I just consulted the stars and, well, good news and bad. The bad news is,
they said you are not going to get a job, in any field, because you're not a
farmer [:>( The good news is, you might get one somewhere else {:>)
hehe
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Subject: [TruthTalk] astrology
>
> Astrology is testable? Here's a test: I was born on Dec 20, 1950.
> Predict for me when I will find a job. For bonus points, tell me in what
> career field that job will be.
>
> vincent j. fulton
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:32:11 -0700 "Blaine Borrowman"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Blaine: This has nothing to do with my Mormon upbringing, but I beg to
> differ with your statement,
>
> " Astrology is not science. They make observations, but they have no
> > theories to explain the universe or any part of it. Their ideas cannot
> be
> > tested.
>
> Anyone familiar with the subject of astrology will tell you much
> research has already been done. For instance, the Rosecrucians did
> elaborate research on the relationship between astrological sign of birth
> (sun sign) and longevity. This is definitely testable, and in fact the
> results were rather astounding--women born in the sign Gemini
> consistently tended to outlive women born in any other sign, and the same
> with men born under the sign Taurus, with Gemini men coming in a close
> second. For both men and women, Sagitarrius was the shortest lived sign.
>
>
> I believe I could also show that certain signs favor certain others in
> choosing marriage partners--or friends. This would be a simple test, and
> not hard to design an experiment using all of the known statisical
> methods familiar to scientists.
>
> Your comments actually show your almost total ignorance of the subject of
> Astrology--I could say much more, but will suffice for now.
>
>
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> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] POLYANYI
>
>
> >
> > Science needs math, but math doesn't need science.
> >
> > Mathematicians and theologians both can and often do start with
> > premises which they find interesting but are not necessarily rooted in
> > the real world, then they follow out the logical implications of those
> > premises. The analogy breaks down in that theologians' conclusions can
> be
> > tried against God's truth as revealed in the bible, but there's no way
> > that I know of to check the conclusions of mathematicians.
> >
> > Astrology is not science. They make observations, but they have no
> > theories to explain the universe or any part of it. Their ideas cannot
> be
> > tested. They cannot tell the future as they claim to do. They cannot
> > explain peoples' personality quirks as they claim to do. Astrology is
> to
> > astronomy as professional wrestling is to the olympics.
> >
> > vincent j. fulton
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:49:57 -0500 "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > writes:
> > > Vince wrote:
> > > > Theology is more like math than science
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what you mean by this. Math is the language of
> > > science.
> > > Without math, science cannot do what it does. Maybe you can
> > > elaborate
> > > on what you had in mind when you said that theology is more like
> > > math
> > > than science.
> > >
> > > Vince wrote:
> > > > you start with an assumption or set of assumptions,
> > > > regardless of how much they do or do not seem
> > > > to reflect a real-world situation, then you derive
> > > > conclusions from those assumptions.
> > >
> > > Interesting. I'm not trained in theology, but it sounds like you
> > > are
> > > saying that theology does not care how much the assumptions they
> > > make
> > > fit the real world? Is that really what you meant to say?
> > >
> > > All disciplines of study, whether theology or science, make
> > > assumptions
> > > and reason from those assumptions.
> > >
> > > Science reasons from the premise that Truth can be apprehended only
> > > through the physical senses. Theology maintains an additional
> > > assumption, that we can gain knowledge through the spirit.
> > >
> > > Vince wrote:
> > > > Astrology is founded on fairy tales, superstition, etc.
> > > > To those who accept the basic premises of astrology,
> > > > that heavenly bodies have some sort of influence on
> > > > peoples' personalities and the events which occur in
> > > > peoples' lives, it's easy to believe the stuff pumped
> > > > out by astrologers. It makes sense to those who believe
> > > > the basic premises.
> > >
> > > Are you saying that there is no foundation at all for astrology?
> > > Doesn't Gen. 1:14 say, "let them be for signs..."? Doesn't Daniel
> > > 6:27
> > > and Acts 2:19 affirm this also? Wasn't the birth of Christ marked
> > > with
> > > a star?
> > >
> > > I do not believe astrology is right for the believer in Christ, but
> > > I
> > > think you go too far to say that astrology is founded only on fairy
> > > tales and superstition. I think Blaine would disagree too. :-)
> > > You
> > > are presenting a belief from your own culture and value system which
> > > is
> > > rooted in objectivity and materialism.
> > >
> > > Vince wrote:
> > > > Astronomy is, like all of the hard sciences, based
> > > > upon the scientific method. Observation with quantified
> > > > measurements of tangible things like mass, temperature,
> > > > speed, etc. Brainstorming / dreaming / imagining a
> > > > hypothesis. Making logical predictions based upon that
> > > > hypothesis. Experimenting to test those predictions.
> > > > Confirming or denying the validity of the hypothesis
> > > > based upon the results of the experiments. Reproduction
> > > > of the experiments and results by other scientists.
> > > > Peer review of the final package.
> > >
> > > You may not realize this, but astrology also proceeds along these
> > > paths.
> > > They observe the heavens, calculate positions, and they correlate
> > > it
> > > with events on earth. So what is the difference?
> > >
> > > Well, one philosopher has suggested that astrology attempts to
> > > modify
> > > their theory such that eventually their theory becomes
> > > unfalsifiable.
> > > Astronomy, on the other hand, has followed a method called "Strong
> > > Inference" whereby they disproved theories and constructed new
> > > hypotheses which they also attempted to falsify. So the idea is
> > > that
> > > progress toward truth is better made when we construct hypotheses
> > > that
> > > are potentially falsifiable and then attempt to falsify it. The
> > > underlying thinking here is that it is much easier to demonstrate
> > > one
> > > disproof to dismiss an erroneous idea rather than an infinite number
> > > of
> > > proofs to try and bolster an idea.
> > >
> > > Peace be with you.
> > > David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida.
> > >
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