tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post113809698662429963..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: tonight's discussion question is...Kevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-1138265198976900822006-01-26T17:46:00.000+09:002006-01-26T17:46:00.000+09:00Definitions are critical to scientific discourse, ...Definitions are critical to scientific discourse, but there's nothing scientific about religion. <BR/><BR/>Take Genesis, for starters... <BR/><BR/>Mutual understanding is impossible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-1138108302313590672006-01-24T22:11:00.000+09:002006-01-24T22:11:00.000+09:00oh my yahwehoh my yahwehAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-1138106929151969512006-01-24T21:48:00.000+09:002006-01-24T21:48:00.000+09:00No, but I would disagree that being religious woul...No, but I would disagree that being religious would necessarily cloud your judgment and make you unfit to study theology. It *might* cloud your judgment, but if that is the case, then it is most likely because you are not an academic type and would most likely not be fit to "do" theology anyway.<BR/><BR/>Also, the comparison to nationalism/history doesn't hold water if you think about--theology is the study of religion, but history is not the study of nationalism. A more apt comparison would be to say that being a part of history makes you a poor historian. What makes people poor historians is not that they are a part of history (as everyone inevitably is), it is that they fail to see beyond their own narrow perspective and see the larger picture. The same thing goes for theology: it is not one's religious beliefs that make one a poor theologian, it is the inability to see beyond them.<BR/><BR/>Non-religious people can be just as closed minded about theology as religious people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-1138099742690416832006-01-24T19:49:00.000+09:002006-01-24T19:49:00.000+09:00I would say no. In fact it would probably help to ...I would say no. In fact it would probably help to not be religious because it would cloud your judgement when trying to be impartial veiwing theology as a whole. Kind of like being nationalistic makes you a poor historian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-1138097774823852412006-01-24T19:16:00.000+09:002006-01-24T19:16:00.000+09:00Tonight's answer is...No.Tonight's answer is...<BR/><BR/>No.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com