Additionally, the stars and moon actually exist.
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2025
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A belief system that makes claims which are demonstrably untrue is susceptible to being used to oppress people (or elevate them unnecessarily).
Astrology is bunk. Yes I am fun at parties.
One could argue that they lift people up, since there's a slight canceling of the effect of Earth's gravity when they're over head. Conversely, the opposite is true when they're on the other side of the planet.
If the moon doesn't oppress women, then why is the menstrual cycle the same length as the lunar cycle?
Checkmate, ~~atheists~~ astrologists!
there's one star that is oppressing albino women and gays though
Sorry to go all Godwin's law, but astrology can and has been used as a tool of oppression. Nazi Germany had a state-sponsored astrologer, Karl Ernst Krafft, appointed by Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess and Chief Propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Krafft was employed to write astrological propaganda that justified anti-semitism on the basis of celestial events. He was also tasked with using astrological observations to predict threats to the Führer Adolf Hitler and offer military advice.
Ultimately, it's not the stars and Moon that do the oppression, just whoever is in charge of divining their meaning, which is also pretty much how religious oppression works.
Religion, as in faith in God, doesn't oppress anyone. Religion, the institution, oppresses people. If astrology had a comparable institution, it would absolutely oppress people.
Faith oppresses the believer himself because it requires a willingness to believe in things without proof. It's like saying AIDS doesn't kill people because it merely weakens their immune system. Astrology believers are primed to believe anything, and often get scammed by their astrologers.
It's like saying AIDS doesn't kill people because it merely weakens their immune system.
Which is accurate. It's the infection or cancer that kills you, like the priest or the astrologer oppresses you. The belief might make you more susceptible to oppression, but it's not what's oppressing you.
Nancy Reagan had an astrologer.
Nancy Reagan has an astrologer.
Does he pack a shovel if she calls him?
Changed my verb tense. :)
It's almost as if certain types of people want to be assholes but want an irrefutable entity to say it's okay.
Never trust someone else's imaginary friend over one's own.
Here's a thought: go one further. Kill all gods & masters.
We will only be free when the last monarch is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Repair world hunger with a woodchipper & fertilizer tumbler... Yeet The Rich.
Eh not giving up my kinks, but everyone needs to have the right to say no or it's not fun.
(sorry, the homebrewed anamist theism is too fun right now, and i got a puppy boy that's counting on me so... upvotes for thoroughness and enthusiasm)
Given the chance, Saturn would remove women's right to vote.
Typical Saturn energy.
Dammit Saturn I thought you were cool