Statistical Reasoning

[TagliatelliMonster]

They offer a Ph.D. in theology.

That doesn't make it a science.

Maybe you have not examined
the bachelor of science in academic theology curriculum.

I googled it and didn't find anything.
Closest match was a course at the university of leuven called:
"Bachelor in Theology and Religious studies"
and
"Master in Theology and Religious studies".

 

[James2028]

I am amazing at the level of ignorance
of bible canonization, bible doctrine
and higher education.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

(mostly on forums, by somebody called makahiya).

Yeah, this guy is definitely "Makahiya." Many of the thread posts are a spitting image of the stuff he's spouting here. And (wouldn't you know?) they even questioned him, asked for sources and gave him no credit on those other Christian-specific forums. And his replies were pretty much the same. Just a bunch of evidence that his words have no actual support/substance.

 

[Howard Is]

I am amazing at the level of ignorance
of bible canonization, bible doctrine
and higher education.

I think it’s a very encouraging sign.
The God-on-a-stick people got way more attention than they deserved.

 

[exchemist]

When will you learn to not get suckered into taking things too seriously?


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Relax, I was composing poetry, in response to that of "James".

I have an idea who this might be.

 

[Polymath257]

They offer a Ph.D. in theology.

Maybe you have not examined
the bachelor of science in academic theology curriculum.

So? You can get a PhD in many subjects that are not science. And saying something is a bachelor of science is a medieval carryover and not particularly relevant to classification of a subject as a science.

In particular, philosophy, even if it is under an 'Arts and Sciences' classification, is NOT a science. And theology is even less so.

 

[Polymath257]

I am amazing at the level of ignorance
of bible canonization, bible doctrine
and higher education.

And I am amazed that anyone cares (except, again, as a historical curiosity).

 

[`mud]

It's not the pages, or the stories, but, who made the cover ?

 

[`mud]

Who gathered the vignettes, who sorted and labeled them,
who interviewed all those people, and wrote the testaments ?

Ahhh...the dreamer's imaginations....they will survive for years.

 

[James2028]

Apologetics - the evidence of the
Christian faith

Hermeneutics - the science of the
interpretation of scripture

Homiletics - the science of sermon
preparation and delivery

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[Guitar's Cry]

Apologetics - the evidence of the Christian faith

So it's not just Christians coming up with excuses for some of the mistakes of the past?

 

[James2028]

Thank you for your involvement
in this research project.

40+ forums
180+ threads
100,000+ readers

Acts 1:3 To whom also he showed
himself alive after his passion
by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty days,
and speaking of the things
pertaining to the kingdom
of God:

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[Polymath257]

Apologetics - the evidence of the
Christian faith

That 'Christian faith' exists? trivial: look around you. That it is *correct*? Almost certainly false: look around you.

Hermeneutics - the science of the
interpretation of scripture

Not a science at all. More of an example of 'seeing what you want to believe'.

Homiletics - the science of sermon
preparation and delivery
.

Again, not a science at all. At best it is an art. When at its best, it can use a bit of psychology (which is closer to being a science, but still has work to do).

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

Thank you for your involvement
in this research project.

40+ forums
180+ threads
100,000+ readers

Acts 1:3 To whom also he showed
himself alive after his passion
by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty days,
and speaking of the things
pertaining to the kingdom
of God:

.

I know you'd like to pretend you pulled a fast one on us, but from the tone and content of your posts, the fact that you have done this same thing all over the internet (apparently, and by your own admission) I fear that is not, at all, what has happened here. Just ask yourself what you actually accomplished. What can you point to that all of this "work" has led to?

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

I am amazing at the level of ignorance
of bible canonization, bible doctrine
and higher education.

I'm amazed that you can't recognize something incredibly simple. Whatever "books" or "writings" or "scripture" you're talking about, in every single case, all around the world, everywhere and throughout all human history -- has been written, by humans. There is nothing, anywhere, to suggest that any of the words you worship, come from anything other than a human mind.

And you further miss that "canonization" is merely an act of choice by other humans -- which of the things they've received from previous humans they have will be considered to be "right" (or "canonical") and which have not.

You have further missed that all of this has been accomplished amidst much argument -- up to and including bloodshed -- by humans who have not agreed with one another.

Worse, you have missed the fact that everything that has been considered "canonical" by many humans has not been considered canonical by other humans. It's all OPINION.

And "higher education," when it does not disregard insubstantiable beliefs, isn't worth the diploma.

 

[QuestioningMind]

Maybe you should contact Oxford,
Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and Princeton
and let them know.

They already do... that's why they don't teach theology as part of the science curriculum.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

I am amazing at the level of ignorance
of bible canonization, bible doctrine
and higher education.

For a guy who claims 25 years of postdoc experience, you really have extremely poor grammatical and formatting skills, even for a theologian. It's almost as if you are lying about your credentials, or propping them way up.

Almost.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Thank you for your involvement
in this research project.

40+ forums
180+ threads
100,000+ readers

Acts 1:3 To whom also he showed
himself alive after his passion
by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty days,
and speaking of the things
pertaining to the kingdom
of God:

.

ya, you're soooo legit.

 

[`mud]

REALLY !!

 

[James2028]

The "Original Only" theorists
become embarrassed and unresponsive.

The "KJV Only" theorists
become jealous and closed minded.

Atheists are reprobate and dishonest.

Agnostics are slow of heart to believe.

Catholics are superstitious and give
precedence to Codex Vaticanus.

Unitarians can't find true wider hope.

The infinite universe theoretical physicists
believe man will continue to expand
throughout the entire universe
and evolve towards everlasting life
or at least a conscious particle of reality.


All I said was the Purified Text Theory
produces the truest Sola Scriptura Theology with 100% probability, mathematically.

The twenty five years postdoctoral
Ed.D. research was exhaustive.
The results are conclusive
and categorical in the
manuscript evidence, bible canonization,
bible doctrine, church history,
the development of higher education,
the organization of nations,
billions of bible and
computational linguistics.