{"id":404,"date":"2005-04-11T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-11T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=404"},"modified":"2005-04-11T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-11T21:40:00","slug":"404","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=404","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

“God, please smite this person”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunfell muses on Christian black magic<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The problem is that when magicians do “black” magic, they know there is a price to pay. These people may not have learned that lesson yet. (Thanks to Wildhunt<\/a> for the link.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“God, please smite this person” Sunfell muses on Christian black magic. The problem is that when magicians do “black” magic, they know there is a price to pay. These people may not have learned that lesson yet. 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