3. THE QUESTION WAS: All of the following
are intrinsically sinful practices except for one. Which one?
a. witchcraft
b. astrology
c. palm reading
d. tarot card
reading
e. consulting
one’s horoscope
f.
betting on a football game
THE ANSWER IS…… F
(A, B, C, D and E are condemned by the
Catholic Church)
The Church’s position: that kind of stuff
doesn’t work, and if it does, it’s from the underworld.
http://www.catholic.com/library/Astrology.asp (Info on
Astrology)
http://www.catholic.com/library/Reincarnation.asp
(Info on Reincarnation)
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Here’s the Catechism says on divination and
magic
2115 God can reveal the
future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude
consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for
whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it.
Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility. [305]
2116 All forms of divination
are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other
practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future. [Cf. Deut 18:10; Jer 29:8] Consulting
horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the
phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for
power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as
well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect,
and loving fear that we owe to God alone.
2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by
which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service
and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of
restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These
practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of
harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons.
Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism often implies divination
or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it.
Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation
of evil powers or the exploitation of another's credulity.
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