Magic Tricks
When I was about 18 (and just beginning the slow process of stepping away from my religion) my grandfather told me how the family got "saved". In the early 70s my grandfather was a Mason, quite high up. Maybe 33rd level, I'd have to check. He went to a religious revival where a drunk came in. Hands were placed on him, Jesus invoked and he instantly sobered up, with the smell of alcohol coming "out of his skin". That was enough to convince a simple farmer that he'd found the one true path ensuring the family would be immersed in evangelical Christianity. Which meant of course that Freemasonry was out, it not being the one true path.
Because that's the sort of thing Jesus did, right? A few loaves and fishes to feed five thousand. Breaks the laws of conservation of mass and energy and stuff, but hey. Water into wine, I can do that. Takes a few weeks though. Walking on water? No prob. Every winter in my youth in Canada. Bodies rotting for three days and coming back to life? Hmmmm...
Because magic tricks prove the veracity of stuff. And if you get people to believe your god did magic tricks to prove stuff and you do magic tricks then that proves your god has blessed you and you get to speak for your god.
Or ensure a simple farmer's adopted grandson is raised in an evangelical environment.
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