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Originally posted by Eisenschwarz:
quote:
Originally posted by Yorick:
Theology IS a science.
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Theology is not science because science is based upon pancritical rationality, Which is a way of thinking that is free of external domination (for example that of a deity & associated Dogma), always regards all assumptions and all results as in principle open to criticism and does not cling stubbornly and dogmatically to any thesis.
The Sphere of theology is founded upon and promulgates dogma, and doubt is acknowledged only as a challenge to be overcome by faith.
Whereas doubt about the correctness of any assumptions and any affirmations forms an essential part of science, i.e. pancritically rational thought.[/QUOTE]
sci·ence
1 :
the state of knowing : knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding
2 a : a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study (
the science of theology)
b : something (as a sport or technique) that may be studied or learned like systematized knowledge (have it down to a science)
3 a : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method
b : such knowledge or such a system of knowledge concerned with the physical world and its phenomena : NATURAL SCIENCE
4 : a system or method reconciling practical ends with scientific laws (culinary science)
5 capitalized : CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
[ 01-25-2003, 11:40 PM: Message edited by: Yorick ]