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@fmf saidI can agree with this but would point out mystery is not confined to theology. It has been the enabler or beginning of many scientific, mathematical, archeological, and medical breakthroughs.
Mystery causes curiosity. Curiosity demands answers. Theologies offer answers. So, mystery is the enabler of theologies. As someone once said: "Mystery is the safe space for people's God figures.
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@mchill saidScientific curiosity and endeavour continue to address mysteries and transform knowledge, whereas Christian theology, for example, has been relatively static and incurious for 2,000 years.
I can agree with this but would point out mystery is not confined to theology. It has been the enabler or beginning of many scientific, mathematical, archeological, and medical breakthroughs.
@mchill saidTo your way of thinking, what "breakthroughs" have there been in theological "knowledge" in recent centuries? Mystery enables theologies to lay claim to immutable knowledge. But the same mystery enables science to expand and deepen knowledge.
I can agree with this but would point out mystery is not confined to theology.
@fmf saidChristian theology, for example, has been relatively static and incurious for 2,000 years.
Scientific curiosity and endeavour continue to address mysteries and transform knowledge, whereas Christian theology, for example, has been relatively static and incurious for 2,000 years.
Static, perhaps, but not incurious. A great deal of time, effort, and resources has been devoted to this mystery over the last 2000 years.