RE: How to tell a real freethinker
April 9, 2013 at 7:12 pm
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2013 at 7:13 pm by Undeceived.)
Theology is an attempt to put the objective truths of this world into words. There can be human error. But if we modified doctrines for every new culture, trend and movement, there would be nothing left worth talking about. We'd have one giant ocean of opinions. It's actually remarkable how long Christianity has been preserved, how the Bible hasn't changed, and how every message in scripture is still relevant today. Like a pupil and a teacher, theology's quest is to learn what God has to say and change ourselves in response. If the pupil spent all his time critiquing his teacher, what would he know by the end of the class? A theologian admits he doesn't have all the answers, an atheist believes he does.