01 Jun '05 10:21>
Originally posted by lucifershammermoral theology like in Joshua?
If you're talking purely about the investigation of natural laws and phenomena, then you'd be correct.
If you're talking about applied science, however, you'd be wrong. Science, as a method, cannot make moral judgments on matters such as human experimentation (remember the Nazi doctors?), war (cue: the Bomb) etc. You need an independent moral system for that; moral theology offers the solution.
Salem?
torquemada's spain?
isnt Bin Laden working under his moral theology?
Christ was killed because of the Priests moral theology.
the Crusades
the invasions of europe to spread Islam.
bet you could name 100 more if you tried.
Just because you like to think religion is morality reified ,doen't make id so. I wish it were but realism does have it's way of sneaking into idealistic thoughts.