Criticality
You made it this far!! Welcome to CRITICALITY. This is the part where we take simple daily things, activities, attitudes, speech and anything you can get your hands on, blow them up, dissect them and analyse our ways with respect to the truth, the way and the life.
Q1 : Why is Astrology, Horoscopes and Predictions dangerous even for fun? Even on Facebook?
Astrology is the “interpretation” of an assumed influence the stars (and planets) exert on human destiny. This is a false belief. 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). God specifies astrologers as among those who will be burned as stubble in God’s judgment (Isaiah 47:13-14). Astrology as a form of divination is expressly forbidden in Scripture (Deuteronomy 18:10-14). 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.
The stars should awaken wonder at God’s power, wisdom, and infinitude. We should use the stars to keep track of time and place and to remind us of God’s faithful, covenant-keeping nature. All the while, we acknowledge the Creator of the heavens. Our wisdom comes from God, not the stars (James 1:5). The Word of God, the Bible, is our guide through life (Psalm 119:105).
Opening ourselves to these ideas even simply is opening ourselves to the demonic and the ways of the world. Stand guard therefore and let not anything come into your thought or heart which does not stand justified in the eyes of god. Do not fool yourself, you cannot walk on burning charcoals without scaring your feet. Hold the keys to your mind and heart dearly, lest someone other than God occupies it.
The stars should awaken wonder at God’s power, wisdom, and infinitude. We should use the stars to keep track of time and place and to remind us of God’s faithful, covenant-keeping nature. All the while, we acknowledge the Creator of the heavens. Our wisdom comes from God, not the stars (James 1:5). The Word of God, the Bible, is our guide through life (Psalm 119:105).
Opening ourselves to these ideas even simply is opening ourselves to the demonic and the ways of the world. Stand guard therefore and let not anything come into your thought or heart which does not stand justified in the eyes of god. Do not fool yourself, you cannot walk on burning charcoals without scaring your feet. Hold the keys to your mind and heart dearly, lest someone other than God occupies it.