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The Debrief Podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown

Ep. 185 Should Christians Use Astrology? | The Debrief Podcast with Matt Brown

The Debrief Podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown

Sandals Church

Spirituality, Christianity, Deconstruction, Religion & Spirituality, Culture, Faith

4.9799 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In 2019 there was a 40 million dollar rise in the use of astrology and horoscope apps. So what does this mean for Christians? Should we be comfortable with using astrology apps and checking our horoscopes?

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0:00.0

Hey guys, thanks for joining us for the debrief today. I'm here with some friends.

0:02.8

We're going to have a conversation about love, astrology, astronomy, the Enneagram, and you name it.

0:08.4

Should Christians do this? Should we be a part of this?

0:10.9

It's an incredible conversation. I think we learned a lot.

0:13.6

And so I think you'll learn a lot too as you navigate more and more people who are turning away from the church and turning to astrology. And how can you handle that as a Christian and what maybe do you need to know about it

0:23.3

to talk to your friends and family?

0:31.7

Research shows 2019, there was like a, what was it, a over $40 million rise in the use of astrology apps,

0:41.0

horoscopes, those kind of things.

0:42.9

Naturally with 2020, that all started to rise some more.

0:46.3

We're seeing culture kind of shift more towards a spiritual nun.

0:49.5

They're not claiming any kind of religion, but this deep interest in the stars, astrology, horoscopes,

0:55.4

all those kind of things.

0:56.6

What would you say to someone that is looking into astrology as a mean of accessing

1:00.6

spiritual?

1:01.6

How would you counsel someone through that?

1:03.8

Christian or non-Christian?

1:06.6

Let's start with Christian and then maybe go to non-Christian.

1:09.0

Yeah, so I would say, let's take a step back and ask why is there a rise in the use of astrology.

1:15.6

So I think that astrology bridges the gap that's right in the middle of religion and science.

1:20.6

And so I think especially in 2020, so I would say pre-2020, there's a disillusionment and just disagreement even with religion.

1:30.3

So all religions are bad, that's terrible.

1:33.3

So I'm going to turn to science.

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