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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Please read posts before before interjecting your anti-religious bent. Heck, I'm arguing your side that theological degrees are useless in these areas and that people who claim to be authorities on scientific matters hiding behind a doctorate in front of their name should be made to indicate what their credentials really represent.
BTW, every Ivy League school in the United States has religious studies doctorates. Harvard even has a divinity school. You seem to misunderstand the difference between a disapassionate/objective study of religion and theology in general versus that of ministering, prosetylizing, or apologetics. Theological degrees however, have their own merit as you fail to recognize that religion, culture, society, politics, and history are intertwined and you can't study those things without understanding the theological basis of those religious which have been a fundamental force of influence in civilization.
I'm just saying a guy with a theology degree should not be posing as an authority on matters of science to his captive audience without informing them of that fact. It's decieving and unethical. It's like getting a botonist to explain the engineering in your car.
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well dog if you read MY post youll find I wasnt bashing you either...I was simply commenting in the same vein as you were. This is after all a "message board"..there is no possible way to read facial expressions.