Comment on If God is all powerful and created human. How come God in endowed with human emotions? Shouldn't he or she be beyond that?

• Glide@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Theology is not a belief in God. It is a study of the belief in God, the connection between humankind and the possibility of God, and the philosophies grounded in religious doctrine. Saying that trying to understand theology is a waste of time is the same as saying that trying to understand any social science is a waste of time.

  You may dismiss the beliefs as “all made up”, but their impact on our world is very real. Is studying politics a waste of time because it’s “all made up”? Or are the arbitrary thoughts and feelings on how the world should be run suddenly more important because we’ve removed a belief that you personally disagree with?

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Most theology is faith based and serves the purpose of dogmatically justifying and legitimising the religion in question. And all too often cover up the abuses. Of course I’m aware that there is also theology that follows a more scientific approach but if you do by the number of practitioners, that’s surely a pretty small minority.

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• Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Trying to understand theology is a waste of time because it’s all made up.

  Made up, sure, but still very useful to understand because so many people believe it.

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• starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Trying to understand fictional media is a waste of time because it’s all made up.

  Trying to understand linguistics is a waste of time because it’s all made up.

  Trying to understand the economy is a waste of time because it’s all made up.

  Hey wait this sounds like anti-intellectualism

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I made no such claim so I’m not going to bother trying to argue against your stupid strawman.

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    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      What is it about theology that makes it worth less to analyze than something like fiction, or linguistics?

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Ehh, I’m gonna push back and say that, as a lifelong atheist, I have greatly enjoyed reading books on Jesus and the early church. But I’m also a history nerd, so I enjoy stuff from other times already.

  Religion is still dumb and makes people hate each other but the books are entertaining regardless.

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Sure. There is value in studying religion in the context of history, sociology or philosophy. But to me that is distinct from theology.

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