posted January 27, 2004 08:29 PM              

Well i have a question. Those that are familiar with the bible may perhaps see it as alianating man from man, but also from nature and also from god.

Second with star signs perhaps, these explanatory concepts of peoples nature and there compatability with others is perhaps somewhat misleading.

For what reason? o.k consider this, with the bible, christainity and so on.. it alienates man so therefore man views him self as a thing" a commodity. For what reason, so man is more valuable as a functional working being in society. As the bible provides an immediate response to mans' struggle with nature" or, creator".

In the case of starsigns' they put in place a block aimed at deterring the ideal couple from coming together and creating the ultimate unit in all totality.

So therefore you now have woman also in a simular situation to man.. and woman are also things..

This therefore provides society with valuable robots that are capable of fullfilling the role that they occupy.

You cant have man thinking about where he came from all the time.. and you cant have man communicating with man to much. As for noahs ark.. the language and color segmentation as for man together can accomplish to many great things'.

And for the stars. well is for the same reason it is so man and woman dont find themselves also, and hence only find themselves in their work".

Anyhow i appreicate the time given. I am young and my mind is futile still, however i am always in search of the truth, like many".

posted January 28, 2004 12:01 AM              

I did not get that from Linda Goodman's Star Signs. I love that book.

Isn't it odd that the word God is also found in the word dog? And dog is man's best friend.

posted January 28, 2004 01:11 PM            

For instance, "you can't have man communicating with man too much," what the heck does that mean?

What block in Star Signs prevents a couple from coming together?

Just a couple of examples...because overall, I've no idea what you're asking.

posted January 28, 2004 09:37 PM              

It is rather simple. As i suggest the bible alienates man from many things. So he is seen as a thing. For starsigns it is the same but it performs its motive on man and woman, so together they cannot become total in their minds, forming this whole, as the two minds become intergrated.

Basically the point i am making i guess is that, starsigns perhaps perject some misconception. As with noahs ark man together could accomplish many great things, thus look at what the bible does to man. And for starsigns it implicates the same ramification on man and woman. In terms of compatability anyhow.

posted January 29, 2004 03:20 AM              

I think what your saying is that the bible makes us all see ourselves more as a 'functioning working being' in society...so as a part of the society, serving god, rather than as our own individuals. So man, as you put it doesn’t see himself like an individual person anymore, so he loses his identity and becomes more so like a "valuable robot capable of fulfilling the role that he/she occupies".

And in your opinion star signs do the same thing because it stereotypes people into different blocks so again they loose their identity as individuals and become a star sign.

So, you see this as misleading or a misconception because men and women, in terms of compatibility would be inclined to look for the right star sign in a relationship...instead of looking for the right person (disregarding their star sign and concentrating on their personality as a unique human being)

So when you say that when looking at star signs............"men and women cannot become total in their minds, forming this whole, as the two minds become integrated".........

maybe you're trying to say that star signs teaches us about soul mates and that no man and no woman can be complete or form a whole without their other half...so again, in your opinion, they loose their identity as a whole and they are not a whole person until meeting their other half...according to star signs...

okay, im sorry to rephrase everything your saying and put it in my own words...but i got pretty confused and im not sure that this is what your saying....but anyway if i understood correctly and this is in fact what your saying there’s a number of reasons why i don’t agree with you.

First of all i think that the bible in itself is not aimed at alienating man from man and making people see themselves as things...I think the bible is aimed at reinforcing peoples belief in God and/or cultivating that belief...and i also think that the bible teaches us to stick together, instead of getting alienated from ourselves and others...In my opinion that is what it aims to teach anyways...I mean different people would interpret its teachings in different ways.

As for star signs I think you should read Lindas other books, love signs and star signs, because as linda always says in her books...any relationship between any star signs CAN work...the choice lies with the individuals, so she doesnt encourage people to look for a certain star sign that would be more suitable to them.

I think both Star Signs and the Bible are means that can be helpful for individuals to understand themselves on a spiritual emotional level...There are many who would say star signs stereotype people...but the study of star signs in itself does not do that, it is the people that have learnt about it that can use this knowledge to stereotype and some idividuals end up doing that...So from that point of view it is misleading to certain people only because of the way they interpret it and how they use it...There are those that forget that not all aries people are aggressive and not all scorpions are out to get them , but that is their own fault for misinterpreting what star signs teach, or reading about it from the wrong source...

Something else that is kinda in relation to what you said about star signs and the bible, is that, i mean from what i know anyways...christianity has always disagreed to star signs saying it is against the bible and against god and that the only reason people believe it is true is because people have a way of attributing the characteristics of their star sign simply due to having read about it. So, its basically saying that because certain people know their date of birth and their star sign and they read a lot about it and they want to fervently believe that they are like that they would pick up the qualities they read about...and consequently, due to this it would be easier for the devil to get to these people, who believe in star signs because they would've have picked up the weaknesses and virtues of the sign they read about, convincing themselves they are like that...so the devil would know exactly what their weaknesses are.

In my opinion that is silly because there are people, like say cancers who have never read about their star sign and dont believe in star signs and still have very similar personality traits to other cancers.