Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Thank you for all your responses. Astrology, therefore, can never be a science--because there are too many variables involved. I am not saying anything new, nor am I marginalizing the importance of this subject. --Radha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 On 1/5/07, Satya Sai Kolachina <skolachi (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: > > I would advise you go thru the website www.journalofastrology.com > maintained by Sri KN Rao. Every one who considers astrology not a > science, should go through his articles. What he advocates is to use > classical astrological principles with confidence; that confidence > comes only after we do statistical and scientific analysis as well as > synthesis, and with appropriate birth data. > > I strongly opine that as astrologers, our inability to synthesize the > parameters should not be attributed to astrology itself. The fault > lies in us, the astrologers if we fail to give predictions. > > Best regards, > Satya Sai Kolachina > Dear Sri Kolachina, I wholly concur. I've for long now held that there couldn't have existed as many texts on a body of knowledge, that don't for the most part contradict one another, without there being testable veracity. It is true however that 99% of the practitioners have given the rest a bad name By the way, I don't quite agree with your views on medicine. What you say is again sadly true for ayurveda but certainly not for allopathy, where you'll find an overwhelming majority of practitioners more or less in agreement on diagnoses/treatments. Some branches of science like seismology - yes, allopathy no! Regards, Ramapriya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Dear Radha, Perhaps, it is only because it takes into consideration so many variables, it is the only shastra which can rightly be called a science. Chandrashekhar. aphoton47 wrote: > > Thank you for all your responses. Astrology, therefore, can never be a > science--because there are too many variables involved. I am not > saying anything new, nor am I marginalizing the importance of this > subject. > > --Radha > > > ------ > > > > Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.16.1/611 - Release 12/31/2006 12:47 PM > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 On 1/6/07, aphoton47 <aphoton (AT) wideopenwest (DOT) com> wrote: > > I think if one stopped calling astrology a science, there would be no > problem. Some people have called it a super science. It all depends > on what you mean by science. > Dear Radha, To keep it simple, I'd say science is an organized, rational body of knowledge that's at all times objectively testable and isn't either perniciously absurd or intellectually dishonest - stories added as facts, for example. As long as we retain the nous and stomach to question ideas, those who perforce want us to believe one way or another will have a job on their hands. Cheers, Ramapriya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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