{"id":7174,"date":"2012-10-20T11:06:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T16:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=7174"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:48:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:48:41","slug":"astrology-is-malarkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2012\/10\/20\/astrology-is-malarkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrology Is Malarkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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When it comes to astrology, I\u2019m with Fred<\/a>: it\u2019s hooey<\/strong>. When it comes to Patheos\u2019s commitment to pluralism, and thus to an Astrology Channel<\/a>, I\u2019m also with Fred:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposed mechanism is all out of proportion with the described effects,\u201d vorjack says of astrology. And I agree.<\/p>\n

The impetus for that post was the introduction of Patheos\u2019 new Astrology channel.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a fan of astrology. I do not believe in it \u2014 do not believe it is true or helpful.<\/strong> As such I regard it with suspicion as a vehicle for hucksters.<\/p>\n

But then I\u2019m a Christian \u2014 an American evangelical Christian. So I\u2019m not in any position to dismiss a belief system just because it may have been exploited by disingenuous hucksters over the years.<\/p>\n

Plus I admire Patheos\u2019 commitment to genuine, robust religious and spiritual pluralism. And that means celebrating such pluralism in the particular as well as in the abstract. More voices and more perspectives is a Good Thing, even when that means, by definition, more voices and more perspectives with which I disagree.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest at Slacktivist:\u00a0Your fate is not written in the stars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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