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11. Actually theologists education may have been extended
Fri May 4, 2012, 01:12 AM
May 2012

but that does not mean "well educated". Some will know Greek and Latin as some documents they are interested in will be in those languages and fewer will know Aramaic or Hebrew, but theology does not require such study; similar strictures apply to the historical knowledge they profess because they have no need of such knowledge. Theology is concerned only with the "nature of God" (or gods, there are other theologies than Abrahamic ones).

Other things they do not have to study are Philosophy, Ethics, Maths and Cosmology and those have far more bearing on the nature of deity than dead languages.

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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
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