The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #24417   Message #279717
Posted By: Bill D
17-Aug-00 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Astrological Stats on Mudcatters
Subject: RE: Astrological Stats on Mudcatters
...so..every baby born in Mercy Hospital in Denver, Colorado on May 20, 1939 (especially if they were born near 5:34AM)is disposed to react to life the same way I am? *sigh*..perhaps best we discuss Scottish songs...I love them too.

when I read... "if you are going to benefit from astrology, you need to do the same as you would with a doctor or psychologist. Invest some time and energy in finding someone who knows what he/she is doing and cares about you."...I want to pound the table and shout!...*IF* you expect to 'benefit' from this, then you are already predisposed to it...people hate wasting their time, and they FIND answers that satisfy, as noted in the "Amazing Randi" story above.

I have no doubt you care and are sincere, but gaining insight from the relative positions of astronomical phenomena requires 'faith'...there *IS NO PROOF*...

One of the most enlightening reads of my life was Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer"...an analysis of the 'will to believe' in many people...Kierkegaard emphasized that this is how we MUST do religion...you do not 'prove' God...you make the 'leap of faith'...and thereby gain something that pedantic 'truth seekers' can't get...

Ah, well...as you can see, I am a hard case....off to do some music....