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08-05-2007, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Zensati
Astrology is as real as night and day. Its a tool you can use to get advantages. dont be ignorant of its importance.
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Astrology is more vague than the Oracle at Delphi... that doesn't mean it's correct.
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08-05-2007, 12:56 PM
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Astrology is more vague than the Oracle at Delphi... that doesn't mean it's correct.
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"Astrology" is a broad church. It is not always vague. If you mean the newspaper columns then yes it is but there are other ways to look at it. |
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08-05-2007, 01:59 PM
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Name an instance where astrology was specific.
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08-05-2007, 02:23 PM
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Wow. Astrology has nothing to do with intuition.
And even intuition is based on logic. Contrary to what you may think, it's not some mysterious or psychic force that gives people answers without fail. It's a subconscious mechanism that puts pieces together before your conscious mind and sends the conclusion to you in the form of a "gut feeling."
For example, your best friend just started dating this guy. You met him, she's described him and how she feels about him, and you can't shake this bad feeling about him. Nothing he has done has given you any reason to distrust him, but the body language you received from him was insincere and possibly deceitful, and the way she's described him could be interpreted as controlling. You don't pick up on this. Your subconscious mind does. Whether or not it's right is another matter—if you have shitty people skills, then it probably won't be. Intuition is not always right, despite the popular media portrayal.
There's nothing mystical about it. Also, intuition is not a "skill"—it can't atrophy because you don't control it. You only control whether you listen to it or not.
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08-05-2007, 07:37 PM
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lol, werd.
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Sure, it's a real tool when starting conversations.
"What sign are you?"
"Leo"
"Really! Me too!"
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08-05-2007, 09:49 PM
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I know, it's like I'm doing more than sitting idly by and believing more in what I can see than whatever alternate possibility I can think of.
Where is the evidence that I'm not god? Just because you think you have free will doesn't mean I'm not controlling you and granting you the illusion of choice...
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So you want evidence your not god. You are an interesting one. maybe you do think your god for all I know. |
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08-09-2007, 09:45 PM
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Not only is Astrology real, Black magic and Witchcraft are real too. All Illogical, and all completely real. I know from personal experience. there is some weird shit going on in the world that is impossible to comprehend on a logical basis.
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08-09-2007, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Hodge
Wow. Astrology has nothing to do with intuition.
And even intuition is based on logic. Contrary to what you may think, it's not some mysterious or psychic force that gives people answers without fail. It's a subconscious mechanism that puts pieces together before your conscious mind and sends the conclusion to you in the form of a "gut feeling."
For example, your best friend just started dating this guy. You met him, she's described him and how she feels about him, and you can't shake this bad feeling about him. Nothing he has done has given you any reason to distrust him, but the body language you received from him was insincere and possibly deceitful, and the way she's described him could be interpreted as controlling. You don't pick up on this. Your subconscious mind does. Whether or not it's right is another matter—if you have shitty people skills, then it probably won't be. Intuition is not always right, despite the popular media portrayal.
There's nothing mystical about it. Also, intuition is not a "skill"—it can't atrophy because you don't control it. You only control whether you listen to it or not.
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Intuition can be used in any art or science even astrology. there is nothing logical about intuition, intuition comes from a part of the brain that modern science still has no clue about.
How do you know there is nothing mystical about intuition? this is just an opinion. |
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08-09-2007, 09:51 PM
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Warriors come out to play-ay!
Love that movie!
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08-09-2007, 09:54 PM
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Name an instance where astrology was specific.
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astrology predicted you crawling out your mamas ass! |
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08-09-2007, 09:55 PM
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Why, that's the most mature thing that I've heard all day! Thank you for that.
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08-09-2007, 10:00 PM
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Because one, there is absolutely no practical reason to assume the reality we perceive isn't reality, and two, because there are many objective truths about this reality that no one can simply perceive differently (if I smack you with a baseball bat, you're going to be hurt very badly even if you don't perceive any of it).
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There is also no reason to assume the reality we perceive is reality especially considering the tools we use to perceive our reality cannot perceive an infinite amount of information.
Is it you thats been hit by the baseball bat? or just your physical body. what If i told you, you were just dreaming you had a physical body. |
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08-09-2007, 10:02 PM
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Why, that's the most mature thing that I've heard all day! Thank you for that.
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sorry just clowning around a bit.
I cant verify any accurate predictions but that doesnt mean they haven't occured. |
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08-09-2007, 10:30 PM
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Yes it does. For something to be fact in science, it must be observable and testable.
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08-10-2007, 01:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zensati
Intuition can be used in any art or science even astrology. there is nothing logical about intuition, intuition comes from a part of the brain that modern science still has no clue about.
How do you know there is nothing mystical about intuition? this is just an opinion.
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Yeah, simply saying, "no, you're wrong" really doesn't cut it.
Again, intuition is a very logical process that just happens under the radar of the conscious mind.
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