Re: religious thories
Originally posted by the welsh one
post them hereif jesus was god in human form hten was hitler the devil in human form
This should probably be closed. It seems ridiculously vague. Post religious theories?!
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religious theories? impossible.
theories are based upon facts. correct or incorrect, they all begin as speculation of circumstances surrounding facts....based upon other facts. Since religion does not deal in fact, it deals in faith or belief (which by definition are not fact) it is impossible to have a religious theory.
most religions center around a diety. To theorize anything could ever be attributed to this diety, one must first prove the existence of this deity. Once proven to exist, this fact is taken into consideration of other facts to arrive at a cause-effect relationship. that would be a theory, correct or incorrect.
Originally posted by Evil Dead
religious theories? impossible.theories are based upon facts. correct or incorrect, they all begin as speculation of circumstances surrounding facts....based upon other facts. Since religion does not deal in fact, it deals in faith or belief (which by definition are not fact) it is impossible to have a religious theory.
most religions center around a diety. To theorize anything could ever be attributed to this diety, one must first prove the existence of this deity. Once proven to exist, this fact is taken into consideration of other facts to arrive at a cause-effect relationship. that would be a theory, correct or incorrect.
Bob the Omni-Squid is not pleased with your answer.
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Someone told me that if I don't believe in the devil then I don't believe in the Judeo Christian God because i would be disregarding parts of the word of god. Since I'm their friend, I didn't have the heart to tell them that since i'm an atheist it doesn't matter to me.... 💃 😇 💃
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if hitler was the devil, wouldn't that have made him the antichrist?
Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
Wouldn't Theology count as Religious Theories? By that I mean that if theories are base on fact....well, why did Buddha sat on a particular tree and meditated? What really happen to Mohammed during his journey into the night? and so on....
"Theory" is a broad term. Most religious theories would not qualify as scientific theories (which you alluded to by mentioning the need for facts) because many involve faith, don't follow a testable method for attempting to prove their beliefs, and don't always have facts to support their beliefs. Some do, though most are woefully missing. "Proof" of Jesus' life, for example (though also sketchy at best) doesn't = proof in the entirety of Christian theology...a massive leap of logic occurs, even if (a big if) they are able to justify the life of their central figure. The stories that you mentioned would be similar examples.
Buddhism might come closer to an accepted theory, because its proponents are fond of saying you can acheive their belief system through logic and reason. I'd still question it heavily, but at least they attempt to work from rational means.
Originally posted by debbiejo
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Originally posted by Jbill311
Someone told me that if I don't believe in the devil then I don't believe in the Judeo Christian God because i would be disregarding parts of the word of god. Since I'm their friend, I didn't have the heart to tell them that since i'm an atheist it doesn't matter to me....
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Nice.
You can believe whatever you want though. And don't be afraid to share your beliefs (or non-beliefs) with them if it comes up.
Originally posted by WrathfulDwarfIsn't Theological school the study of religion(s)? Just a study of it? And Seminary Schools are also a study of it, but with a more denomination based bias. I believe a better study would be one of an Anthropology study. They should be taught intertwined. That way a student would get the WHOLE picture of what is being conveyed in the Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and time periods of what the semantics, idea substances, ideologies, and form references being spoken of in scripture.
Wouldn't Theology count as Religious Theories?
Originally posted by debbiejo
Are all Theories based on facts? I always thought of theories as just non fact but speculations.
Again, I think we're mixing definitions.
In a scientific sense, a theory can be unsupported by facts. But if it isn't quickly justified with empirical findings, it is thrown out. Religions cling to it regardless of evidence (or in spite of evidence against it).