GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum - View Single Post - Reading this will make you real fucking stupid

D · 10-25-2007, 01:57 PM

I'm not a fan of Astrology... I think it's just a religion of illusion.

For example, every time a planet goes into retrograde, the devout feel that means something's wrong with the symbols that the planet represents, when, in fact, it's just the Earth catching up to and passing the planet on the ecliptic plane.

That said, Astrology has been a very important part of our scientific and cultural development as a species. I do feel it's outmoded, but if it's arguable that if it weren't for Astrology, civilization wouldn't ever have occurred, as it was the calendars and systematic system of planting and animal herding that based itself on the "science" of Astrology that lent way to us being in a place to settle down and build roots.

I think you're wrong in saying that your zodiac sign is not your zodiac sign. The fact of the matter is that the Earth's Precession (one of only many Precessions that affect our view of the stars in cosmological time) moves so slowly from our perspective that the constellations that formed the basis for the zodiac in astrology are still, literally on our zodiac during their respective times (the line over which the sun "travels" through the cosmos)... so if you were born under a certain sign, I believe - without exception - that was the same sign that it was 5,000 years ago, and will still be 2,000 years from now.

So, even if Astrology _is_ a bunk fragment of ancient religion, which we both seem to think it is - your argument falls short because people born under Cancer, for example, were still born under Cancer. The "religion" might need a tune-up in another 10,000 years (if it's still around in some form), but for now, it's still good to go in that respect.

Does that mean that reading one's horoscope is an intelligent thing to do and base your future hopes and dreams on every day? I don't think so... but then, most people that believe in aspects of Astrology would tell you the same, also.

10-25-2007, 01:57 PM
D Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Valley Posts: 7,412	I'm not a fan of Astrology... I think it's just a religion of illusion. For example, every time a planet goes into retrograde, the devout feel that means something's wrong with the symbols that the planet represents, when, in fact, it's just the Earth catching up to and passing the planet on the ecliptic plane. That said, Astrology has been a very important part of our scientific and cultural development as a species. I do feel it's outmoded, but if it's arguable that if it weren't for Astrology, civilization wouldn't ever have occurred, as it was the calendars and systematic system of planting and animal herding that based itself on the "science" of Astrology that lent way to us being in a place to settle down and build roots. I think you're wrong in saying that your zodiac sign is not your zodiac sign. The fact of the matter is that the Earth's Precession (one of only many Precessions that affect our view of the stars in cosmological time) moves so slowly from our perspective that the constellations that formed the basis for the zodiac in astrology are still, literally on our zodiac during their respective times (the line over which the sun "travels" through the cosmos)... so if you were born under a certain sign, I believe - without exception - that was the same sign that it was 5,000 years ago, and will still be 2,000 years from now. So, even if Astrology _is_ a bunk fragment of ancient religion, which we both seem to think it is - your argument falls short because people born under Cancer, for example, were still born under Cancer. The "religion" might need a tune-up in another 10,000 years (if it's still around in some form), but for now, it's still good to go in that respect. Does that mean that reading one's horoscope is an intelligent thing to do and base your future hopes and dreams on every day? I don't think so... but then, most people that believe in aspects of Astrology would tell you the same, also. __________________ -D. ICQ: 202-96-31 Last edited by D; 10-25-2007 at 02:00 PM..