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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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1. Bored kids sent out to watch the family's flock at night

Sun May 26, 2013, 05:25 PM

May 2013

started making up stories about the stars in the sky.

I think a lot of religions probably started that way.

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This is what I understand the thesis of Astrotheology to be: [View all] Viva_Daddy May 2013 OP

Bored kids sent out to watch the family's flock at night Warpy May 2013 #1

A more likely scenario: Viva_Daddy May 2013 #2

Sounds unlikely to me muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #4

But this isn't about just noticing star patterns and timing muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #6

I wasn't aware of Biblical stories being based on patterns of stars. SheilaT May 2013 #7