Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 22/07/2005 18:45, Jim West wrote:

> ... If 
> some early Christians believed in magic (and some clearly did!)... and prayer is the most "magical" of all 
> vocalizations.
>  

I know this is well off topic, but I can't allow this attack on the 
Christian faith to pass without comment. Christian prayer is not magic. 
The early Christians clearly distanced themselves from magic, as is 
clear in Acts 8 and 19. The two have nothing in common. Christians, 
along with most other religious believers, believed and still believe 
that (at least in some circumstances) a personal God acts when asked to 
in prayer. That is quite different from magic which is a belief in some 
kind of impersonal supernatural force.

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Peter Kirk
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