Oh no, the movie playing in theaters is throwing real magic on the unsuspected Christians who are going to see it. And what will be repercussions? Will the magic turn them into frogs or mice or who knows what?
Quote:Christians Grapple With ‘Wicked: For Good’
While the film is on its way to be one of this year’s biggest hits, many Christian parents find themselves struggling over whether or not Wicked really is “for good” or more nefarious.
Christian mom influencer, Sara Burnett, warned her followers that she had walked out of the movie, noting the movie’s romantic scene and use of magic as causes of concern. “Gosh, I am not sitting in a movie that is casting legit spells over me and my family and I have a feeling that the spells cast in this movie weren’t just some made up words.. they had purpose in them!”
Popular Christian movie review site, Plugged In, also noted the love scene between Elphaba and her love interest, “We witness brief but intense violence. And I was also grossed out by an unnecessarily long, sensual, romantic scene. (Nothing explicit, as the camera cuts away, but still acting as a prelude to premarital sex.)”
Plugged In further expanded on the role of magic in movies for Christians on Focus on the Family, noting the split between Christians on the merits of watching Wicked: For Good. “Christians have expressed emotions running the gamut between confusion and outrage that any sincere follower of Christ could ever enjoy a story like this one. The protagonist is a witch!, they’ll point out. And, as we noted in our review, the spells that she casts feel very witchy indeed,” wrote Adam Holz, director of Plugged In.
Holz highlighted Scripture’s unequivocal condemnation of the practice of witchcraft. Christians need to rely on the Holy Spirit on whether or not such certain entertainment is allowable. “Whether we’re dealing with the subject of magic and witchcraft, or any other issue depicted in entertainment today, the goal is to grow in our discernment and understanding of how any given story might affect and influence us and our children,” wrote Holz. “Is it pointing us toward God and godliness? Or is it dragging us in the other direction?”
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
