Grandmother kills baby over zodiac sign.

[leo-rcc]

Beijing - A woman in eastern China killed her infant grandson by tossing him into a well after a fortune-teller told her the child's zodiac sign would bring ruin to the family, state media reported.

http://www.news24.com/World/News/Grandmo...n-20110412

This stuff makes me sick.

[Zen Badger]

Beijing - A woman in eastern China killed her infant grandson by tossing him into a well after a fortune-teller told her the child's zodiac sign would bring ruin to the family, state media reported.

http://www.news24.com/World/News/Grandmo...n-20110412

This stuff makes me sick.

Logically, the astrologer was correct in his prediction.

[reverendjeremiah]

Was this a self fulfilling prophesy?

[Welsh cake]

Such a sad waste of life. I for one appreciate that over modernisation in China isn't a bad thing when it means we get to quash childish and dangerous superstitions such as these.

[leo-rcc]

Logically, the astrologer was correct in his prediction.

It's that cause and effect thing again isn't it?

[Thor]

There is a house near me on a well traveled road with a sign out front advertising "Psychic Readings, Tarot and Astrology". I'd like to add a sign of my own saying "Bullshit Sold Here!"

It's disgusting that charlatans can make a living like this.

[Minimalist]

No more disgusting than preachers selling salvation to gullible fools.

[HeyItsZeus]

This is fucked up. I think I'm going to be sick.

[Rhizomorph13]

I had a friend that threw tarot readings at a halloween party. Even though he TOLD people it was just for fun and he didn't believe in it at all, people STILL were in awe of his ACCURATE reads!

The best part was this is the deck he used: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/giger-baphomet/

It came with a really dark industrial CD that he played while he threw readings for people. He started doing cross readings, but as the night wore on and he had more drinks he switched to just throwing three and interpreting past, present, and future from those three cards. By the end of the party he was just flirting with chicks while pretending to give a shit about the cards in front of him. I think it got him laid, so it wasn't a complete waste.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

There is a house near me on a well traveled road with a sign out front advertising "Psychic Readings, Tarot and Astrology". I'd like to add a sign of my own saying "Bullshit Sold Here!"

It's disgusting that charlatans can make a living like this.

Well,fair's fair;we tolerate priests.(I use the term generically) Their woo is no less absurd and dangerous. Eg I'm pretty sure that weird snake handling sect in Tennessee is still around. Plus have you ever actually been to a Pentacostal service? AND let's not forget we continue to tolerate the evil and corrupt Catholic church.