(March 9, 2013 at 5:20 am)whateverist Wrote:(March 4, 2013 at 11:28 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Having good theology is an integral part of assessing the validity of the Christian faith.
Surely you don't mean an agnostic atheist needs to cultivate a competent theology in order to assess the validity of the Christian faith. As someone who is first and foremost agnostic what need do I have for any theological training? A gnostic atheist presumably does need some such basis in order to reach and defend the position he has taken. But as someone who has never been much intrigued by talk of gods I haven't the same need. I have no dog in this fight. I'll leave the assessment of the Christian faith's validity to those who are interested.
Why learn about what Christianity actually teaches when you can just cut and paste atheist apologetics? Saves time, maybe in the time that you save you can learn enough science to get an upper middle class lifestyle. Then you can know for sure that science has proved that God does not exist, because it got you a good job and you have the atheist apologetics to prove that someone out there already did the hard stuff of struggling with what Christian doctrine actually teaches about the world.
Who needs truth when you can make $100,000?
