Okay, I'm the biggest Disney lover out there and a Christian. My kids ask me these questions and I don't know how to answer them!
1. God says we're not supposed to believe in magic so why do we believe in the magic of Disney?
2. Should we wish upon a star or pray to God?
What would you say?
We are a strong Christian family. We are a Disney loving family. We always remind our children that our foundation in is Christ, the Bible, first. We believe God wants us to spend quality time together as a family, celebrating the gift of life from him, and we do that at Disney. When the 'magic' issue comes up, we have fun with it, if it gets serious, we again always go to our foundation in faith and remind the children that only God can do miracles. We also equate wishing apon a star to a prayer, and remind our children that we can do all things through Christ. These are our beliefs of course, so I'm not trying to preach, but answer your post. With that being said, we remind ourselves that God gave us our imaginations and a heart, it's ok to have fun and be a Christian! We 'believe' in Santa, Easter Bunny, Mickey, Minnie. I always laugh when my fellow Christians are threatened by these figures, if you are strong in your faith and you priorities are clear, your children WILL know the God comes first! We have fun talking about the 'characters', they try to get me to spoil the magic, and I won't, I believe in living our lives and having fun, in the end, all the glory goes to God, in whom I find my salvation!
I was merely replying to your statement. It wasn't meant to be snarky.
I was simply responding to your statement that you're Christian and never heard that God says you're not supposed to believe in magic.
There are many references to it in the Bible. It's not my opinion. It's just a fact. There are indeed biblical references. That's all.
If you are Christian then you must believe the Bible is the word of God..and you said you've never heard that God says that..I was just pointing it out that if you're curious, you can find out what He says about it in the Bible.
I'm not preaching. I love Disney and that "magic" of Disney.
I also am right there with DisneyDoc5 who wrote what she wrote so eloquently.
OP, I get what you were trying to ask.
I certainly have no intention of entering into any kind of debate or argument over this.
I was simply responding to your statement that you're Christian and never heard that God says you're not supposed to believe in magic.
There are many references to it in the Bible. It's not my opinion. It's just a fact. There are indeed biblical references. That's all.
If you are Christian then you must believe the Bible is the word of God..and you said you've never heard that God says that..I was just pointing it out that if you're curious, you can find out what He says about it in the Bible.
I'm not preaching. I love Disney and that "magic" of Disney.
I also am right there with DisneyDoc5 who wrote what she wrote so eloquently.
OP, I get what you were trying to ask.
I certainly have no intention of entering into any kind of debate or argument over this.
1. God says we're not supposed to believe in magic so why do we believe in the magic of Disney?
The Bible forbids specific magic acts that the ancients practiced to try to get the gods to do what they wanted, or that made a god obligated to serve them. So the magic that the Bible forbids is the kind of magic that tries to boss God around. If someone says, "Okay, God, I'm going to do x, y, z, and then you have to do a, b, c," they're practicing the kind of magic forbidden in the Bible.
The magic of Disney is more about treating people the way God wants us to. Disney is at its most magical when CMs or other guests see another's need and fill it.
I'd say that praying to God is more about talking to someone, a conversation (although God does most of his talking through the Bible, he also speaks to our hearts). Wishing on a star is less a conversation and more about telling someone what you'd like to happen. If I'm hanging out with one of my kids and we're not talking, then they suddenly say, "I'd really like to go to Orlando sometime," that's like wishing on a star. They're telling me what they want, but they don't want a conversation necessarily. It's just sharing information with someone who loves you.
(Can you tell I was a religion major? )My child that is questioning it the most is very literal (mildly on the autism spectrum) so he doesn't differentiate the terms of "magic" and I was having trouble explaining it. 
