Believe it or not, there were religions out there that existed before christianity.
“witchcraft” is one of them. When you live in a tiny village with no science except what you can see with your naked eyes and mysterious shining lights in the sky, you have to come up with reasons as to why these things happen.
Thus, religion was born.
The Bible
9 years ago
No No No. Astrology: A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon.
May be some but not all.
John the Buddhist
9 years ago
Not Buddhism. But Buddhists are free to use it if they believe it is for real.
I don’t use it.
Feathered Serpent!
9 years ago
Nope.
Astrotheology has been dismissed, and the urge for anthropomorphizing reality and myth making is long established in humans, astrology is just part of this urge mankind has and gave birth to some myths.
What is astrology but myth making using the stars as a medium for such. Thunder, lightening, volcanoes, earthquakes and floods are all easily interpreted as signs from gods to the primitive and the notion of western astrology doesn’t predate all of the worlds religions.
Mankind projects himself on the world using a limited selection of archetypes to try and make sense of the world he inhabits.
So in short the stars play a role in the making of religion and myths, but so does everything else in human experience. This is what lead to astrology, astrology did not lead to it.
Xfce Fanboy!
9 years ago
I’d hardly call it evidence, a lot of the “evidence” is based on modern astrology and doesn’t necessarily reflect ancient views of it. However it does make a more convincing argument than most arguments to debunk religions. Not conclusive, but worth thought.
JohnH
9 years ago
no, most religion are based on a ultimate reality.
new religions take their inspiration from other sources, like alchemy, nature religions, spiritualism, astrology, and psychology.
regards
Joe
Or what's the difference between mediumship and shamanism?
Saying it's garbage is basically saying Christianity is garbage, or god is garbage, a tool Humans created...
Nope. Scientology.
Probably.
One load of crap for another lol
Possibly because astrology is just nonsense.
Not really.
Um, no.
Believe it or not, there were religions out there that existed before christianity.
“witchcraft” is one of them. When you live in a tiny village with no science except what you can see with your naked eyes and mysterious shining lights in the sky, you have to come up with reasons as to why these things happen.
Thus, religion was born.
No No No. Astrology: A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon.
May be some but not all.
Not Buddhism. But Buddhists are free to use it if they believe it is for real.
I don’t use it.
Nope.
Astrotheology has been dismissed, and the urge for anthropomorphizing reality and myth making is long established in humans, astrology is just part of this urge mankind has and gave birth to some myths.
What is astrology but myth making using the stars as a medium for such. Thunder, lightening, volcanoes, earthquakes and floods are all easily interpreted as signs from gods to the primitive and the notion of western astrology doesn’t predate all of the worlds religions.
Mankind projects himself on the world using a limited selection of archetypes to try and make sense of the world he inhabits.
So in short the stars play a role in the making of religion and myths, but so does everything else in human experience. This is what lead to astrology, astrology did not lead to it.
I’d hardly call it evidence, a lot of the “evidence” is based on modern astrology and doesn’t necessarily reflect ancient views of it. However it does make a more convincing argument than most arguments to debunk religions. Not conclusive, but worth thought.
no, most religion are based on a ultimate reality.
new religions take their inspiration from other sources, like alchemy, nature religions, spiritualism, astrology, and psychology.
regards
Joe