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"Were You Thinking of the Four of Clubs?"

Here's a Palm Sunday Joke:

A little boy is sick and can't go to church on Palm Sunday. His parents and siblings come home with palm leafs.

"What are the palms for?" the little boy asked. "These are what the people used to wave over Jesus when he came."

The little boy looked disappointed and said, "Boy, that stinks; the one day I don't go to church, Jesus comes."

That joke has nothing to do with this article. In fact, this article — unlike most of the articles on this website — poses a serious question for which we have no answer.

So, here's the question we have to ask: should an Irish Catholic or any Christian, Jew or Muslim perform mentalism?

We have written prior essays about whether a Christian can perform magic and came out with the answer that "yes, a Christian can perform magic without offending his or her faith."

But now, as we think about our act, we wonder if we should claim special powers.  To set the record straight on two issues: first we don't claim special powers in any show; second, we have no special powers.  In fact, we can barely perform a double lift.

But in Tom Hardy act, we claim to be able to read peoples' minds, predict what they will say or the card they will select, or move objects with the mental powers.

This is not a Christian Magic Act. It is at best a comedy mentalism act performed by a struggling and fallen Christian.

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