Reply #49: I don't have to suggest anything. [View All]

[LWolf]

I'm not arguing for, or against, astrology here. My comments were about the followers of organized skepticism, which, in my observations, mirrors some of the structure of the faiths they love to ridicule.

It wouldn't matter if an astrologist suggested 10 weighty mechanisms, I doubt very much whether it would move the fundamentalist skeptic.

I say this, and I used to consider myself a skeptic. You know, someone who wanted to examine the facts, the history, the possible motivations behind any particular statement, idea, etc.. That was before I realized that there was an organized movement that seemed an uncomfortable reflection of the fundie religions I'd been exposed to. I dropped the "skeptic" label like a hot potato.

I'd suggest that perhaps it is the skeptic who needs to produce some absolutely definitive evidence that nothing beyond what can be discerned by human senses and tools exists.