Posted on 10/11/2002 11:44:44 AM PDT by jstone78
How popular is astrology?
Your belief in astrology is part of a popular trend. Are you the kind of person who sneaks a look at the daily horoscope when no one's looking? Who secretly buys an Astrology magazine when you're traveling by yourself? Who pretends you're just kidding when you ask what somebody's sign is? Do you roll your eyes when people start talking about charts and ascendants, retrogrades, and rising suns, but secretly hang on every word?
If you've done any of the above. Don't worry. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
There is this view in our culture that you are either an air head or mentally deficient if you have some belief that there is more to Astrology than a pick-up line in a bar.
But it's a view that is CONTRADICTED by every poll, statistic and fact about Americans and their relationship to Astrology . . .
9 out of 10 Americans know there sign. No big deal. Doesn't mean much.
But did you know . . .
that more people believe in Astrology than in any single religious denomination?
or that Astrology is the number one . . . the most popular area within the Lifestyles Channel of America Online!
or that a recent Gallup poll found that over 50% of Americans believe in Astrology. That's about 125 million people! And that's a cross section of all Americans . . . University presidents, CEO's, lawyers, teachers, mechanics, cooks, waitresses . . . all of us.
(Excerpt) Read more at astrologynow.com ...
bogus
No one is making medical predictions based on things that may happen in the future. Astrology was making predictions based on things that had not even been discovered - - - - and may not even be held to be true. Nice slam attempt.
"There's a sucker born every minute" ......David Hannum
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