Talk:The Disir (episode)/@comment-5995315-20130129233031/@comment-5995315-20130130213910

This is a point I don't understand. If someone has magic, does that automatically make them part of the Old Religion? Where did Nimueh and Kilgharrah say that? I'm about to watch S1E3 and if it's there, I'll watch for it.

Merlin had magic, but  he's also human. A lot of Merlin's problems involve trying to balance his magic with his human side. I think he had human motives for what he told Arthur. I also think by this time he was losing confidence that magic would ever be used much for good.