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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Maybe you can benefit from this dialog I had on Youtube.

(In green letters, a commentator. My response in black)

1) "Astrology is the “interpretation” of an assumed influence the stars (and planets) exert on human destiny. This is a false belief. "

- Did you study Astrology? Do you know that its influence is quite noticeable, even the facial characteristics of about 10% of the population are typical of their sun sign? It is only 10% because the moon sign and the sign of the other planets also exerts some influence and the combinations are innumerable. That's objective evidence, I mean solid evidence, not only "feelings".


2) "The royal astrologers of the Babylonian court were put to shame by God’s prophet Daniel (Daniel 1:20) and were powerless to interpret the king’s dream (Daniel 2:27). "

 - Astrologers can't read thoughts or know about a dream that someone had. The request from the king was not reasonable for someone that says that he is an astrologer, not a prophet. Nebuchadnezzar was not a reasonable man as it is clear in chapter 3 and 4.

- The interpretation of that dream involves Astrology, although not registered in detail in the book of Daniel. See: https://youtu.be/GronXvDjgtI


3) "God specifies astrologers as among those who will be burned as stubble in God’s judgment (Isaiah 47:13-14)."

- They were in Babylon, everybody would be in danger. They are specifically mentioned because they were delivering a message contrary to what God was saying to Babylon. Astrology is not very precise and it is always a temptation to the Astrologer to say that good things are in the person's future when he know (or don't know) there will be difficulties.


4) "Astrology as a form of divination is expressly forbidden in Scripture (Deuteronomy 18:10-14). "

- That depends on the meaning of the word "divination". Is it any attempt to try to predict the future or is it to consult spirits to do that? Because if it is to try to predict the future, then economists, political analysts, weather forecasters, etc. are also divinators. With Astrology one cannot do a better job in predicting the future than those and they are often wrong too.

p.s. On Deuteronomy 18:10-14 and the word "divination" see on this blog: https://biblicalastrology.blogspot.com.br/2009/08/deuteronomy-18-and-isaiah-47-are.html


5) "God forbade the children of Israel to worship or serve the “host of heaven” (Deuteronomy 4:19). Several times in their history, however, Israel fell into that very sin (2 Kings 17:16 is one example). Their worship of the stars brought God’s judgment each time."

- I can't talk for others but I do not worship the stars. I see them as hands in a giant clock, just that.