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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

muriel_volestrangler

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6. But this isn't about just noticing star patterns and timing

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #5)

Wed May 29, 2013, 04:55 PM

May 2013

It's about taking the patterns, then building a story about actual beings on the patterns, and then convincing people to accept the stories as reality, and to make them central in the religion. This is more than "Sirius starts rising in May" (or whenever it is), it's a claim that biblical stories are derived from the patterns of stars.

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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