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Sun Oct-30-11 07:59 PM
Response to Reply #26 |
| 105. What do they call a failed Physical Therapist? A Chiropractor. |
| -DU skeptics don't make thread after thread attacking astrology because |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-30-11 10:42 AM |
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Recommend. n/t |
laconicsax |
Aug-30-11 10:48 AM |
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Good post. |
yellerpup |
Aug-30-11 10:50 AM |
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Astrology is not a salvation religion. |
Deep13 |
Aug-30-11 10:53 AM |
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As always, with me it is not the belief but the behavior that |
MineralMan |
Aug-30-11 10:54 AM |
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I think you nailed it! But... |
cleanhippie |
Aug-30-11 10:56 AM |
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+1 nt |
Deep13 |
Aug-30-11 12:13 PM |
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Actually, IIRC there was sort of a war on astrology in DU's early days.... |
Rowdyboy |
Aug-30-11 11:03 AM |
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It's hard to not view astrology as beneath contempt. |
laconicsax |
Aug-30-11 05:10 PM |
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I t've never felt the need to harrass people because they believe things I find stupid.... |
Rowdyboy |
Aug-30-11 05:31 PM |
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Do you feel that teabaggers shouldn't be corrected on the stupid bullshit they believe? |
laconicsax |
Aug-30-11 05:47 PM |
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I wouldn't waste 5 minutes of my life trying to correct a teabagger on anything..... |
Rowdyboy |
Aug-30-11 11:51 PM |
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I look at it this way: |
laconicsax |
Aug-31-11 10:54 AM |
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Thats true in some instances but not in others....For example, if you go to the GLBT forum here |
Rowdyboy |
Aug-31-11 11:54 AM |
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The problem you appear to be having... |
trotsky |
Aug-31-11 08:19 PM |
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Being insulting isn't hard to distinguish at all....The posters I refer to were incredibly insulting |
Rowdyboy |
Aug-31-11 10:58 PM |
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Everybody on DU should probably be banned then. |
trotsky |
Sep-01-11 06:11 AM |
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Not at all.....Most people on DU post as adults, arguing a point. Only a handful |
Rowdyboy |
Sep-01-11 10:48 AM |
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Accusing me of defending bullying is a form of bullying, I think. |
trotsky |
Sep-01-11 11:10 AM |
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Because you make it so easy..... |
Rowdyboy |
Sep-01-11 04:20 PM |
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So, in one post, you blast others for being a "jerk", then in the next, you do JUST THAT? |
cleanhippie |
Sep-01-11 05:29 PM |
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Apparently you have aa hard time understanding sarcasm.... |
Rowdyboy |
Sep-01-11 05:58 PM |
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Is that just more sarcasm or your attempt to start a new streak? |
cleanhippie |
Sep-01-11 06:02 PM |
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Serves no purpose to talk to someone who never listens nor responds to the |
Rowdyboy |
Sep-01-11 07:00 PM |
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Cool enough. |
trotsky |
Sep-01-11 07:34 PM |
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"I've survived quite nicely on the internet for a dozen years or so without being an jerk" |
cleanhippie |
Sep-01-11 05:27 PM |
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Why not? When pushed I can be just as big an asshole as anyone else.... |
Rowdyboy |
Sep-01-11 05:59 PM |
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I didn't see anyone "pushing" you, but hey, you gotta be what you gotta be. |
cleanhippie |
Sep-01-11 06:01 PM |
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If thats so, then I've certainly found the right people waste my time with.... |
Rowdyboy |
Sep-01-11 06:53 PM |
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Who do you think you have found? |
cleanhippie |
Sep-01-11 06:56 PM |
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In this thread? No one of any significance |
Rowdyboy |
Sep-01-11 07:02 PM |
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That's too bad. |
trotsky |
Aug-31-11 10:59 AM |
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Its the equivilant of planting seeds on an asphalt parking lot and expecting it to grow.. .... |
Rowdyboy |
Aug-31-11 11:29 AM |
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Cracks develop in asphalt all the time. |
trotsky |
Aug-31-11 11:30 AM |
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35 years ago when I graduated college I was so full of hope for my home state.... |
Rowdyboy |
Aug-31-11 12:03 PM |
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I guess we should all just give up and hide in our basements then, |
