Comments on: Read Your Horoscope http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/ Atheism with Positivity Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:36:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mothandrust (aint christian) http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/comment-page-1/#comment-54103 mothandrust (aint christian) Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:31:25 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/#comment-54103 Thanks for the linkback. I read a book by E. W. Bullinger once that tied the zodiac into astronomy, and bible numerics quite nicely. Well, I believed it at the time. Here's some interesting revelations from memory. The whole bible story was there written in the stars. Virgo the virgin, (the head of the sphinx) to the Lion of Judah (the back of the Shphinx). Cancer was originally the dung beatle (meaning resurrection and renewal) so... um that makes christ the dung beatle? and so on and blah blah blah... Thanks for the linkback.

I read a book by E. W. Bullinger once that tied the zodiac into astronomy, and bible numerics quite nicely. Well, I believed it at the time. Here’s some interesting revelations from memory.

The whole bible story was there written in the stars. Virgo the virgin, (the head of the sphinx) to the Lion of Judah (the back of the Shphinx). Cancer was originally the dung beatle (meaning resurrection and renewal) so… um that makes christ the dung beatle? and so on and blah blah blah…

]]> By: Mriana http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/comment-page-1/#comment-53661 Mriana Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:58:58 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/#comment-53661 <blockquote>Intergalactic Hussy said, July 12, 2007 at 2:49 pm Astrology began with the ancient Greeks, before Christianity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology</blockquote> Yes, I know, but early Christians used it and in allegory you can see it in the Bible. Jesus (Pisces) as in IES is the Sun and based on astrology, but not too many X-ians are aware of that now days.

Intergalactic Hussy said,

July 12, 2007 at 2:49 pm

Astrology began with the ancient Greeks, before Christianity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology

Yes, I know, but early Christians used it and in allegory you can see it in the Bible. Jesus (Pisces) as in IES is the Sun and based on astrology, but not too many X-ians are aware of that now days.

]]> By: Steelman http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/comment-page-1/#comment-53656 Steelman Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:47:21 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/#comment-53656 <blockquote>globalizati said, "Completely unrelated, but everyone should take a gander at Weird Al’s That’s Your Horoscope for Today for some true enlightenment."</blockquote> I must admit I've sung along with that CD while commuting. Could never pull off the "disclaimer" in one breath though.

globalizati said, “Completely unrelated, but everyone should take a gander at Weird Al’s That’s Your Horoscope for Today for some true enlightenment.”

I must admit I’ve sung along with that CD while commuting.
Could never pull off the “disclaimer” in one breath though.

]]> By: globalizati http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/comment-page-1/#comment-53486 globalizati Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:40:15 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/#comment-53486 Oh, and here's the line I meant to quote (it's all sung in one breath): <blockquote> Now you may find it inconceivable or at the very least a bit unlikely that the relative position of the planets and the stars could have a special deep significance or meaning that exclusively applies to only you, but let me give you my assurance that these forcasts and predictions are all based on solid, scientific, documented evidence, so you would have to be some kind of moron not to realize that every single one of the is absolutely true.</blockquote> Oh, and here’s the line I meant to quote (it’s all sung in one breath):

Now you may find it inconceivable or at the very least a bit unlikely that the relative position of the planets and the stars could have a special deep significance or meaning that exclusively applies to only you, but let me give you my assurance that these forcasts and predictions are all based on solid, scientific, documented evidence, so you would have to be some kind of moron not to realize that every single one of the is absolutely true.

]]> By: globalizati http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/comment-page-1/#comment-53485 globalizati Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:39:30 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/#comment-53485 Completely unrelated, but everyone should take a gander at Weird Al's <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/yourhoroscopefortoday.html" rel="nofollow">That's Your Horoscope for Today</a> for some true enlightenment. Completely unrelated, but everyone should take a gander at Weird Al’s That’s Your Horoscope for Today for some true enlightenment.

]]> By: Intergalactic Hussy http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/comment-page-1/#comment-53391 Intergalactic Hussy Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:49:54 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/#comment-53391 Astrology began with the ancient Greeks, before Christianity. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology</a> Astrology began with the ancient Greeks, before Christianity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology

]]> By: Mriana http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/comment-page-1/#comment-53388 Mriana Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:38:34 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/#comment-53388 Well the 12 apostles stand for the 12 Zodiac signs. That's just for starters. If you want to learn more you can read up about at www.truthbeknown.com Well the 12 apostles stand for the 12 Zodiac signs. That’s just for starters. If you want to learn more you can read up about at http://www.truthbeknown.com

]]> By: Intergalactic Hussy http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/comment-page-1/#comment-53387 Intergalactic Hussy Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:36:48 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/#comment-53387 It's about as accurate as any horoscope... not at all! Actually astrology was around WAY before Christianity and Judaism...there were actually 13 signs and they left one out so it made more sense and lined up more easily with the months. It’s about as accurate as any horoscope… not at all!

Actually astrology was around WAY before Christianity and Judaism…there were actually 13 signs and they left one out so it made more sense and lined up more easily with the months.

]]> By: Mriana http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/comment-page-1/#comment-53381 Mriana Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:51:57 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/07/12/read-your-horoscope/#comment-53381 Actually, Christianity and Judaism evolved from astrotheology, so it is VERY Christian. I was onto this theory before I read Acharya, but you can see evidence of this if you read Shakespeare. Of course, one has to be looking for such things and/or know them when they see it. I wrote a paper on the mix of myth and Christianity in Midsummer Night's Dream (with a couple others mentioned in the paper): http://mrianasoriginalfiction.houseofbetazed.com/MythologyInShakespeare.html I wrote that before reading Acharya, but for me she confirms that I have been onto something all of these years. Astrology in the religion is nothing new and can be found even in today's religions. It's still there, but very well obscured in allegory. The reason why it is hidden is because those who created it by mixing there various predominate religions of the time did not want the masses to know where it came from. As for why it's not so easy to see in Judaism is because most do not know what they are reading when they read the OT- refering to the allegory. On a side note, Hindu was also assimilated into the Christian religion, but I'll have to look that up to state it more clearly and report back again tomorrow concerning that. Actually, Christianity and Judaism evolved from astrotheology, so it is VERY Christian. I was onto this theory before I read Acharya, but you can see evidence of this if you read Shakespeare. Of course, one has to be looking for such things and/or know them when they see it. I wrote a paper on the mix of myth and Christianity in Midsummer Night’s Dream (with a couple others mentioned in the paper): http://mrianasoriginalfiction.houseofbetazed.com/MythologyInShakespeare.html I wrote that before reading Acharya, but for me she confirms that I have been onto something all of these years.

Astrology in the religion is nothing new and can be found even in today’s religions. It’s still there, but very well obscured in allegory. The reason why it is hidden is because those who created it by mixing there various predominate religions of the time did not want the masses to know where it came from. As for why it’s not so easy to see in Judaism is because most do not know what they are reading when they read the OT- refering to the allegory. On a side note, Hindu was also assimilated into the Christian religion, but I’ll have to look that up to state it more clearly and report back again tomorrow concerning that.

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