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Where did they come from? And do they have any Christian foundation to them?
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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2013, 11:13:18 AM » |
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Where did they come from? And do they have any Christian foundation to them?
Ancient Babylon, I believe (could easily be wrong but that's what something in the back of my memory is telling me), and no. James |
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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2013, 11:20:15 AM » |
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The Church forbids getting your fortune told, either horoscopes, fortune-tellers, etc.
Stay away from them.
YOU have free will, and can decide your own future.
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« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2013, 11:21:36 AM » |
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What about reading them for laughs?
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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2013, 11:23:24 AM » |
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If you are told to not read your horoscope, why read it?
There are many jokes and riddles online that are way more funny than your horoscope.
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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.
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« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2013, 11:25:05 AM » |
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If you are told to not read your horoscope, why read it?
There are many jokes and riddles online that are way more funny than your horoscope.
They're printed in the school newspaper. |
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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2013, 12:33:16 PM » |
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Doesn't mean you have to read it.  Too often things we do just for the fun of it, become a habit. One day you read it and it says your arm will hurt and it does!....then the next day you really do trip and fall, just like it said....so, now you start wondering if there's something to it. Coincidence.....but, it "came true"....so, now you are hooked. Get it? Sometimes the most innocent methods are utilized to trip us up....because we don't suspect them, we think it's all just for fun, etc. |
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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2013, 12:34:42 PM » |
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The Church forbids getting your fortune told, either horoscopes, fortune-tellers, etc.
Stay away from them.
YOU have free will, and can decide your own future.
This is what I think too. Nevertheless, there were many saints who were able to tell one's future, like Saint Xenia of Petersburg for one. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2013, 01:02:10 PM » |
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What of the saints who were astrologers (Daniel 5:11)?
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« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2013, 01:16:51 PM » |
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Can the newspaper fortunetellers be compared to clairvoyant saints? I believe the saints didn't go around telling folks they would trip down the stairs, or some handsome man would pay them attention today, etc. Here's a good article: http://orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/ec_magic_occultism.aspx |
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« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2013, 01:47:10 PM » |
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What of the saints who were astrologers (Daniel 5:11)?
Daniel wasn't an astrologer, nor was he engaged in actively seeking to divine the future apart from God's prompting. He was the ruler or leader over "magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners" because "he had the spirit of God within him". |
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« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2013, 01:56:51 PM » |
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Can the newspaper fortunetellers be compared to clairvoyant saints? I believe the saints didn't go around telling folks they would trip down the stairs, or some handsome man would pay them attention today, etc. Here's a good article: http://orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/ec_magic_occultism.aspxVery true - thanks for reminding me! |
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« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2013, 03:39:59 PM » |
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Can the newspaper fortunetellers be compared to clairvoyant saints?
I believe the saints didn't go around telling folks they would trip down the stairs, or some handsome man would pay them attention today, etc.
I wouldn't compare them, mostly because I doubt one could call newspaper fortune tellers real "astrologers". As it stands, Daniel was most certainly a magician as was Moses before him. Might I ask a question though : if astrology is wrong because it, as you say, detracts from free will, should not genetics and biochemistry be condemned likewise? For in the first, man is subject to planetary bodies, but in the latter, biological processes. |
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« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2013, 03:41:05 PM » |
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What of the saints who were astrologers (Daniel 5:11)?
Daniel wasn't an astrologer, nor was he engaged in actively seeking to divine the future apart from God's prompting. He was the ruler or leader over "magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners" because "he had the spirit of God within him". The thought of someone being leader of the magicians, and yet not one, is unthinkable (especially given the occult/esoteric nature of the Chaldean magicians). |
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« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2013, 04:36:00 PM » |
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What about those little pink fortunes from the fortune cookies you get when you go to an Asian restaurant? Is it blasphemy to read them? Who writes them anyway? Some Chinese guy's wife in a backroom behind the kitchen on a typewriter?
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« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2013, 05:33:42 PM » |
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What about those little pink fortunes from the fortune cookies you get when you go to an Asian restaurant? Is it blasphemy to read them? Who writes them anyway? Some Chinese guy's wife in a backroom behind the kitchen on a typewriter?
They are really a Chinese-American restaurant thing; they are not a tradition in China. I don't know who invented them or who writes them; looking at Wikipedia apparently they were actually introduced by Japanese. Anyways most of the fortunes nowadays contain advice. My favorite one was, "Confucius says: Show-off always shown up in showdown." |
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« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2013, 09:34:01 AM » |
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Replies that talked about theosophy have been moved to "Theosophy from." Carl Kraeff
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« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2013, 09:37:14 AM » |
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I think it should be mentioned that astrology as a method of magic or fortune-telling is strictly forbidden for Christians; however, as a more general system of thinking about the heavens, the Church fathers tended to accept aspects of it. The main objection was to any notion that our fates are determined by the planets and stars, but they accepted that the heavenly bodies could influence events on earth in some way.
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« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2013, 02:59:41 PM » |
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My priest says that if someone asks what your sign is, you should respond that it is the Sign of the Cross.
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« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2013, 03:34:37 PM » |
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awesome!  i also advise people to stay away from horoscopes. they are sometimes written by some atheist just making stuff up to sell newspapers, but interest in these sort of things can lead to other fortune telling and trying to manipulate the future that Christians are forbidden to do because of the danger to our spiritual life. if you trust God, you don't need to go around trying to find out the future. God will tell you what you need to know, and you get the best possible future by staying close to God. you do this through God's grace, the death and resurrection of our Saviour the Son of God, and by fasting, prayer, Bible study and giving to the poor. |
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« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2013, 03:41:48 PM » |
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My priest says that if someone asks what your sign is, you should respond that it is the Sign of the Cross.
I've tried that. And then added: I don't consult the stars, but rather their Creator and mine. Awkward reactions are the norm. |
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« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2013, 04:14:14 AM » |
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Has anyone ever heard of an Orthodox priest endorsing horoscopes? I have, and it shocked me.
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« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2013, 06:46:20 AM » |
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Has anyone ever heard of an Orthodox priest endorsing horoscopes? I have, and it shocked me.
Our church is big enough that you'll find all kinds of weirdness. |
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« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2013, 09:02:32 AM » |
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Has anyone ever heard of an Orthodox priest endorsing horoscopes? I have, and it shocked me.
He's only human, and can make mistakes. |
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« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2013, 11:07:06 PM » |
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Yeah any kind of fortune telling is funky. First it's really a bunch of bologna..... Horiscopes are more so strange than fortune cookies, which I see for laughs, as they are detailed and based in astrology. Soothsaying (possession) and going to "Mimi's palm reader" is pagan.
Fortune cookies I see as a laugh. I did read one two years ago that said "You will find your first love soon".
I was sitting at the table with my wife and all five of our children. LOL
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