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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Viva_Daddy

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2. A more likely scenario:

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Mon May 27, 2013, 12:21 PM

May 2013

Ancient man realized that regular seasonal changes on earth coincided with regular changes in the heavens and postulated a "cause and effect" relationship between them. Thus "astrology". Then "professionals" took over and Astrology became a religion.

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This is what I understand the thesis of Astrotheology to be: [View all] Viva_Daddy May 2013 OP

Bored kids sent out to watch the family's flock at night Warpy May 2013 #1

A more likely scenario: Viva_Daddy May 2013 #2

The best chance for connection to an actual religion would be Mithraism. dimbear May 2013 #3

Sounds unlikely to me muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #4

Our distant ancestors spent the major part of their time outside, in nature SheilaT May 2013 #5

But this isn't about just noticing star patterns and timing muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #6

I wasn't aware of Biblical stories being based on patterns of stars. SheilaT May 2013 #7