What value do you see in studying theology in concerns to Christianity?

[EgoDeath]

The problem is I don't have the time in the world to read about everything I enjoy and ultimately studying theology is meaningless to me beyond the joy of studying. The theologian's God is at best superfluous and, because of limited lifespan, would rather spend the time studying things that make me more and more knowledgeable about the way the world works or about important events that have occurred in the history of this universe.

I am inclined to agree. The time I could spend studying theology could also be spent studying a language which I could actually go use if I travel somewhere where the language is spoken. Or I could learn how to make a new dish, or read a good book. If I truly have some free time that I could throw away I'd like to maybe take an online course, for curiosity's sake. Beyond that, I agree, there are much more useful things one can study.

Theology is not a thing to study in itself.
Ist more a mix of history, philosophy and psychology.

Interesting take.

So one might be better served to study the history of the world in biblical times? Or what?

If you're going to talk about Christianity on the Internet, it makes sense to know what you're talking about.

Studying theology would prevent silly errors like "all Christians believe in an angry man in the sky."

If you don't want to discuss Christianity on the Internet, and don't care about the subject, there's not much reason to study it.

I don't think I've seen one person on this website make the aforementioned claim about what Christians believe.

That being said, as others have mentioned, one doesn't have to have a theology degree to know what a belief in Christianity entails.

Once again, Bel, you've typed a bit of text without actually saying a whole lot. Seems to be a talent of yours.

If you want to understand, one of the prevalent and perhaps bizarre features of human existence, religion, beliefs in the sacred, that understanding the nature of the thoughts that go into religion would be pretty important to grasping it.

The alternative is silly conclusions like religions were just quasi science. Or that people in the past were some kind of mutants, with very little relationship to us now.

So, you're saying, definitively, that religion was not used as a way to understand the world around them, in a scientific way? I'd really like to see what you have to back that up.

Also, I've never heard someone claim that people in "the past were some kind of mutants, with very little relationship to us now."

Science for the most part probably will give you  decent perspective of how reality is outside of yourself, theology will cast the mirror unto yourself, a peering inward.

It’s a study in humanness, the meaning of men becoming divine, perfected, made whole, and incomplete.

If one wanted to "peer inward," why not study psychology? How do you figure that theology is a more effective way to peer inward?

And what men have become divine? What evidence do you have for such divinity?