unfortunately it seems jezebel completely took down the article in question, though before they did they made a couple statements
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Why do you pretend there is a difference in legitimacy between their magic and your magic? All magic is fake.
Because of personal experiences I have had that I find to be extremely compelling. Obviously if I explained them to you you'd just blame them on psychosis or delusions, as that is the atheistic framework for such experiences, but I did not find such an interpretation of the events satisfactory.
You do realize this is the worst sort of reddit atheist behavior? I'm perfectly fine with criticizing hegemonic religion, but your immediate impulse upon seeing someone talk about practicing magic - a sure signifier, at least in the western context, of engagement in some form of non hegemonic religion - is to immediately jump to an accusatory 'you know that's fake, right?'. Really?
Would you react like this to someone saying they prayed and they didn't like influencers who exploited the idea of prayer for money?
And to give you an answer to your question that may fit with your understanding of the world:
If we accept that 'all magic is fake' then at least someone like me is, for its own sake and those of it's friends if requested, actually doing something with genuine intention to help.
These Etsy hucksters are doing nothing with the intent to make money.
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This reading is also true, but my intent was to communicate that I literally don't believe the Etsy Witches do anything when they're paid to do something. They're like an Anglerfish - sitting there waiting for someone to press money into their hands for existing because of their evidently-appealing-to-some lure.