trotsky |
Aug-31-11 12:16 PM |
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We don't even have basements to hide in down here..... |
Rowdyboy |
Aug-31-11 12:36 PM |
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Enjoy your defeatism. |
trotsky |
Aug-31-11 01:18 PM |
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What you call defeatism is my reality.... |
Rowdyboy |
Aug-31-11 01:48 PM |
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I remember that, too |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Sep-02-11 12:17 AM |
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And you find it odd that people who want to improve the world would be... |
HuckleB |
Oct-30-11 08:18 PM |
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Then you won't mind when your attacks are attacked. |
rug |
Aug-30-11 11:12 AM |
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Mind? I prefer it. I love to argue. |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-30-11 11:22 AM |
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Solid thoughtful post |
Thats my opinion |
Aug-30-11 11:24 AM |
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Perhaps I should have said New Age, instead of astrology. |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-30-11 12:06 PM |
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Mostly agree, but to meet in the middle both sides must move |
dmallind |
Aug-30-11 12:21 PM |
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How right you are. |
Thats my opinion |
Aug-31-11 11:21 AM |
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Good post |
rrneck |
Aug-30-11 12:13 PM |
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Does anybody really truly believe in astrology? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-30-11 06:11 PM |
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There are DUers who do. |
laconicsax |
Aug-30-11 07:55 PM |
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Hello, Professor, I'd like to introduce myself to you. |
Remember Me |
Aug-30-11 08:46 PM |
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Hello. I'm not ProgressiveProfessor, but I'd like to say something. |
laconicsax |
Aug-30-11 11:25 PM |
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A reasonable, rational, comprehensive post. |
trotsky |
Aug-31-11 07:18 AM |
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Nailed it. |
laconicsax |
Aug-31-11 11:24 PM |
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The world is a cold, uncaring, random place. |
trotsky |
Sep-01-11 08:28 AM |
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Yes, I did find it enlightening |
Remember Me |
Aug-31-11 09:00 PM |
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To quote PZ Myers: |
laconicsax |
Aug-31-11 11:21 PM |
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YOUR interpretations of what astrology is |
Remember Me |
Sep-01-11 09:16 PM |
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You should look up two things: |
laconicsax |
Sep-01-11 10:39 PM |
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You have chosen a great screen name, because no one who reads this will ever forget you. |
cleanhippie |
Sep-01-11 09:44 AM |
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Why shouldn't marriage counseling be subject to scientific proof? |
Silent3 |
Sep-01-11 11:09 AM |
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I think your post is silly, but |
Remember Me |
Sep-01-11 09:21 PM |
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Fallacious appeal, not only to ignorance, but to numbers. |
darkstar3 |
Sep-01-11 09:36 PM |
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"By what metric does astrology "work"?" |
laconicsax |
Sep-01-11 10:40 PM |
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That's a non-answer |
Silent3 |
Sep-02-11 12:35 AM |
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If Astrology works then why is the description of my Venus in Gemini dead wrong? |
Odin2005 |
Oct-30-11 07:56 PM |
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Nice to meet you |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-31-11 01:48 AM |
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Chiropractory |
edhopper |
Aug-31-11 08:05 AM |
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Oh hell, and then whadja dream? |
Remember Me |
Aug-31-11 08:42 PM |
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What do they call a failed Physical Therapist? A Chiropractor. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-30-11 07:59 PM |
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Modern science did evolve in part from astrology. |
backscatter712 |
Aug-31-11 11:54 AM |
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Oh my gods, my mother genuinely thinks it's real. |
Deep13 |
Aug-31-11 08:02 PM |
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She has a right to be offended |
Remember Me |
Aug-31-11 09:02 PM |
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Why? |
trotsky |
Aug-31-11 09:20 PM |
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An excellent point. The Christian Identity Movement is extremely, and openly racist. |
ZombieHorde |
Sep-01-11 10:28 AM |
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But it doesn't. No racism or bigotry in astrology. |
