Penn & Teller Contrasted With Preternatural “Magic”

“Magicians” Prove A Spiritual World Exists

I was thinking about how Penn and Teller are not featured in your video on magicians. They are probably the most famous magicians that aren't featured in your video. A few years ago, I watched some Penn and Teller, and I wanted to share some information that you may find interesting:

In my opinion, and from the evidence I've seen, Penn and Teller never used demonic/preternatural tricks in the way people like David Blaine do. There are three reasons why I think this.

1. I have not actually seen them perform a trick that looks or is clearly physically impossible, e.g. repeatedly pulling something out of thin air with no sleeves. Their tricks are very tame compared to the magicians in your video. 
2. In some of their early performances, the "gimmick" was that they would reveal how the trick was done at the end, such as in their Saturday Night Live routine they did in the 80s,  their "Lift Off" routine, or performing the "cups and balls" trick with see-through cups. I think it's interesting that Penn and Teller have been refused membership in "The Magic Circle," an organization for top magicians, because of their habit of revealing how tricks are done. This lends more evidence to my belief that Penn and Teller do not possess preternatural powers. 
3. Finally, Penn promotes atheism. One characteristic many of the magicians in your video share is that they aren't atheists -- they call themselves "spiritual," openly claim to know demons, say they think religions are good, and so on. Penn, on the other hand, doesn't say any of that stuff. In my opinion, someone who has dealt with demons and performs tricks with spiritual assistance could not possibly be an atheist. How could you be an atheist if you're levitating over buildings and so on? It wouldn't make sense. Because Penn is an atheist, this shows he hasn't dealt with the spiritual world in the same way some of those other magicians have. 

The reason I am emailing about this is to say that I remember Penn once saying in a video that he didn't know how people levitate over buildings -- that he didn't know how that trick is performed. And that's coming from one of the most famous magicians in the world. Well, obviously he wouldn't know how "tricks" like that are performed since he doesn't believe in a supernatural world. The only way something like that is possible for other top magicians is with the assistance of demons, as your video clearly shows. 

Michael