I don’t understand how “Magic is real and even thinking about it summons powerful forces” is an argument AGAINST learning about magic. “Could you cast spells to solve all the problems around you? Of course, but you shouldn’t because reasons.”
Pet theory: The reason fundies hate/are scared of witchcraft is that it doesn’t need to be sanctioned. I put in time, money, went to Sunday School and I even didn’t covet anyone’s wives, dammit. You can’t just do stuff, it has to go through the proper channels.
Very true. If magic was real, it would be heavily-regulated and all the high-level secrets would be reserved for the extraction class. Hell, if magic was real, they would probably keep it secret amongst themselves and use it to control us all and take everything from u…
I don’t understand how “Magic is real and even thinking about it summons powerful forces” is an argument AGAINST learning about magic. “Could you cast spells to solve all the problems around you? Of course, but you shouldn’t because reasons.”
Pet theory: The reason fundies hate/are scared of witchcraft is that it doesn’t need to be sanctioned. I put in time, money, went to Sunday School and I even didn’t covet anyone’s wives, dammit. You can’t just do stuff, it has to go through the proper channels.
Very true. If magic was real, it would be heavily-regulated and all the high-level secrets would be reserved for the extraction class. Hell, if magic was real, they would probably keep it secret amongst themselves and use it to control us all and take everything from u…
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Wait a minute… is magic real?
Reminds me of the Choir from Tactical Breach Wizards.