David was not a warlock!

Many Christians are gullible people. This page is my attempt to make people more informed. The more we understand about magic (magic, not witchcraft), the less we will be duped by fake healers, false prophets, and psychic hotlines!

Before you judge us too harshly check out our page entitled "Is There a Difference Between Magic and Witchcraft?"

Joy and peace in Jesus Christ,

Dennis Rupert, pastor