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This is going to be the point after which I have to bow out. To say God has a problem with the English word “magic,” a word which necessarily does not exist in a book which was not written in English, such that a thing becomes evil even if it is not essentially evil before that label is applied, is not only to put words in God’s mouth but to engage in a kind of magic yourself, to believe uttering a word has the power to bestow the evil you think is intrinsically tied to it.

I do see you point, and as I said, there truly is some ground to it. But since the bible, and in the church (in all denominations, studying medieval and renaissance history might help you see it better), the word magic has always been in equivalent to witchcraft and sinful harnessing of the supernatural, I just want to be the best Christian I can and not use it.

Even if the word completely changes meaning like you say it is (which I would actually argue only some people say it is, many fantasy fans still consider it supernatural), and all your examples of the word hold true (and you do make good points); at the very least, I think using the word magic and supporting it could confuse other Christians, and paint a bad, more worldly light on Christianity, and that’s  why God would be displeased as are ultimate audience, so I did not mean that God would be confused by English or anything like that, I meant that the way we taint Christianity and act more worldly would upset God, and that is not putting words in Gods mouth, that is what the bible says.

Well, hopefully your or others’ writing never misleads anyone or shines a bad light on the bible. Thanks for joining the discussion Taylor, we’ll just have to disagree on this one I guess, I enjoyed reading your thoughts. 🙂