![]() ![]() ![]() Regrettably, the most recent brouhaha over astrology adds little. These opponents have also relied on a small set of rhetorical moves or straw-man positions to “refute” astrology. Throughout the twentieth century opponents of astrology have displayed a remarkable doggedness, particularly in the face of the inefficacy of their efforts. Astrology must be, therefore, an intentional fraud perpetrated on a “gullible populace.” In the last century such attacks have regularly expressed shock and surprise that despite a rational, modern, scientific worldview, and despite the “experiments” that have shown astrology to be no more accurate than chance, people continue to believe in astrology. ![]() In 1586 Pope Sixtus V issued a Papal Bull condemning the practice and other divinatory arts. At the end of the fifteenth century Pico della Mirandola composed his Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem, which remains the most thorough-going critique of nearly every aspect of astrology. Augustine condemned astrology in his Confessions, because it encouraged sinful behavior by seemingly denying freewill and was no more accurate than chance. Efforts to attack and condemn astrology are not new. ![]()
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