(July 20, 2009 at 7:32 am)fr0d0 Wrote:(July 20, 2009 at 5:48 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: I'm saying I'm not at all bothered with it until I have a reason to believe.
You continually ask questions of a theological nature.
So asking for evidence for theology having any support in the first place is a theological question eh? Bloody hell! I didn't know that!
(July 20, 2009 at 7:44 pm)Demonaura Wrote: Here is an aspect of theology I don't think has come up. While I agree that theology cannot advance our species in any real way (due mainly to the lack of evidence that any deities even exist) I contend that knowing existing theology, keeping up with it and understanding it can be a strong field of study.
I say this for the same reason that I think the study of the bible is important during a language class. In the same way that the bible has influenced our language theology has influenced the growth of our society. Whether for good or bad it is a part of our history and society.
That sounds to me more like studying the (what I believe to be a non-subject) subject of theology itself. Not theology as a subject of study - which itself as you rightly say, has nothing to offer. Well as far as I know I mean! (I'm not being absolutist here) - Until I know of any evidence that it itself does have anything to offer I shall continue to believe that it doesn't.
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