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auracleBeliefnet published an interesting article on Judaism and God, here’s an excerpt:
“The verses immediately above warn against divination, seeking guidance from astrology, reading omens, and so on. Rather than trying to outsmart Him, accept your cup from God.
This isn’t to say that Judaism entirely disdains such magic arts as false and empty. Some authorities do, some not. Rather the warning is against seeking out insight from them”
The actual translation for the word ‘astrologer’ also means Chaldean.
Just look in the footnotes of your Bible.
Chaldeans were a sect of people who practiced witchcraft as well as a host of unsavory sacrifices and other types of worship. I don’t know of any Astrologers who do any of those things!
Not all things that are called Astrology are the same and they are definitely not all equal. Most “Astrology” is very shallow and not helpful to people. A deeper form of Astrology (that I use called 4D Astrology) is far closer to counseling and therapy. It really helps people to change the places where they may be stuck in their lives.
My experience with most religion is that it is all about controlling people’s lives and giving all power to the authority (pope, priest, rabbi). But all truth, meaning and ultimate credit should always go only to God - not to man. Giving credit to man is the same as building the tower of Babel.
The trouble with translating the Bible is that many of these ancient words (like the Aramaic word for Astrologer) have several meanings. The word for teeth might actually also mean vapor or something equally unrelated in most cases. This is why the Catholic Vatican will ONLY let people in to look at their ancient texts who have already agreed to THEIR version of the interpretations of those words. Ultimately the public is duped, and unless you are a scholar of Aramaic who has also seen and translated those ancient scrolls firsthand, (and I just explained why nobody has) you simply do not have the authority to interpret the word! Actually, if you read the Bible, it says in it’s own pages that NOBODY can interpret the scroll (Bible) - except the ONE person it describes. Just look up Revelation 5; 1-5 (Sorry to Jew’s I’ve read the whole book, not just the first half.)
If you’d actually like to learn something for yourself, rather than blindly accepting what is told to you by someone calling themselves a holy person (and interpreting the ‘word’ in the way that THEY have been told to) then I have some free info on how Astrology really works. I have researched it, and to my own satisfaction I am quite SURE that it is not against the will of God.
