fr0d0 said:"Well the absolute (God) was at some point subject to the same train of reasoning. And your own worldview, if predicated by any concept of 'beginning' starts with not your own unique inquiry but an accepted theorem. How are they different?"
The difference lies in that to an extent, the scientific method can be proven or disproven. It is flexible and subject to change as new information becomes available, not as you claim your absolute (God) theory is. The problem is that you call God an absolute, when he can neither be proven not even in the most minimal way through conventional methods of research.
The fact that the base or foundation of the study of God is mythology and I daresay the creation of the imagination of the human mind based on fear and lack of knowledge of natural laws and scientific disciplines, disqualifies its assertions as scientific or absolute. As I have said before without starting with God your "train of reasoning" as you put it falls flat. Theology is simply speculation into the unknown and because it is subject to so much interpretation its foundation is weak.
Ten people can read the same text of scripture or focus on a particular topic in scripture and come out with ten different conclusions. I am sure that the church fathers which you revere so much have had many disagreements particularly on the attributes of God. My point is that there is no uniformity in the system of theology nor apologetics.
The difference lies in that to an extent, the scientific method can be proven or disproven. It is flexible and subject to change as new information becomes available, not as you claim your absolute (God) theory is. The problem is that you call God an absolute, when he can neither be proven not even in the most minimal way through conventional methods of research.
The fact that the base or foundation of the study of God is mythology and I daresay the creation of the imagination of the human mind based on fear and lack of knowledge of natural laws and scientific disciplines, disqualifies its assertions as scientific or absolute. As I have said before without starting with God your "train of reasoning" as you put it falls flat. Theology is simply speculation into the unknown and because it is subject to so much interpretation its foundation is weak.
Ten people can read the same text of scripture or focus on a particular topic in scripture and come out with ten different conclusions. I am sure that the church fathers which you revere so much have had many disagreements particularly on the attributes of God. My point is that there is no uniformity in the system of theology nor apologetics.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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