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Chapter 4 Part 2 |
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Continued from part 1...
The chain of custody of the Earth, of the dust or atoms of
the Earth, from subatomic forces to whole human beings and
their sundry conditions, the unbroken chain of incarnation
as it were, here on Earth where flesh begets flesh, spirit
begets spirit, mans chain is interlinked by Earth's memory
beginning at Adam & Eve, through the end of the human race.
The elemental building blocks of today are yet tied to the
building blocks of yesterdays, and harbingers of tomorrows
to the end of Time (child of Earth & Starry Heaven). Oppor-
tunity for mans temptation occurs over Time whose angel is
Satan. Isn't it interesting that the diatonic color Indigo
is oft-omitted by modern science--the very chroma of Satan-
superior in the zodiac! Perhaps our collective aversion to
Satan encourages us to deny Satan's benefic force to Earth,
which is the World Capricorn, Time in the World, Time that
we use to do good and evil, and thereby accumulate "karma".
When we think of atoms, we think of "impelling" influences,
spirit, which is effectively "fixed"--adhering to the laws
of the universe so perfectly that an atom of carbon for ex-
ample is identical as a basic unit throughout the universe.
How can we know this when we're confined to this planet in
this solar system? Our confidence in the law is infallible.
It's the reproducibility of experimentation that makes men
confident in the laws of the universe, ergo that's science.
Thus the participation of men in science gives it veracity.
By observing and analyzing the electromagnetic spectrum of
starlight reaching Earth from millions of distant suns, we
find that various spectral classifications of common stars
share most characteristics which make them distinguishable
from other stars thus the repeatability of nuclear physics
is witnessed by stellar radiation across billions of light-
years to Earth's firmament. Thus the Psalmist David writes:
"caeli enarrant gloriam Dei
the heavens they are relating the glory of the Gods,
et opera manuum eius adnuntiat
and the works by the hands of him they are announced
firmamentum" --Psa 19:1 (Vulg. 18-2)
on the firmament.
Remember that Earth's firmament is where men walk on terra
firma, or sail on the waters, or fly in Earth's skies. Man
sends unmanned instruments into outer space, but man NEVER
leaves Earth's inner space, being confined to about 250 to
300 miles above sea level to wit, as in the space shuttles.
Bottom line is Earth's heavenly firmament is right here on
Earth, not somewhere deep in outer space. The announcement
of God's universal works is radiated spherically in all di-
rections from each sun thereof, which radiation is carried
all the way to us--and to every other solar system--across
lightyears unobstructed thru the near-vacuum of deep space.
End Comments Chapter 4 Part 2.
See Part 3 for continuation...
Daniel Joseph Min
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06 Mar 2004 01:49:56 AM |
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Minski <minski@absolute.now> wrote in message news:<1W42WL8738046.1983217593@Gilgamesh-Frog.org>...
Astrologers fail to predict proof they are wrong
(Filed: 17/08/2003)
Good news for rational, level-headed Virgoans everywhere: just as you
might have predicted, scientists have found astrology to be rubbish,
writes Science Correspondent Robert Matthews.
Good news for rational, level-headed Virgoans everywhere: just as you
might have predicted, scientists have found astrology to be rubbish.
Its central claim - that our human characteristics are moulded by the
influence of the Sun, Moon and planets at the time of our birth -
appears to have been debunked once and for all and beyond doubt by the
most thorough scientific study ever made into it.
For several decades, researchers tracked more than 2,000 people - most
of them born within minutes of each other. According to astrology, the
subject should have had very similar traits.
The babies were originally recruited as part of a medical study begun
in London in 1958 into how the circumstances of birth can affect
future health. More than 2,000 babies born in early March that year
were registered and their development monitored at regular intervals.
Researchers looked at more than 100 different characteristics,
including occupation, anxiety levels, marital status, aggressiveness,
sociability, IQ levels and ability in art, sport, mathematics and
reading - all of which astrologers claim can be gauged from birth
charts.
The scientists failed to find any evidence of similarities between the
"time twins", however. They reported in the current issue of the
Journal of Consciousness Studies: "The test conditions could hardly
have been more conducive to success . . . but the results are
uniformly negative."
Analysis of the research was carried out by Geoffrey Dean, a scientist
and former astrologer based in Perth, Australia, and Ivan Kelly, a
psychologist at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Dr Dean said the results undermined the claims of astrologers, who
typically work with birth data far less precise than that used in the
study. "They sometimes argue that times of birth just a minute apart
can make all the difference by altering what they call the 'house
cusps'," he said. "But in their work, they are happy to take whatever
time they can get from a client."
The findings caused alarm and anger in astrological circles yesterday.
Roy Gillett, the president of the Astrological Association of Great
Britain, said the study's findings should be treated "with extreme
caution" and accused Dr Dean of seeking to "discredit astrology".
Frank McGillion, a consultant to the Southampton-based Research Group
for the Critical Study of Astrology, said of the newly published work:
"It is simplistic and highly selective and does not cover all of the
research." He added that he would lodge a complaint with the editors
of the journal.
Astrologers have for centuries claimed to be able to extract deep
insights into the personality and destiny of people using nothing more
than the details of the time and place of birth.
Astrology has been growing in popularity. Surveys suggest that a
majority of people in Britain believe in it, compared with only 13 per
cent 50 years ago. The Association of Professional Astrologers claims
that 80 per cent of Britons read star columns, and psychological
studies have found that 60 per cent regularly read their horoscopes.
Despite the scepticism of scientists, astrology has grown to be a huge
worldwide business, spawning thousands of telephone lines, internet
sites and horoscope columns in newspapers and magazines.
It seems that no sector of society is immune to its attraction. A
recent survey found that a third of science students subscribed to
some aspects of astrology, while some supposedly hard-headed
businessmen now support a thriving market in "financial astrology" -
paying for predictions of trends such as the rise and fall of the
stock market. Astrology supplements have been known to increase
newspaper circulation figures and papers are prepared to pay huge sums
to the most popular stargazers.
Some of the most popular figures in the field, such as Russell Grant,
Mystic Meg and Shelley von Strunckel, can earn £600,000 or more a
year.
A single profitable astrology website can be worth as much as £50
million.
When the Daily Mail discovered that its expert on the zodiac, Jonathan
Cainer, was about to leave the newspaper in 1999, it reportedly
offered him a £1 million salary and a £1 million bonus to stay. He
still preferred the offer at the Daily Express: no salary but all the
money from his telephone lines.
The time-twins study is only the start of the bad news for
astrologers, however. Dr Dean and Prof Kelly also sought to determine
whether stargazers could match a birth chart to the personality
profile of a person among a random selection.
They reviewed the evidence from more than 40 studies involving over
700 astrologers, but found the results turned out no better than
guesswork.
The success rate did not improve even when astrologers were given all
the information they asked for and were confident they had made the
right choice.
Dr Dean said the consistency of the findings weighed heavily against
astrology.
"It has no acceptable mechanism, its principles are invalid and it has
failed hundreds of tests," he said. "But no hint of these problems
will be found in astrology books which, in effect, are exercises in
deception."
Dr Dean is ready for a torrent of criticism. He said: "I'm probably
the most hated person in astrology because I'm regarded as a
turncoat."
From The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/08/17/nstars17.xml
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