--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" <compost1uk@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > > > Dwarf Planet Astrology > > > > Regarding your *devastating* critique of astrology... > > You know, they really do not *want* to learn anything > about the actual principles of astrology.
Do tell us about the actual principles that I haven't understood in all these years reading about it. They want > to be able to cast it as a simplistic and patently > ridiculous pseudoscience, because then they can make > arrogant, mocking criticisms of both the system and > its adherents. And they enjoy that; it lets them > feel all superior. Arrogant? I think not, it's all rather good humoured actually. Maybe you're just a bad loser? > It's not that astrology is immune to criticism on the > basis of its actual principles; it's that it takes > more thought and isn't nearly as much fun. You mean it takes more invention? > > Good post. It won't help, though. It won't help because it doesn't answer any questions. It just tries to invoke another way of accounting for something that doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
