All theology is made up. It’s all frameworks to explain/communicate things we can’t explain/communicate otherwise.
The question: is this theology true? Is irrelevant. The more important question: is this theology moving us toward a healthier version of ourselves? is helpful.
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The question: is this theology true? Is irrelevant. The more important question: is this theology moving us toward a healthier version of ourselves? is helpful.
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“True” when it comes to theology can be reduced to “that which the most powerful have agreed upon.” Not necessarily that which is verifiable, fact or reality. Because nobody can prove that the Canaanite god El is ≠ than the Israelite Elohim, or the same as the Christian God.
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Theology evolves. The more information we have about humanity and cosmology; the more theology changes. While some frameworks were adequate for ancient people, and led them toward a healthier version of themselves; they are rather inadequate today, and toxic theology now.
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An unwillingness to let your theology evolve results in the stalling of your own evolution as a human. A commitment to “truth” in matters where there is no such thing, is fear of the unknown, a desire for certainty on that which is most uncertain; faith. A walking oxymoron.
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So long as theology cannot be verified, tested and proven as fact; we are dealing with a branch of philosophy. Philosophy is just theories about the nature of humanity, the world, knowledge and life. We can let our theology be what it is, and not make it more than it needs to.
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