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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

SheilaT

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7. I wasn't aware of Biblical stories being based on patterns of stars.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #6)

Thu May 30, 2013, 02:03 AM

May 2013

Maybe some of them are, but there are an awful lot of stories in the Bible.

People have been telling stories ever since there was language. It's not surprising that some of them have been hardened into supposed truth.

If you want to look at stories that are made up, and then convincing people those are true stories, just look at things like Scientology and Mormonism. Neither of which falls back on astrology, granted, but they are still entirely made up stories that a lot of people take for reality.

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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

The best chance for connection to an actual religion would be Mithraism. dimbear May 2013 #3

Sounds unlikely to me muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #4

Our distant ancestors spent the major part of their time outside, in nature SheilaT May 2013 #5

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