I’m a Christian and I fully accept science. Most Christians do.
Discussion
I’m glad you accept science. I think a number of modern mainstream Christians are like you in that regard however there are plenty who are not.
Reincarnation, astrology, auras…there are a number of things that are known to science that many modern mainstream Christians do not accept due to conflict with held dogmatic beliefs.
Astrology is best understood via these physics concepts:
-periodic motion of electrons,
-the right hand rule of electromagnetism,
-rhythm entrainment of oscillators, and
-interference patterns, constructive and destructive.
Understanding those things makes understanding the “human energy signature” (aura) make sense especially in light of scientific knowledge of the human energy signature.
I will say this: reincarnation does not conflict with the resurrection which is something a lot of modern mainstream Christians believe to be the case even though Jesus said that John the Baptist was Elijah reincarnated.
As for reincarnation, the US government has known that’s real for decades. We have UVA’s research and the discovery that took place on a US Navy base in Texas in 1969.
Reincarnation explains a lot if you ask the right questions.
I was a pagan before I was Christian. I am quite open to the concept of reincarnation, but I won’t know for sure until I die. I do not think humans can effectively divine the future, so astrology, while interesting, is not useful in life.
It's possible to see what path we're on however we cannot predict how agents of free will, other people, will act. Their actions can move us off of that path, or timeline, if you will.
In March of 2023, we saw Pluto transition from Capricorn to Aquarius for the first time in over 200 years. We also saw major bank failures the likes of which haven't been seen since 07/08. Because of Pluto's wonky orbit, that first transit into Aquarius didn't last long. The final transit in Capricorn was from 9/1/2024 to 11/19/2024. Since then Pluto has been in Aquarius.
The last time Pluto was in Aquarius there was an American Revolution, a French Revolution, an Irish Rebellion, and an Industrial Revolution.
This time, the banks are on the chopping blocks and it's time for a Bitcoin revolution.
ETF approvals finally ceased to be stonewalled by the SEC. Pluto's 2nd transit into Aquarius was from 1/21/2024 through 9/1/2024. The SEC approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024.
I know he's a shitcoiner but he's still the first pro-Bitcoin POTUS ever and that's not an insignificant thing. Sure, Bitcoin doesn't need any politicians or governments to succeed, but it can't help to have a tailwind to usher in this peaceful monetary revolution. It's hard to ignore that DJT was reelected in November 2024, the same month that Pluto exited Capricorn for a long time.
Predicting the future is a spectrum thing, and I don't necessarily mean autism. I mean...the more a person knows the more they understand how things work and so the better they'll be able to predict how things will go.
I think it's pretty fair to invoke Isaac Newton at this point. He famously said something like "I can calculate the movements of the stars in the sky but not the madness of men."
Newton is known for inventing classical physics, "discovering" gravity, and inventing calculus to better track the stars in the sky. Newton, despite his left brained strengths and pursuits, considered "alchemy" to be his most important work, and not the King Midas kind of alchemy, the Hermes Trismegistus kind of alchemy.
Once challenged on the legitimacy of astrology, Newton responded to his detractor by saying "Sir, I have studied it. You have not."
Try this on for size:
1776 = 1+7+7+6 =21, 2+1 = 3
1791 Bill of rights ratified, 1+7+9+1=18, 1+8 = 9
2025, 2+0+2+5= 9
I’m a mathematician by degree so numerology isn’t really my thing. It’s way too arbitrary, especially when considering that it wasn’t until a 6th century monk became obsessed with tracking Easter that the benchmark of calling the “year” of Christ’s birth as the year 0.
Herod was dead by then so that’s obviously not the case. Herod died coincidentally with a lunar eclipse. There were two in early 1 BC. There was another in 4 BC.
Bible scholars have suggested that Revelation 12:1:5 is an astrological record of “the star of Bethlehem”. Signs like Virgo, Leo, Scorpio, Hydra, Ophiuchus, and others may be what that passage is describing. Different theories suggest that confluence of astrological events took place either on 9/11/3 BC or 9/15/7 BC.
That would’ve made more sense since Herod had to be alive. Also, no wise man is traveling in December back then. Traveling back then was not something one did on a whim. They knew this was coming based on their astrology charts. They prepared to travel for some time in advance in order to get to the right place at the right time.
Also, Luke 2:8…most shepherds aren’t going to be camping out overnight in the fields keeping watch over their flocks. It gets down to 50F at that place at that time of year. December makes no sense. The Romans put that holiday there to cover up Saturnalia/New Years/winter solstice just like they put John the Baptist’s feast day on top of the summer solstice, and used All Saints Day to time-economically attack the old Roman feast day called Lemuria (May 13) before moving All Saints Day to coincide with Samhain(Halloween).
There’s astrology symbolism everywhere in Christianity. There’s Kabbalah in it. There’s Hinduism in it. There’s Taoism in it. True Christianity is aligned with the perennial philosophy.
By the way, the “star in the east” referenced in the Bible is more than likely a mistranslation of what is known in astrology as one’s “rising” or “ascendant” sign, which is the sign that is “rising” on the EASTERN horizon at any given moment in time.
I’m a Christian and have talked with RedTailHawk about some of these things before. I just wanted to mention my direction of learning regarding things of this nature. First Anthroposophy is essentially a scientific study of the unseen aspects of the world. There is a great cosmology that explains things like reincarnation in a way that makes lots of sense to me. Spawned multiple disciplines that use its knowledge (Eurythmy, biodynamic farming and a medical system to name a few). I’ve also been learning a modern form of French Radesthesia. With that I’ve been able to the energies of stones, people, food and medicine, and so much more. That’s without any “awakening” or any “paranormal” perceptions in my life and I didn’t start any work on developing any of that until 1 year ago. So if you want answers to how the cosmology of the universe works Anthroposophy. If you want to prove the unseen forces (I’m talking about elemental type forces not beings) to yourself Radesthesia. (Dr.Gilbert teaches it and talks about it in podcast episodes)