At its root, theology is a subject with no content, as there isn’t an unambiguous referent. The word means ‘thinking about God’, but there is no commonly accepted definition of what God is. So, what precisely are you meant to be thinking about?
Dendrology - we all agree what trees are.
Seismology - no one seems to get in a tizzy over the definition of an earthquake.
Proctology - unless you’ve led a remarkably sheltered life, everyone has seen an arsehole.
And so on. All the other -ologies seem to have a readily agreed upon subject, but no two schools of thought seem able to settle anything about God - what it does, where it is, what it wants, and so on.
Boru
Dendrology - we all agree what trees are.
Seismology - no one seems to get in a tizzy over the definition of an earthquake.
Proctology - unless you’ve led a remarkably sheltered life, everyone has seen an arsehole.
And so on. All the other -ologies seem to have a readily agreed upon subject, but no two schools of thought seem able to settle anything about God - what it does, where it is, what it wants, and so on.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
