Definition: 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.
Comparison Between Astrology and Christianity
Topic |
Astrology |
Christianity |
| God |
Impersonal-nature | Personal-triune |
| Jesus
|
Astrologer, psychic | Saviour 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
| Creation | Creator |
| Revealer of reality
| Chart | Holy Spirit/Bible |
| Accountability
| Stars | God |
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