Yes, Lumifer’s objections—based on a character who does not appear in Genesis at all—seem silly to me. On the other hand, if God made the world, he could have used unnecessary magic on any number of animals in the ‘natural’ course of creation. (As I’m sure we all know, a god of divine rank 16 could make a talking snake much more easily than he could make a planet!) So this is a weak argument.
Yes, Lumifer’s objections—based on a character who does not appear in Genesis at all—seem silly to me. On the other hand, if God made the world, he could have used unnecessary magic on any number of animals in the ‘natural’ course of creation. (As I’m sure we all know, a god of divine rank 16 could make a talking snake much more easily than he could make a planet!) So this is a weak argument.