Posted BigWhammy
They are forbidden because their tenets stand in direct opposition to scripture. For example Astrology - our destinies cannot be controlled by Gods
will and the stars. They are not compatible belief systems.
Posted by TeLomon
Any divinations from the stars would be false, as they are not intended to lay out our future, but rather be used as tools to help determine seasons,
etc. (Genesis 1:14).
The Peace of God to all that belong to the light,
Dear Readers,
I created this thread with the hope that this would be an open discussion in which many points of view finally help us to see bejond the prejudges
and fanatism that usually touch the topic of the paranormality looked from the religious perspective.
It is interesting to mention that it was precisely among the prosecutions against natural mediums or psychics, viewers and any type of specal gifted
people that the worst crimes ever commited in the Chrisitianism were done.
My personal opinion is that we cannot denny that Jesus Christ is known by other nations, different than the Jew one, the first time even before his
birth occured thanks to the astrological prediction done by the Magi in Persia.
The Magi were Astrologers, they found Jesus thanks to their observance of his Star, the so called star of Bethlehem in the sky, they new the special
meaning of that star appearing the 7 year before our era in the constelation of the Sheep, Capricornious.
Besides that the Magi were the ones that first advised the Holy family about the obscure intentions of Herod, so they were proved good will people,
they also gave to Jesus gifts with undoubtly esoteric meaning: Gold, FrancIncense and Myirr.
Is a visible contradiction with the ones that think Magic and Astrology are always evil that three profesional practicians of those arts were among
the first gentils to knew Jesus.
Chk pls their story at:
en.wikipedia.org...
Now about divination we must understand the context in which these commandments were given in the antiquity, it was a time in which psychicsm was
very involved with paganism, in which the preditions were given through the invocation of spirits or in cult to other gods.
However I think that is a viewer or Psychic request the special bless of God in his or her work, if he is praying to receive its illumination and
guidance, he is working for the light , he is a good Christian, there is no sin in his action.
The sin consist to invoke the spirits of death people, to don't respect their ethernal rest, to invoke the evil, but not to invoke the Holy Ghost,
that is something that is so clear in the scriptures. Pentecostes is the festivity of the Esoterism by excelence, in which the supernatural gifts of
God are bring to the believers.
It is true that there is a dark side in Paranormality, there is black Magic or Vudu or Sorcery, but in many other aspects of the life we can find the
same situation, even in any Science there are things that are contrary to the ethics, it depends of the use that we can do of it. The Digital is a
powerful medecin of the heart disease but bad used is also a so effective poison.
If prediction of the future would be bad or sin then a very big percentage of the scripture would be also sinful, entire books of the bible must be
supressed, as for instance Daniel's books, Salms, Jeremiah, Eliah, Isaiah, Apolcalypsis, even the Gospel of Mathew that is supported all the time
in the accomplishing of the prophecies about the Messiah.
Thanks for your atention, and for your valuable points of view,
I feel that this is the moment in which Christianity must have a coragous discussion about this polemic topic to correct grave mistakes of the past,
and to see the Light.
your friend,
The Angel of lightness
[edit on 6/30/2008 by The angel of light]
