Re: Theology

Article View: aus.science

Article #937

#937

From: DonH
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:36

23 lines
1836 bytes

"Geoff Lock" <glock@home> wrote in message 
news:4e016df2$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> On 21/06/2011 4:32 AM, DonH wrote:
>> Is theology a science?
>
> I thought science meant that results can be replicated.
>
>>    Or, only in the broad sense of a systematic study, a discourse; not in 
>> the
>> empirical, secular, sense, of going by observed facts?
>
> Sounds like it.
>
>>    Can it match, eg., climatology, or meteorology?
>
> Don't think so
>
>>    Theology, "the study of God", has God's existence as axiomatic?
>
> I dunno

# Those who postulate a God Hypothesis have a duty to provide some empirical 
proof.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <7DqMp.7206$CS3.3372@viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!feeder.erje.net!goblin1!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!exi-transit.telstra.net!exi-in1.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!61.9.128.156.MISMATCH!viwinnwcl01.internal.bigpond.com!viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail

References: <LmMLp.7017$aH5.910@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com> <4e016df2$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Thread: db42311052,82a1de0580d440b5
X-Google-Attributes: giddb42311052,public,usenet
X-Google-NewGroupId: yes
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!feeder.erje.net!goblin1!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!exi-transit.telstra.net!exi-in1.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!61.9.128.156.MISMATCH!viwinnwcl01.internal.bigpond.com!viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail
From: "DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com>
Newsgroups: aus.science
References: <LmMLp.7017$aH5.910@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com> <4e016df2$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>
Subject: Re: Theology
Lines: 25
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931
X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994
Message-ID: <7DqMp.7206$CS3.3372@viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:36:52 +1000
NNTP-Posting-Host: 60.230.2.5
X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au
X-Trace: viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com 1308767811 60.230.2.5 (Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:36:51 EST)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:36:51 EST
Organization: BigPond

Reply to Parent Message