... 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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peterkirk AT qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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