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Astrology is a practice based on the assumption that the stars and planets mysteriously influence the lives of men. It teaches that the influence of the heavens begins at birth and continues throughout a person's life.
Is astrology compatible with Christianity? Clearly it is not, as the following comparisons reveal this fact.
Comparison Between Astrology and Christianity
|
Topic |
Astrology |
Christianity |
|
God |
Impersonal-nature |
Personal-triune |
|
Jesus |
Astrologer, psychic |
Savior and God |
|
Means of personal salvation |
By personal merit through self-perfection |
By grace through faith |
|
Source of redemption |
Inevitable evolutionary process |
Propitiatory atonement |
|
Death |
Reincarnation |
Glorification |
|
The final state |
Cosmic absorption |
Personal immortality |
|
Source of authority |
Astrological practice |
Bible |
|
Mediator |
Professional astrologer |
Jesus Christ |
|
Sin |
Ignorance or karma |
Disobedience to God |
|
Philosophy |
Pantheism, gnosticism |
Theism |
|
Nature of faith |
Subjective, mystical |
Objective, historical |
|
Morality |
Relative, amoral |
Absolute |
|
Man |
One with the cosmos |
Created (God's image) |
|
Relation to occult |
Accepts |
Rejects |
|
Source of information |
Horoscope chart |
Bible |
|
Object of consultation |
The star's influence |
God |
|
Emphasis |
Divination |
Sanctification |
|
Object of faith |
Self |
Christ |
|
Object of worship |
Object of worship |
Creator |
|
Revealer of reality |
Chart |
Holy Spirit/Bible |
|
Accountability |
Stars |
God |
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