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Theology is the study of religion or things supernatural, not necessarily tied to a practice in any belief.
by jat850 10y ago
Theology is the study of religion or things supernatural, not necessarily tied to a practice in any belief.
- woodandsteel 10y agoNo, that is religious studies. Theologians all believe in god or other supernatural entities.
- jat850 10y agoThere's debate on the terminology, so I'll credit your first point. But there are atheists who also study theology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Avalos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Avalos is one such example.
- tbabb 10y agoHow can you study the properties of something you don't believe exists? Edit: People are downvoting this, but I genuinely want to know how "theology is the study of supernatural things" and "theology does not rely on belief in the supernatural" are not in complete contradiction.
- gcb0 10y agoif you truly want to understand the mind of who say they have any believes, read le noir et le rouge from stendhal. (might have the color in the wrong order). but that novel pretty much describe all my theological friends. as much as they cry in denial.
- all_usernames 10y agoYou've stumbled upon one of the most profound spiritual questions there is.
- omarchowdhury 10y agoHow is that a spiritual question? More skeptical.
- all_usernames 10y agoReligious faith from certain perspectives is something like: choosing to believe despite being unable to comprehend with your rational mind. That's the basic core of the inquiry, you start from there and see what happens.