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/***** ea:net.religion / ssc-vax!david /  6:15 pm  Apr 25, 1984 */
A philosophy which denies miracles from the outset can never accept God.
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Would the reinterpretation of "miracles" to be "phenomena that follow natural
law that we just don't know much about" be acceptable?  My personal
philosophy has room for God(s), but only if they follow the laws of nature.
God is the everything - including all the natural laws and love and hate.

The mention of astrology in a derogatory tone next to the mention of miracles
in an approving tone seems somewhat contradictory to me.  Although I admit
the daily horoscope is off base, my experience with astrology is that there
is a lot of evidence to back it up.  There is often very little "scientific"
evidence supporting once-in-an-eon miracles.

As to how astrology can follow natural law,
I am working on the hypothesis that astrology works because of a tradition
that has been established over the years such that a soul chooses to incarnate
at the right time and place so that their chart will have meaning
corresponding to an individual's characteristics.  Thus there is no physical
connection between planets and personality, only a traditional connection.
Once you get around to it, you can learn alot about yourself by looking at
your chart.

Daniel LaLiberte,  U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science
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