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Miracles and Magick are mirrors of eachother.
But I think people should just use their brains instead of using supernatural powers. Overabusing God's constant presence with I want this or that, or using Magick just because it's on hand is weak. You your mind and your body.
That sounds like a very unChristian thing to say, but it's really not.

...In a young girl's soul. (from title, sorry)

I don't believe in magic really. I do believe in certain ununderstood (I don't think that's a word, but you get it) powers that humans, animals, and the natural world can possess.

It helps to define something before asking whether people believe it exists or not. neutral

Personally, I don't see how belief in the 'supernatural' is any more rational than belief in [a] god.

No. My teacher (and I believe this) says that magic is just "a human manipulation of otherworld powers that humans can't control". In other words, it's nothing compared to a miracle. A miracle is something else. Something that God and Jesus can do. 3nodding

I saw a video on youtube, an atheist brought up the dictionary definition of miracle as 'an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment', thats what it says in Merriam-Websters High School dictionary, definition #2,
Magick is definatly not miracle, but I do not believe miracles are the work of an omnipotent being either.

I believe that magick can indirectly cause miraculous things to happen. You can fill in the blanks I think.

There are several different definitions of magic, so it encompasses both what you said, Damaru, and things vastly beyond it. Depends on the definition you're using. Magic can be said to be an intrinsic property residing within all things and that all action and change in itself is magical in a sense. Or it can be defined narrowly as stage illusions and sleight of hand. One of the irritating things about trying to discuss magic is that there is no good standard definition among communities. sweatdrop

To be able to define magic one must first understand what concept of magic that your trying to define in the first place.
the most common understanding of magic is the art of illusion, to be able to trick the eye to see something that is not real for example disappearing card tricks or turning cheese into wine cheese_whine . the magic that i believe we are trying to define is what i like to refer to as the manipulation of energy.
many people believe that god gives us power to be able to do thing that we normally couldn't like save a life or even split an ocean in two, and some think that it is the brain that just "makes stuff happen" or "move on its own" here is my theory: magic put simply is the willing manipulation of existing energies.. here is the dictionary's definition: magic - the manipulation or altering of natural energies to produce a predetermined result. it is the manipulation of these energies and the methods used that raise all of the questions.
using the mind or will power i believe that humans can use and manipulate the active energy in and around our body's, be it changing the energy output of ones muscles or decreasing the mass of and object for a short period to obtain our goal. we use our mind to direct our energy to act on the energy of another object, thus creating a reaction. not unlike any chemical reaction this "energy reaction" can produce any of trillions or results, and it all relies on two things: one. the mind that controlling it. the human must have enough will or knowledge to be able to control his energy instead of letting it flow naturally like it wants to. (along the conduits of our bodies and the natural energy paths of the world)
Two. there must be enough energy present to complete or even begin the desired reaction. a human has in his/her body only a certain amount of energy at any given time it is naturally used for things like moving seeing and interacting with our world and can be replenished with sleep or rest, so to be able to get certain reactions humans must learn to draw from the energy around them and utilize it effectively.

Yes, because I can do magic, the real kind and the stuff you see with cards