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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Pan, as someone who stopped posting after the first page, I like this post. This thread has evolved from a question on whether or not astrology is accepted here into a revalation of core beliefs and their bases.
Discussion of religion, which in a certain light includes both astrology and hard science, is always difficult to balance. You can see that in this thread over and over because there are two fundamentally opposed worldviews colliding here. One approaches the universe accepting only what can be observed and the other certain that the unobservable exists. We are all gradations of the extremes, but I think you've nicely summed up one of the fundamental missions of TFP with your offer to discuss the what's and why's of your beliefs.
I shall return to interested observation mode.
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I like the part where he said I had a small mind
I'm one of those small and closed minded types using my logic and science, after all what has science ever done for us!
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In the end it comes down to this, one must ask themselves why they are so eager to destroy the beliefs of others, especially when those beliefs do not even affect you.
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Because it does affect us, it affects us all. What have we gained as a society when one group wants to get evolution banned from schools and another is convincing people to get ineffective alternative 'healing' and a third is trying to get their brand new pagan religion into prisons and the army?
Its not about you. You do what you want. Its about society as a whole that the negative effects become alarming.
By not pointing out the truth as we can best determine you foster a climate where critical thinking is is almost taboo. How dare you question MY belief, it only affects me!
Well it affects everyone in a republic, a republic that requires an educated an involved public. I don't want that public believing in fairies, casting spells, or that their future comes from the stars.
Belief in Astrology and the like is a symptom of a failing education system. One thing that has become clear to me is just how little people understand about how things work, how science works, or even basic biology. There is plenty of wonder, mystery, even spirituality in what is real, we dont' need to invent a fantasy to experience the wonder that being alive is.