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Atheists & Agnostics

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

3. Theology

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:19 PM

May 2012

I'm always amazed to hear theology defended by people who tell me theologians spend years studying the material and that there are doctorate degrees offered in it.

Frankly, so what? You can say the same for astrology. Neither field of study has added any knowledge to our understanding that could be independently verified. Doesn't matter how many years you study it.

So yes, stupid, or as I would prefer to call it 'silly'.

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Say theology is stupid, get called a bigot. [View all] Odin2005 May 2012 OP

But that's only Bad Theology! Good Theology is A-OK! onager May 2012 #1

nicely done. darkstar3 May 2012 #2

Theology Ron Obvious May 2012 #3

Some of our best and most accurate ancient dates come from astrologers. dimbear May 2012 #4

Fair enough Ron Obvious May 2012 #7

Chemistry...but only sort of laconicsax May 2012 #10

My usual weird and irrelevant trivia... onager May 2012 #12

Probably nothing to do with the general burning of scientific texts under Theodosius. dimbear May 2012 #13

What happened to the observatories? Let's ask Hypatia... oh, wait. nt Act_of_Reparation May 2012 #16

In all fairness a decent theologian has to be at least ostensibly well-educated Act_of_Reparation May 2012 #5

While this may get hidden, this image speaks to that contingent. laconicsax May 2012 #6

Oh piffle, everyone knows the rainbow is supposed to be coming from the unicorn's butt.. Fumesucker May 2012 #14

Don't forget his majik ability to get even ugly people laid! BiggJawn May 2012 #18

Theology Ron Obvious May 2012 #8

Actually theologists education may have been extended intaglio May 2012 #11

Namecalling is stupid. It validates the other side's namecalling, and they're better at it. saras May 2012 #9

Everyone knows that bigotry is intolerance of specific academic fields. n/t laconicsax May 2012 #15

Apparently the theologist does not know the definintion of bigot..nt and-justice-for-all May 2012 #17

Yeah, I got called a bigot the other day. BiggJawn May 2012 #19