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Post by maolsheachlann on Sept 3, 2018 11:51:34 GMT
Harmless fun, or spiritual danger?
I'm a Libra on the cusp of Scorpio. Sometimes I think maybe astrological "types" might have something to them...isn't it reasonable enough to think that the time of year you're born might have an effect on your personality?
I suppose I ask because I like astrological paraphernalia, like mugs with your star sign. Of course I don't take it seriously, or read my star chart, or anything like that.
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Post by Account Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 15:38:23 GMT
Harmless fun, or spiritual danger? I'm a Libra on the cusp of Scorpio. Sometimes I think maybe astrological "types" might have something to them...isn't it reasonable enough to think that the time of year you're born might have an effect on your personality? I suppose I ask because I like astrological paraphernalia, like mugs with your star sign. Of course I don't take it seriously, or read my star chart, or anything like that. I think that, scientifically, the time of year you are born can be proven to have effect of your development, sure. That is more to do with things like how close to the start of the school year that you are born (which has effects on whether you will be more academic or sports/physically inclined). Perhaps, in time, they will prove that things like the length of days, amount of daylight, etc., when you are born contribute to your personality. But astrology is a different matter. It makes spiritual claims. I'm sure we all take a lighthearted read of our horoscopes now and then, but there are people who take astrology (and other New Age techniques) seriously, as a means of divination, which Catholics are warned against. I know of one family member who took horoscopes seriously for answers, then when that wasn't enough went down the more personal route of fortune-reading, which I firmly believe was responsible for some negative spiritual forces entering their life, with catastrophic effects. I'm an Aries (the Ram) by the way!
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Post by Young Ireland on Sept 4, 2018 18:21:12 GMT
My personal inclination is to steer away from it all together. At best, star signs are faddish and in the scheme of things meaningless. At worst, it is a gateway to even worse things. Don't forget that astrology implicitly denies free will, since it claims that people's actions are contingent on planetary movements. I'm sure that Roger would tell you why astrology is so dangerous (not that anyone here is advocating it at all by the way).
At least this thread is a refreshing break from the recent topics on this board!
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Post by maolsheachlann on Sept 4, 2018 18:52:14 GMT
At least this thread is a refreshing break from the recent topics on this board! Agreed. Let's put the catholic in Catholic. I remember a controversy in the letters page of "Ireland's Own" when I was a kid, when a correspondent called Hiawatha suggested an astrology column. The reaction was highly indignant among some readers. Hard to imagine that now. I imagine astrologers would disagree that astrology denies free will-- they would probably say it's no different to your genes' contribution to your health. An influence not a determination.
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Post by assisi on Sept 4, 2018 20:52:28 GMT
A friend of mine once dated an English girl in London. They were getting on fine, nothing spectacular. Around the fourth or fifth date the girl asked him, in all seriousness, if he could go away and come back into her life in about ten months. He was taken aback and asked why. She told him that she had read her stars that day in the paper and it had said that in about ten months she would start a relationship with a man and that this relationship would be very special and would bring her happiness. He quickly told her it was over!
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Post by maolsheachlann on Sept 4, 2018 21:00:07 GMT
I don't believe in astrology. But that's only because I'm a Libra, and they're very sceptical.
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Post by Account Deleted on Sept 5, 2018 13:47:05 GMT
At least this thread is a refreshing break from the recent topics on this board! Agreed. Let's put the catholic in Catholic. 100%. We easily forget the full rich Catholic heritage that has so much to say in all walks of life, not just the hot topics we always hear associated with it.
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Post by maolsheachlann on Sept 5, 2018 13:53:30 GMT
Agreed. Let's put the catholic in Catholic. 100%. We easily forget the full rich Catholic heritage that has so much to say in all walks of life, not just the hot topics we always hear associated with it. Sometimes I think it would be good to have a website of Catholic film reviews, etc.-- I know such exist, but an Irish one. Perhaps this is something we could do!
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Post by Account Deleted on Sept 5, 2018 15:20:15 GMT
100%. We easily forget the full rich Catholic heritage that has so much to say in all walks of life, not just the hot topics we always hear associated with it. Sometimes I think it would be good to have a website of Catholic film reviews, etc.-- I know such exist, but an Irish one. Perhaps this is something we could do! I'm running another catholic-ethos website, and I'd say don't underestimate how much time it takes to establish, run, and to get it noticed (especially if a similar site is already there). But I'd certainly contribute film reviews, even if only under a low-maintenance thread created for the purpose on this site! Recently I watched Bladerunner 2049, and it struck me how much its themes of existential crisis have parallels to be drawn from many papal encyclicals about the value of life and creation. Jesus doesn't have as big a budget as hollywood alas, but he's got the world's largest marketing team!
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Post by maolsheachlann on Sept 6, 2018 10:44:32 GMT
Sometimes I think it would be good to have a website of Catholic film reviews, etc.-- I know such exist, but an Irish one. Perhaps this is something we could do! I'm running another catholic-ethos website, and I'd say don't underestimate how much time it takes to establish, run, and to get it noticed (especially if a similar site is already there). But I'd certainly contribute film reviews, even if only under a low-maintenance thread created for the purpose on this site! Recently I watched Bladerunner 2049, and it struck me how much its themes of existential crisis have parallels to be drawn from many papal encyclicals about the value of life and creation. Jesus doesn't have as big a budget as hollywood alas, but he's got the world's largest marketing team! Is the site live yet? Can you give a link to it? I suppose one reason I take a somewhat ambivalent attitude towards astrology is that at least it shows an openness to the spiritual or supernatural. In a wrong way, certainly, but I doubt someone who is into astrology will be a scientific materialist. (Though there's no logical contradiction, I guess.) This is the same reason I've previously taken a relatively benign view of the New Age, although Roger Buck has helped me understand how dangerous it can be.
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Post by Account Deleted on Sept 6, 2018 22:46:14 GMT
Is the site live yet? Can you give a link to it? Soon. Just checking it for ecclesiastical go-ahead before opening it to the wider world. It's in a niche area - the catholic view of all things technology related.
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Post by hibernicus on Sept 13, 2018 19:29:41 GMT
I would say astrology as usually practised is a joke, but if taken at all seriously it leads into dangerous territory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=06X5HYynP5EAs an Aquarius I'm cynical about this, whether or not I'm supposed to be.
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