"If Christianity is true, then the need for careful thinking on that matter--theology--necessarily follows. If it's not true, then the theology really doesn't matter at all: there's no good or evil, right or wrong, other than what we choose..."
Oof.
No. I think there are truths that don't depend on the truth of Catholicism. And I think St. Thomas is with me here.
I didn't think that's what I said. I was trying to make a case that theology as a merely social construct has no more value than any other statement of preference. I was trying to say, in fact, that theology is of fundamental importance as a science in the investigation of, and development of, the central truth-claims of Christianity. I hope I'm with Thomas there, too!
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branchandroot
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Date: 2005-03-22 10:53 pm (UTC)Oof.
No. I think there are truths that don't depend on the truth of Catholicism. And I think St. Thomas is with me here.
Have you been overdosing on Kierkegaard?
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Date: 2005-03-22 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-22 11:12 pm (UTC)