christians please help me!?

Question

I am a Christian and my friend does not have a religion and likes to learn about different cultures and I just found out that she is learning tarot cards! I know she is only doing it for fun but she is learning tarot cards and chinese fortune telling sticks and stuff like that! PLEASE is this REALLY bad?? How can I help her? I really love her alot and I want to help her!

Answer 1

ANY dabbling with the occult, spirits and such is dangerous!

There are several scriptures in the Bible about this, if you want me to look them up for you send me an e-mail

Answer 2

I studied pretty much all different philosophies and religions, including the occult, before I became a Christian. Learning is good, and there are universal truths behind many belief systems (some more than others), but what is different about Jesus is that He isn't just partly truth, He is ALL truth. So you should encourage your friend to continue learning but try to direct her to study Christ's teachings in hopes that she will read what Jesus preached and realize that it makes more sense than anything else. Those who seek will find; the fact that she even bothers trying to learn things is a good characteristic. Yet sooner or later she'll have to accept that there is one God, that all power comes from Him, and that there are terrible consequences to rejecting a relationship with Him. The main thing is to learn for yourself the reasons why Christianity makes sense, so then you will be able to tell others about it. If you just tell people "I don't know the reason why I believe this, I just take it on faith," it's not going to impress them. You're going to have to do some learning yourself so that you can argue the good reasons why Christianity makes more sense than other religions. Don't just tell her not to do something--tell her WHY she shouldn't do it.

Answer 3

To start off, I'm a Roman Catholic and go to Catholic school, and most. We spent a few weeks on stuff like tarot cards, reading tea leaves, oijua boards, etc. and how they are considered a sin. The nun that is my religion 2 teacher said that reading horoscopes and similar things isn't bad as long as they aren't taken seriously. However, she said things such as fortune telling and occult practices are a sin (this includes oijua boards). That is what the catholic church teaches, but if your friend is just trying it out for fun, I see no harm. Technically it may be considered a sin, like messing around with an oijua board, but it is my belief that God could care less what board games and such we play down here as long as we love him and follow the golden rule. This is something you must decide for youself: how strictly are you going to adhere to the laws of man (church doctrine) even though they arent the rules of God (commandments)?

Answer 4

relax... relax...
I am not Christians, I am a Baha'i but I Will try to help you.
I think she is not doing anything bad... she has a bit of fun.. she does not have sex, she is not hurting anyone, she is not abusing ... she is not doing it to win some money... so what is wrong with it.
and what does this do with not having a religion???
My Dear Friend, as a Baha'i I believe in the same God as you do and I do not believe in fortune telling and stuff like that, but I do not see any harm if it is just for fun and not living a life or hurting others.

Answer 5

You should contact me. I can help you. I am married to a former Satanic high priestess. Tarot cards are not a game... she thinks she can control the spirits by using them but she is being lured into a trap. It is they that are using her. She is doing this because she thinks it is exciting and new... but she does not know that spirits will lie to her. You need to be close to her and love her and be a real friend to her. You need to show her that all the stuff is counterfeit and she needs to go to the true source for her interests... and that is God. You can best do that not by preaching to her... but by being her friend and loving her and comforting her... because she is seeking answers due to something that she is struggling with in her life. Show her God's mercy through your life... you can best help her by being a living example for her. Pray for her... pray with her. And you will help her find her bearings.

Answer 6

The Lord sends messages in many ways. If something, no matter how sacred, is used for something evil does that make it bad. i think not. Organized religion is full of qualifiations about good and evil. The fact that you friend is learning about these things shows she has belief in a "higher power". If you are familiar with the AA requirement that for healing you have to give control to God to fix your life/relieve you of the burden of alcholism, some of us have trouble with the "God Idea" and the term "higher power" is used. this pretty well covers it for me.

Answer 7

De 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
De 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
De 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
De 18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
De 18:14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
BUT SHOW HER WITH KINDNESS AND LOVE AND LIVE PEACEBLY WITH HER.

Answer 8

As a christian, do you really think you can judge what others do ?
Just because you don't believe in tarot or other things, your friend should not believe too?

Answer 9

First off, pray for her and show her the love of Jesus when you speak to her about it.

