[highball]

Third time I'll ask the question. Please answer it - it's actually very simple.

Is astrology science?

[Zavien Doombringer]

NO, astrology is a occultic, Astronomy is a science

[cornelis]

Behe answered it:

a scientific theory is a proposed explanation which focuses or points to physical, observable data and logical inferences. There are many things throughout the history of science which we now think to be incorrect which nonetheless would fit that -- which would fit that definition. Yes, astrology is in fact one

[ks_shooter]

Highball,

You are performing a clever rhetorical two-step by equivocating on the definition of "science". For a theory to be "scientific" it much only be testable by scientific methods, it doesn't have to be correct. When the mood suits you, you use the term "science" to only include theories that have been shown to be correct. This approach leads to a paradox in which no theory could be examined by science until it was first proved to be correct.

The theory that galactic gravitation forces influence our destinies is with near certainty WRONG, but it does fall within the realm of concepts that can be scientifically tested. In that sense astrology IS science. It is just extremely likely that it is a INCORRECT scientific explanation. Behe's only point is that it is not an INVALID scientific explanation, only a bad one.