Why? & How!

[JohnR7]

It seems like theology is best at talking about why God does what He does. Why He made Adam and Eve. Why man is the way man is today. Why did God not just destroy man and start all over again.

Science, at least modern science seems to be obsessed with HOW God does what He does. How did He create the world. How did He hang the stars in the sky. How is God going to restore man to his origional splender.

The problems seem to begin, when theology trys to answer how God does what He does or did what He did. Just like science gets into trouble when they start to ask why.

Daniel 1:4
    Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.


 

 

[Tau]

Well, I wouldn't call science "obsessed". Science, by its very definition, is all about the "how". Other than that, I agree completely.

 

[Didymus]

something to ponder

 

[Quath]

I agree with you, JohnR7. One problem with theology I do see is that there is no concensus or ability to reach a concensus on any theological issue.

Like why didn't God send Jesus and sacrifice him after Adam sinned? There is no way you will get all or even a majority of Christians to agree with just 1 answer to this question. So the Pope would issue one decree. Baptist council would issue another. Mormons would come up with another. And each denomination would all claim they made their decision based on the Holy Ghost.

Scott (Quath)