Theologians are like philosophers: experts on the obvious and the unprovable.

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Theologians are like philosophers: experts on the obvious and the unprovable.

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ER

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7/23/2008 12:51:59 PM

In Reply to: NASA pioneer, Robert Jastrow, and his outlook beyond science. posted by Jacob on 7/23/2008 11:18:08 AM

OTOH, philosophers don't usually claim knowledge of God. Believing in the existence of a deity is not foolish, it might even be right. But believing you have intimate knowledge of God and his attributes is intellectual arrogance of the highest order.

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NASA pioneer, Robert Jastrow, and his outlook beyond science. - Jacob - 7/23/2008 11:18:08 AM
- That's nice - Socrates II - 7/24/2008 11:45:18 PM
  - re: That's nice. - I still have my old Astronomy book written by him and Malcolm H. Thomson. Great for the times! - Marcia - 7/25/2008 6:56:39 PM
- Theologians are like philosophers: experts on the obvious and the unprovable. - ER - 7/23/2008 12:51:59 PM
  - At least , philosophers have more freedom - Raoul - 7/23/2008 1:47:18 PM
    - "He now believes women are far more complex and devious in their sexual strategies than he had imagined." - ER - 7/23/2008 6:32:36 PM
      - A physical extension. - Bowser - 7/23/2008 8:31:53 PM
        A male extension. - ER - 7/24/2008 3:39:53 AM
        re:Jeannie Longo - Raoul - 7/24/2008 10:07:20 AM
        
        Pardon me........ - Lindy - 7/24/2008 9:38:32 AM

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