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I went to McDonalds the other day and ordered a happy meal for my daughter. The happy meal toy was a "fortune telling" device/toy. Being a Christian, I went back to the cashier and asked her for another toy as divination/ witchcraft toys are against my religion. She looked at me strangely and gave me another toy. Upon opening the second toy, I discovered it was a "psychic cellphone," another "future predicting device." You can imagine my frustration.

Come to find out, all the happy meal toys for girls are from the television show "That's So Raven" and include a crystal ball, various "fortune predicting" devices/toys, and the psychic cellphone. I am disgusted at McDonald's for encouraging children to play with divination, a form of witchcraft, and promoting it to children.

While I am aware that these toys have no power in and of themselves, they are very bad doorways to open into our children's lives. Playing with divination should never be encouraged or promoted as a toy to our children. Far too many Christians take divination too lightly, and now our children are being targeted to become involved through "play" into acceptance of this demonic practice.

I encourage other Christians to spread the word about the new girl happy meal toys at McDonalds and contact McDonalds to express their disgust and outrage for this open practice of witchcraft.

Thank you Sharon for posting this. Parents always have to keep their eyes open for who is influencing their children.

You are so right to be angry at this - another attempt to infiltrate the minds of innocent children with the appearing innocuous !!!!
Harry Potter books being promoted , TV programmes filled with the supernatural, Halloween celebrations even in schools ....all these things and others like them....are filling a spititual void in the hearts and mind of children.
Taking away prayer at assemblies but allowing other "malpractice" is another sign of a humanistic society who have set God on a "back burner" and are being controlled by the one who goes about like a roaring lion. I think it is time Christians stopped being so pacifist and did a bit of "roaring" back ! These are our children/grandchildren and in my case great-grandchildren being quietly lured away from all that is good and pure. I'm so glad you let the McDonald's outlet know your feeling on the matter, Sharon...and for making us aware of their insidious and devious lures. I will be sharing your input with family and friends ! Thankyou and keep protecting your family with prayer and insight.

You're right Ellar. Christians need to be speaking out and stop trying to 'fit in.'

ok i have a question what is the difference between divination and prophesy? I when to a church and they had people pray and prophesie over you and the Bible talks of prophets. And a prophet tells whats going to happen Right? so can someone explan the differance to me?

Good question free bubbles.

The only answer I can give you is one is from God and one is from Satan. How to tell the difference, look to your heart for the ring of truth and ask God to direct you. Sorry that's all I have.

I am a Christian and a strong one. However I see very little wrong with what your going on about. I view situations like this as a chance to talk to my kids about the difference in fun and Satan practices.

I watch Harry Potter with my 7 year old. Afterwards I talk to him about witchcraft and sorcery and what it really is. We talk about the movie and the various good and bad scenerios that go through it.

Great Christian Authors used Fantasy as a way of telling the story of Good and Evil. What story could be more famous as a children's story than C.S. Lewis' The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe? Did you know the very first book of the Chronicals of Narnia series was the Wizards Nephew?

What about Tolsten's the Lord of The Rings Triology and the Hobbit? Magic and Wizards abound.

Get your head out of the sand and use these tools to educate your children on the reality of these Satanic rituals and how innocent games can lead to worse. Otherwise they'll learn it from society and then your screwed.

I agree that there are more and more shows and toys that glorify satanic practices and I do monitor what they watch, but I also meet the [censored] that soceity is dishing out head on and use it as a tool to teach my kids about what God wants and how to follow him.

No, I think you'll find that story in the Chronicles of Narnia was actually The Magician's Nephew....

C.S. Lewis' own Stepson, Douglas, who has inherited his Stepfather's estate and royalties, stated categorically that the Narnia stories in no way were supposed to bear or convey a Christian message. The stories and tales were hyjacked by doubtless well-meaning but completely misguided and mistaken individuals. There is nothing in any of Lewis' writings to say that their lesson was in any way purposely related to Biblical or Christian teachings. Much of what is vaunted today, about his being a devout Born-again Christian, and covert Christian writer is greatly exaggerated, although as with everything, there is a grain of truth....
I know this to be so, because you see, I have met Graham personally.

We all see, perceive and interpret things the way we want to...
A bit of common sense will tell you when something is intentionally influential (either way) or merely supposed to be a bit of escapist harmless fantasy. "You" can take some things a bit too far.... ('you' in the Generic sense, not the Specific sense, before anyone may assume I am singling them out personally for criticism...)

By the way, though:

DIVINATION; the skill or act of saying what will happen in the future.

PROPHESY:1 a statement that says what is going to happen in the future, especially one which is based on what you believe about a particular matter rather than existing facts:

2 FORMAL the ability to say what is going to happen in the future

Neither one is Labelled as being from God or from Satan.
That statement is misleading and biased, Carennedy, and to me, demonstrates a desire to influence the questioner, rather than to merely respond or inform.

Never heard of her...was she one of the Hobbits?

Personally I think you should be more worried about the evil [censored] you're putting into your kids physical bodies by taking them to McDoughnuts for their dinner, rather than overeacting to the spiritual effects of a few plastic toys.

I think you'll find it was J.R.R. TOLKIEN....
If you're going to be a literary critic, the least you could do is get the names and titles right....

I'm with familychoice on the food content too... I think the 'food' (I use the term advisedly) is going to have more long term physcial effects than those innocuous cheap objects they try to convince you are 'free gifts'....!

Dito..