Ok, so apparently for some reason Rhizo believes in astrology, and I think most people here find that surprising and ridiculous. Astrology is based on faulty star charts that were made thousands of years ago, is so vague you can read pretty much any horoscope and agree with it, and it has no reasonable or rational explanation of how (or indeed why) the movement of planets and stars have some kind of affect on our lives.

Not only that, but astrology claims to be able to separate people into 12 distinct groups (never mind there are actually 13 constellations the Sun passes through...OOPS!) based on where the Sun was when they were born. Apparently the people in these groups are all similar in terms of wealth, ability, and personality, despite the fact that there is absolutely no correlation between the time in the year you were born and your success / persona.

Scientific observation has concluded that when given a generic reading and not told who it is for, most people conclude that it is a good approximation of them, or that it is very accurate. People make the reading work for them, counting the hits and ignoring the misses. It is only when there are far more misses than hits that people generally reject it as inaccurate, and this happens even when the person who has the reading is the same star sign as the person the reading was intended for.

So Rhizo, any comments?

I must also mention than since the Zodiac was created 2000 years ago, the wobble of the earth has put the cycle out by 1 whole sign. For example i am a Leo, but on the day of my birth, 15th august 1989, the sun wasn't in Leo at all, but near the end of the Virgo constellation.

I am shocked that Rhizo believes this bullshit.

Astrology was always something I viewed as amusing. Something you could declare in common with other people and get amusing predictions for. I never took them seriously. I think I tried to at one point but I wasn't able to convince myself there was anything too it.

Now that I am more skeptical in general astrology annoys me because I realize people do, in fact, take it seriously. I know someone who is very serious about it and she will mention in it conversation as fact. It makes me cringe.

Astrology Interesting? I don't see how you could find generalised descriptions of people interesting, but yeah... you're free to.

Oooo, Adrian. You got told

(January 29, 2010 at 9:43 pm)Tiberius Wrote: It shouldn't be used for fun; it's ridiculous and people waste good money on this.

In this instance I'd go further and say it really can be dangerous.

(January 29, 2010 at 9:43 pm)Tiberius Wrote:

Rhizomorph13 Wrote:PS Fr0d0 I have perfectly logical reasons to believe in astrology but it is such a deep subject that I can't explain them too you.

( http://atheistforums.org/thread-2742-pos...l#pid53231 )
Care to expand upon what you mean by astrology being a science? I'm interested, because in my view, if you see astrology as a science (and comparable to psychology in that respect), then you do believe in astrology. Science is the study of nature, whilst astrology is the study of the paranormal and supernatural. It isn't science.

Ahh, that was joke in reference to fr0d0's statement about his belief in God in another post. I often forget that you can't expect people to understand something is a joke even if it is completely ridiculous. Nah I don't care to talk about astrology, it is just for fun I don't consider it a science. I was using the phrase to say that it is inexact. I get the missunderstanding now, sorry about that. Usually a PS line from me is just a joke.

Rhizo