Why “Theology” is being discussed
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Your statements here reflect a fairly typical reductive understanding of not only mystical states, but entire other areas of empirical science that you apparently don’t understa…
by svnt · Oct 6, 2026
for the agent, you might find a successful theology around “you are mortal, death is the off switch, it is real and final, death is the wages of sin”
by cobbzilla · Oct 5, 2026
Correlation is not causation. Scribes and clergy preserved knowledge because they held the monopoly on literacy and surplus calories, not because dogma inherently breeds empiric…
by soltanov · Oct 5, 2026
Are they “scholars” or religious leaders? Those are two different things and have very different implications. Most religious leaders are political figures. Real scholars typica…
by ozgung · Oct 5, 2026
I could see it starting a new religion, with the theology being "AI is God" or some such. It could write a "scripture" for that, and believers would read it and believe it. But…
by AnimalMuppet · Oct 4, 2026
My Christian theology is not that strong but yes I believe so. So yes Thiel isn't really helping his case much here, maybe he actually is the antichrist
by ifwinterco · Oct 4, 2026
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Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity and the history behind religion. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the supernatural, but also deals with religious epistemology; moreover, it asks and seeks to answer the question of revelation, which pertains to the acceptance of deities, as not only transcendent or above the natural world, but also willing and able to interact with the natural world and to reveal themselves to humankind. Read more on Wikipedia