PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
In their lust to prove there's no God, atheists often invoke the existence of suffering. "What kind of deity," one asked me, "allows a child in Darfur to starve to death after seeing soldiers kill his mommy?" While I don't claim to have the authoritative answer to that accusation, I think it's worthwhile to consider the possibility that suffering is a gift God gives us in order to prod our evolution. On a personal level, your longing to escape your suffering is a primal force in making you smarter. On a collective level, nothing refines and ennobles us more than our passion to keep others from suffering. For every dead child in Darfur, 100 people in other places on the planet have responded with a radical commitment to create a world in which future Darfurs won't happen. These are worthy ideas for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. You will have a tremendous capacity to convert your old wounds, as well as the old wounds of others, into brilliant opportunities.In reply to the atheists' question, I'd suggest the kind of diety who wants us to grow the bloodyhell up and learn to handle our problems, or (better yet!) not cause so smegging many of them in the first place! We can't very well develop as a species if
something else goes and fixes everything
we ourselves screw up, now, can we?
Really this is an interesting horoscope to be getting after having watched eps 2-6 of Doctor Who. :-? The whole show is about this kind of thing, and I was just thinking what an excellent bunch of role models the Doctor and his various companions are. (I think Donna's shaping up to be my favourite, of the ones I've seen. Spitfire with a heart of gold--
and she's not a twig! ha!... Erm, sorry, it's just a little heartening to see such a great character sharing similar proportions with me. *blushes*)
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