[TeamManager]

>TM, if atheists don't believe in the biggest deal out >there -god - how the heck do you expect us to believe in
>the smaller stuff like "Astrology, Horoscope, >Palm-reading, Fortune-tellings"?

I Had to get your attention, lakini there are many atheists who despite not believing about God, they are still seriously concerned about their future. These fellows go to Astrologers.


>Also, think about this: weren't Joseph and Daniel (two chaps
>who are definitely going to be in heaven) fortune tellers and
>astrologers of sorts, seeing they both intepreted dreams and
>writings for the Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar (and his other
>babylonian kings)? In fact, Daniel was so damn good at this
>stuff, that in Daniel 5:11, we see that he was "made master of
>the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers" by
>Nebuchadnezzar. Since Daniel was one of god's chosen ones
>depite being an "astrologer", why would god become a hypocrite
>and have beef with ME if I decided to believe in astrology or
>become an astrologer? In fact the bible says that Daniel was
>able to "astrologize" because god enabled him to do so. So why
>then would it be OK for Daniel but wrong for Cleo (for those
>of you not in the States, she's a famous TV astrologer)?


The context is very clear in that The Babylonians and Egyptians are the onces describing any 'wise person' as a magician with the spirit of the holy gods in them.