Re: Why I think astrology is false
Posted: 04 Sep 2009, 22:01Hi Don. Welcome to the forum and thanks for the post. I have several comments and questions based on your input to me, but some of my questions may be different based on how you answer a couple questions first.
Before I begin, however, I freely admitted that I don’t know very much about astrology, yet I immediately get criticized which makes me feel that I shouldn’t post my opinions or comments because of that lack of knowledge. I am here to learn and to clarify if my opinions are accurate or need changing. I would hope you and others are here for that reason also. Otherwise, that would make someone a pseudo-believer, would it not?
Next, you say astrology is far more accurate than two people born on the same day in the same hospital. I’m assuming that you mean that you need to know the time of birth also? Is that correct? How accurate for the time of birth do you need to be to produce a valuable reading?
I will say that I partially agree with your comment: “We’d have to look at people born at the same place and at the same time. The chances of which are highly unlikely.” Although, I can easily show hospitals that have many, many births per day (ask me for reference if you’d like it, I've looked it up.) So, the question is begged again, how accurate must the time of birth be to receive a valuable reading? If they are different by a minute, does that produce significant, different results? 5 minutes? An hour? 6 hours?
More to come based on your response and thanks in advance. I want to reiterate please, that I am asking questions from a laymen’s position. I am not, nor have I had any training in astrology. You seem to know this subject so I am asking. I admit that I have been and probably will be very skeptical of astrology (You can even call me “pseudo-skeptical” if that makes you happy), but I am open to listening and learning.
Wag
Before I begin, however, I freely admitted that I don’t know very much about astrology, yet I immediately get criticized which makes me feel that I shouldn’t post my opinions or comments because of that lack of knowledge. I am here to learn and to clarify if my opinions are accurate or need changing. I would hope you and others are here for that reason also. Otherwise, that would make someone a pseudo-believer, would it not?
Next, you say astrology is far more accurate than two people born on the same day in the same hospital. I’m assuming that you mean that you need to know the time of birth also? Is that correct? How accurate for the time of birth do you need to be to produce a valuable reading?
I will say that I partially agree with your comment: “We’d have to look at people born at the same place and at the same time. The chances of which are highly unlikely.” Although, I can easily show hospitals that have many, many births per day (ask me for reference if you’d like it, I've looked it up.) So, the question is begged again, how accurate must the time of birth be to receive a valuable reading? If they are different by a minute, does that produce significant, different results? 5 minutes? An hour? 6 hours?
More to come based on your response and thanks in advance. I want to reiterate please, that I am asking questions from a laymen’s position. I am not, nor have I had any training in astrology. You seem to know this subject so I am asking. I admit that I have been and probably will be very skeptical of astrology (You can even call me “pseudo-skeptical” if that makes you happy), but I am open to listening and learning.
Wag