Remember Me |
Sep-01-11 08:49 PM |
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Only a straw man because you just moved the goalposts. |
trotsky |
Sep-02-11 06:02 AM |
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You have got to be kidding me. |
Deep13 |
Aug-31-11 09:25 PM |
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I was a "real" astrologer for awhile, and my clients were |
Remember Me |
Sep-01-11 08:56 PM |
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You're proud of the fact that you bilked people out of money? |
laconicsax |
Sep-01-11 10:41 PM |
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Why? |
laconicsax |
Aug-31-11 11:26 PM |
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I said SPIRITUAL beliefs |
Remember Me |
Sep-01-11 09:01 PM |
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Oh, I see. It's because of special pleading. |
laconicsax |
Sep-01-11 10:47 PM |
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I know a philosophy professor who is also a professional astrologer. |
Odin2005 |
Sep-01-11 07:42 PM |
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Why don't you ask him for some details, since you're so eager |
Remember Me |
Sep-01-11 09:02 PM |
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He claimed that Kerry would win, and other things that never claim true. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-30-11 08:02 PM |
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Indeed |
NMMNG |
Aug-30-11 06:17 PM |
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Interesting |
edhopper |
Aug-30-11 08:04 PM |
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You know, the world would be better if people took religion as seriously as they took astrology. |
backscatter712 |
Aug-31-11 11:39 AM |
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"Church becomes an excuse to get together, shoot the bull with friends, maybe even get drunk." |
rrneck |
Aug-31-11 04:51 PM |
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Or in the case of M. L King Jr.--- |
Thats my opinion |
Aug-31-11 07:21 PM |
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James Earl Ray |
rrneck |
Aug-31-11 07:46 PM |
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What King did with his life always put him in danger. |
Thats my opinion |
Aug-31-11 07:52 PM |
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You are skirting a very important point. |
laconicsax |
Aug-31-11 07:55 PM |
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Did his religion make him who he was? nt |
rrneck |
Aug-31-11 08:12 PM |
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There is |
rrneck |
Sep-01-11 09:45 AM |
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Made good your escape I see. nt |
rrneck |
Sep-02-11 08:41 AM |
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The absurdity of astrology bugs me. |
Silent3 |
Aug-31-11 03:57 PM |
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So here's a question about discussing astrology. |
Deep13 |
Aug-31-11 10:07 PM |
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+1 |
laconicsax |
Aug-31-11 11:26 PM |
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here's why... |
deacon_sephiroth |
Sep-01-11 04:50 AM |
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"...the narrow paradigm of western science." |
onager |
Sep-01-11 09:18 PM |
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+1 |
laconicsax |
Sep-01-11 10:48 PM |
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Just because I can't get it out of my head |
darkstar3 |
Sep-01-11 09:32 PM |
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Kick |
Boojatta |
Oct-30-11 12:56 PM |
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Definitely a fundi - atheist POV. You have a lot of housecleaning to do |
humblebum |
Oct-30-11 01:25 PM |
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Although I do appreciate your use of a religious term as an insult, |
ZombieHorde |
Oct-30-11 06:01 PM |
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Oh I do, I do. nt |
humblebum |
Oct-30-11 08:04 PM |
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Noooooooooooo!!!!! nt |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-01-11 01:07 PM |
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Are you saying that those who criticize fictional world beliefs can't be taken seriously? |
HuckleB |
Oct-30-11 08:20 PM |
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I'm not sure he KNOWS what he is trying to say anymore. |
cleanhippie |
Oct-31-11 02:09 AM |
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I'm confused. |
HuckleB |
Oct-30-11 07:47 PM |
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Call out what you will. I was simply interpreting an observation, and opening the door for |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-01-11 11:24 PM |
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I find Astrology interesting .. especially Chinese |
AsahinaKimi |
Oct-31-11 02:16 AM |
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I think that is part of the point, as long as it isn't taken too seriously... |
Humanist_Activist |
Nov-01-11 11:31 PM |
#114 |
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