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RE: Scientific Evangelism vs. The Esoteric: The Battle Of Culture, B.S. and Evolution... (Part ONE)
The problem with astrology is not that it don't fit a scientific framework, the problem is: there is no substance to it, all representations of astrology proved to be some general descriptions that can fit almost anybody.
Even if there was something to it, it got diluted to the point that there's non of it left in it's current form.
The question is: are you talking about the same astrology that is used to extract some money out of people? or there is another version that can be used for anything else?
With the prejudices and presuppositions built into the subtext of your questions, you wouldn't even be open to contemplating what answers there might be to your question without already lining yourself up a debate to prove your beliefs correct.
You've already concretely identified with your position. Your questions aren't humbly seeking new perspectives to broaden your knowledge base - they're merely posed to position yourself as correct, and if you truly were open to a new perspective, you wouldn't even have posed it, recognizing just how limited in inquisitiveness and inherently biased it is.
Maybe you're right,
but I've seen far too much to safely assume everyone is in it for the money, it's a tool I never seen anyone use for anything else.
your eyes must have been focused in a very limited scope, in that case.
some who've not fully understood the depths of its wisdom surely have approached it as a merely predictive technique, attempting to milk a trend and extract money from the naive who seek quick easy answers - no different than those who've jumped on the ICO trend, attempting to extract money from those desiring to make millions overnight in the crypto trend.
meanwhile, astrology never was meant to be a predictive tool - but a language through which to gain access into dimensions of the human experience only understandable through the lens of archetypal patterns.
just as English - or French, Chinese, Swahili, etc - is a language that could be used to mislead, as a means of manipulating perspective for self-benefit by leading people to part with money by painting enticing verbal pictures - some in it "for the money," whether copywriters and marketers or politicians & lobbyists using it as a means to advance their selfish profit-focused agenda. OR, it could be used intelligently and wisely, through which to refine one's thought constructively, communicate effectively to invite others in participation in mutually-beneficial collaboration, exchanging ideas and unveiling insights for the benefit of mankind & society's sustainable evolution.
any tool is neutral, can be used for good or bad. it is the intent, consciousness, and maturity of those who use it which determine whether the outcome of its use is constructive, destructive, self-serving, or for the benefit of others...