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Tarot Cards: What Are They?
Tarot cards, sometimes called "the book of divination of the gypsies," are known traditionally as a deck of 78 cards with various pictures on them. They have been used for hundreds of years to reveal hidden truths about and foresee the future of the person receiving the card reading. Tarot card decks come in many varieties-one online tarot card encyclopedia lists 70 major varieties of tarot cards ranging from "Tarot of the Cat People" to "Halloween Tarot" to "Dali Universal Tarot" designed by the famous artist, Salvador Dali. There is much speculation over the origin of tarot cards. Did they really originate with the gypsies, or did they come from medieval Europe? Others have maintained that tarot cards came from China or ancient Egypt. A few decades ago, tarot cards were instantly associated with gypsies, but today the cards are just as popular among occultists and New Agers. Whatever their origin, there doesn't seem to be any argument that after being introduced to Western Europe in the 14th or 15th century, their use has spread, and today they can be found all over the world.

Tarot Cards: What's in a Deck?
The tarot card deck is made up of essentially two parts: 56 pictorial cards that are surprisingly similar to a regular deck of playing cards and 22 additional cards called the major arcane. These cards include pictures with names such as the Fool, the Devil, Temperance, the Hermit, the Sun, the Lovers, the Juggler, the Hanged Man, and Death. Those who believe in tarot and have their cards read regularly say that the readings help them prepare for the future by not only revealing truths about their lives, but also by divulging secrets about people all around them. Experienced psychic tarot card readers claim that they are the only ones who can deliver a truthful reading and caution against just reading interpretations out of the book that comes with the cards. In order to get the best reading from the cards, the one who desires the reading must concentrate on the cards with the psychic reader, and the psychic reader helps that person make contact with the cards and put their own "special vibration" on the deck so the cards will reveal all their mysteries. Readers of tarot cards lay the cards out in special combinations called spreads. In these spreads, it becomes possible for the reader to see a detailed, pictorial representation of the situation for which their client has come to them. In a traditional 10-card spread called the Celtic Cross, a reader can look at the positions of the cards and determine what past actions have contributed to or caused the situation, and based on current events in the client's life, and the "energy" of the cards, what will most likely occur in the future.

Tarot Cards: What's the Harm?
The use of tarot cards does not seem to be a religion in the sense that it does not involve the worship of deities. However, in another sense, it is very much a religion (or some would say obsession) when it becomes a practice or activity that someone is completely devoted to. At some point, it can take on cultish or occultish aspects. In fact, there are many people who place tarot cards in the same category as other occult fortune-telling techniques such as the ouija board, astrology, crystal balls, palmistry, and tea leaves. Of course, some maintain that tarot cards are just harmless fun. Tarot cards fit in well with the New Age movement that is so prevalent these days. New Agers use certain practices or methods to "get in touch with their inner spirits," and tarot cards can be a perfect way for them to channel their thoughts and connect with the "Oneness of the Universe."

So where is the harm in tarot cards? If those who use tarot cards are not worshipping Satan and are not conjuring up evil spirits or sacrificing virgins, how can tarot cards possibly be a danger to anyone? Oddly enough the danger of tarot cards is admitted within the ranks of tarot card readers themselves. The readers cannot explain how the tarot readings work, and the decision to use a particular system in reading the cards is entirely a matter of the personal preference of the reader. In other words, two readers could read the same spread of cards and come up with entirely different interpretations of those cards. Tarot card readers also say that the tarot can only provide a static "photograph" of a situation, and that our own choices and actions determine our future-not the cards. If this is the case, why use the tarot cards at all?

Tarot Cards: No Hope for the Future
Tarot cards represent the fact that we all want to know what the future has in store for us. One could argue that it's actually commendable to want to make good decisions in the present based on our knowledge of the future. However, since the future hasn't happened yet, there is no power here on earth that can tell us what's in store. In order to have a hope for the future and gain the wisdom to make sound decisions now, we must tap into the power of the Creator of the universe - the only One who knows our future - God. Your future is written in the pages of God's Word, the Bible; and God never changes, and His Word is not open to multiple interpretations. So, rather than basing your actions on a deck of cards and betting your future on the whims of card readers who admit that "nothing is written in stone," why not place your trust in the unchangeable God who wants to be personally involved in your future.

Answer 10

Dont worry too much, as long as its for fun.

My friend and I are both Christians, and we do the tarot cards. Its for fun, for us too, we would NEVER base a desicion on it, or believe it.

Keep talking to her, pray for her, and let her find her own way to God, you cant force it.

Answer 11

This is considered witch craft and the Bible says that it is extremely bad. Keep loving her and showing her your eternal happiness through Christ. That is the best thing to do. Ask her to go to church or do a Bible study with you. Don't be afraid to witness to her either. What's the worse that can happen? She can turn away from you, right? But what's the best that can happen? She turns to Christ! The number one thing you should be doing is praying for her. Pray for her every time you pray. Pray for her eyes to opened, for her heart to see, for God to reveal His glory to her. It's a great thing that you care about her so much.