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From: "Bassos" Root on 3 Apr 2010 04:06 >"Tom" <dantomel(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >news:f4d99cd8-26a0-4079-b543-08700411bd5c(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >On Apr 2, 5:24 pm, "Bassos" <Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: > >"Tom" <danto...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >> >news:f4c170d7-6252-403a-a7c9-65a358e60fe3(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >> >On Apr 1, 10:40 am, "Bassos" <Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: > >> >> Well, i do not suggest accepting astrology as some sort of canape. > >> >> I suggest astrology is useful. > >> >That would make astrology meaningful, but not necessarily true. > >> Yup. > >> Did i accidentally claim something is true, certain and without error >> about >> astrology ? > Probably. Reduced to guesswork now ? Bad Doggie!
From: Don Stockbauer on 3 Apr 2010 08:17 On Apr 3, 3:06 am, "Bassos" <Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: > >"Tom" <danto...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > >news:f4d99cd8-26a0-4079-b543-08700411bd5c(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com.... > >On Apr 2, 5:24 pm, "Bassos" <Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: > > >"Tom" <danto...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > >> >news:f4c170d7-6252-403a-a7c9-65a358e60fe3(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... > >> >On Apr 1, 10:40 am, "Bassos" <Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: > > >> >> Well, i do not suggest accepting astrology as some sort of canape. > > >> >> I suggest astrology is useful. > > >> >That would make astrology meaningful, but not necessarily true. > > >> Yup. > > >> Did i accidentally claim something is true, certain and without error > >> about > >> astrology ? > > Probably. > > Reduced to guesswork now ? > > Bad Doggie! Astrology's no worse than any other false belief.
From: Meltdarok on 3 Apr 2010 08:41 On 4/3/2010 8:17 AM, Don Stockbauer wrote: > On Apr 3, 3:06 am, "Bassos"<Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: >>> "Tom"<danto...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:f4d99cd8-26a0-4079-b543-08700411bd5c(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >>> On Apr 2, 5:24 pm, "Bassos"<Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: >>>> "Tom"<danto...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>>>> news:f4c170d7-6252-403a-a7c9-65a358e60fe3(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >>>>> On Apr 1, 10:40 am, "Bassos"<Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: >> >>>>>> Well, i do not suggest accepting astrology as some sort of canape. >> >>>>>> I suggest astrology is useful. >> >>>>> That would make astrology meaningful, but not necessarily true. >> >>>> Yup. >> >>>> Did i accidentally claim something is true, certain and without error >>>> about >>>> astrology ? >>> Probably. >> >> Reduced to guesswork now ? >> >> Bad Doggie! > > Astrology's no worse than any other false belief. Most people approach astrology in the incorrect manner. It's not what the "influence of the stars" are, rather it's reading what the *random* (based on your time of birth) arrangement of the stars say. -- Rev. Dr. Meltdarok
From: slider on 3 Apr 2010 09:25 Don Stockbauer wrote: > >"Tom" <danto...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > >news:f4d99cd8-26a0-4079-b543-08700411bd5c(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... > >On Apr 2, 5:24 pm, "Bassos" <Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: > > >"Tom" <danto...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > >> >news:f4c170d7-6252-403a-a7c9-65a358e60fe3(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... > >> >On Apr 1, 10:40 am, "Bassos" <Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: > > >> >> Well, i do not suggest accepting astrology as some sort of canape. > > >> >> I suggest astrology is useful. > > >> >That would make astrology meaningful, but not necessarily true. > > >> Yup. > > >> Did i accidentally claim something is true, certain and without error > >> about > >> astrology ? > > Probably. > > Reduced to guesswork now ? > > Bad Doggie! Astrology's no worse than any other false belief. ### - and considerably better in more than one instance ;) (that's hilarious btw don lol :) --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Tom on 4 Apr 2010 00:04
On Apr 3, 1:04 am, "Bassos" <Root(a)wan (ask me)> wrote: > >"Tom" <danto...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > >news:aa1e8484-006b-4415-81d4-927d4922e6bb(a)g30g2000yqc.googlegroups.com.... > > > > Astrology is art in the same way Rorschach inkblots are art. > > That is just mean. Reality isn't mean, but it also isn't kind. > (or an indication you feel upset for not being able to see the beauty in a > perfect system) Perfect systems are imaginary systems. > Besides that, it is simply incorrect, What is your best evidence in support of that claim? |