Comments on: Astrology and Genetic Engineering http://www.raggedclown.com/2006/08/25/astrology-and-genetic-engineering/ It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:30:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kevin http://www.raggedclown.com/2006/08/25/astrology-and-genetic-engineering/#comment-145 Kevin Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:44:34 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=120#comment-145 A belief system is more worthy of respect the less evidence there is that supports it? If the astrologers had a cool founder they would be worthy of respect (bonus points if he had a beard and his history was lost in mists of time)? A belief system is more worthy of respect the less evidence there is that supports it?

If the astrologers had a cool founder they would be worthy of respect (bonus points if he had a beard and his history was lost in mists of time)?

]]> By: Bob http://www.raggedclown.com/2006/08/25/astrology-and-genetic-engineering/#comment-144 Bob Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:30:55 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=120#comment-144 I don't think astrology is one of those that deserves respect. Who was the great teacher from astrology, and what was his/her message to the world? Another reason astrology deserves no automatic respect, or lack of scrutiny, is that it puts on the air of science, e.g., calculating the rising sign, etc.., whereas most mainstream religions don't. They demand faith as a first-class notion, not calculators. I don’t think astrology is one of those that deserves respect. Who was the great teacher from astrology, and what was his/her message to the world?

Another reason astrology deserves no automatic respect, or lack of scrutiny, is that it puts on the air of science, e.g., calculating the rising sign, etc.., whereas most mainstream religions don’t. They demand faith as a first-class notion, not calculators.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.raggedclown.com/2006/08/25/astrology-and-genetic-engineering/#comment-143 Kevin Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:31:27 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=120#comment-143 There was a Far Side cartoon once that said everyone born under the sign of Taurus will get run over by a vegetable truck There was a Far Side cartoon once that said everyone born under the sign of Taurus will get run over by a vegetable truck

]]> By: Aaron Rhodes http://www.raggedclown.com/2006/08/25/astrology-and-genetic-engineering/#comment-142 Aaron Rhodes Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:26:46 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=120#comment-142 To add to my comment, when I am not trying to get laid, what I like to do is read people their horoscope or astrological information from a book from the wrong month and watch in glee as they say, "Gosh, that's spot on!" [typos fixed at author's request - ed] To add to my comment, when I am not trying to get laid, what I like to do is read people their horoscope or astrological information from a book from the wrong month and watch in glee as they say, “Gosh, that’s spot on!”

[typos fixed at author's request - ed]

]]> By: Aaron Rhodes http://www.raggedclown.com/2006/08/25/astrology-and-genetic-engineering/#comment-141 Aaron Rhodes Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:16:59 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=120#comment-141 I only pretend to respect astrology when I am trying to get laid. I only pretend to respect astrology when I am trying to get laid.

]]> By: Rob Heiser http://www.raggedclown.com/2006/08/25/astrology-and-genetic-engineering/#comment-140 Rob Heiser Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:18:27 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=120#comment-140 I heard the Pluto Astrologer piece you're talking about on the way home, too. I got the impression they were treating it with mock respect. Or maybe they were treating it with respect and I added the "mock" part because I don't take astrology seriously myself. Anyway, I thought it was hilarious. Especially the part when the astrologer was told about a radio employee who was told that he would never marry because of some aspect of Pluto. The astrologer's response? "Pluto can't tell him that. I would call that malpractice!". He was very serious about it. I heard the Pluto Astrologer piece you’re talking about on the way home, too. I got the impression they were treating it with mock respect. Or maybe they were treating it with respect and I added the “mock” part because I don’t take astrology seriously myself. Anyway, I thought it was hilarious. Especially the part when the astrologer was told about a radio employee who was told that he would never marry because of some aspect of Pluto. The astrologer’s response? “Pluto can’t tell him that. I would call that malpractice!”. He was very serious about it.

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