I have super judgmental feelings around people who believe in astrology, but less so when I'm around people who believe things like religion, despite the two being roughly similar in 'level of critical thought.' Do you feel similarly? If so, why the inconsistency?
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Have similar feelings to both, but am way more comfortable making them apparent to the astrology believers.
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I can’t help but feel people (on the internet) who “believe” in astrology, or even something like flat earthism, are just like D&D nerds having fun. They’re not really serious in their heart of hearts. In contrast to religion.
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Because religion is framework that gives you a reason to be good, but astrology is a way to rationalize your flaws.
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I think religion usually is more justified. After all, it serves to answer (wrongly, in my opinion, but still) burning questions like where the universe came from, why we exist and the sort. And it provides comfort—wish fulfillment, the promise of an afterlife…
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Mass delusion and peer pressure/conditioning can be powerful. So while I judge theists, I can understand why they might have ended up that way. Adtrologists feel more like they've 'chosen' their illogical path, and for no apparent reason.
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Because there's much stronger social pressure to believe in your parent's gods than to believe in their stars.
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Religion actually takes way more critical thought to escape, and has a lot more social weight behind it. Astrology is like, a scam to sell newspapers.
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I do. For me, I think it’s because religion has culture and tradition roots that astrology (mostly) doesn’t. One feels like a respectable nod to history, while the other feels like pseudo-spirituality.
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I'm not totally sure, but I think the majority of people who identify as religious in the US don't think that all gays should die in hell. Not a lot of religions actually believe in hell, and even fewer think that gays should die in it.
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