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Originally Posted by Johnny Rotten
You keep coming back to this, but the thing is... the validity of astrology, in this thread, was not positioned as a belief. It was positioned as a conviction. I took issue with this, as did several others. We said, "No, you can't do that, and here are my arguments against astrology being accepted as a predictive system."
The manner in which some of us took issue may have gotten a little heated, yes. But it shouldn't be interpreted as an attack on someone's beliefs. It was a rebuttal to a weakly founded declaration.
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Like I stated earlier, I was not really into this thread and I am in no way a proponent of Astrology, but I respect those that are. To me, being true to one's faith and standing up for what you believe, even in adversity shows me more character and personal strength than most anything else could.
I came to this thread because it seemed there were attacks on people's beliefs. I saw someone simply ask what others thought. It went from someone asking a simple question to attacking people who believe in it. This was done under the "Science is all powerful and there is nothing more powerful" guise.
I opened it up to all metaphysical, supernatural, religious, etc beliefs because the same arguments are used for them all.
I added what I felt I could and needed to and from there it grew. Threads evolve.