WOTM: The Theological Method
This video was actually the idea of someone on YouTube. Perhaps a patron here(?). The idea was to briefly compare the "Scientific Method" with the "Theological Method" as I'm calling it. The epistemic foundations of science and religion, respectively.
Of course, I added in some personal stuff about my own journey, once I found my way out of Mormonism. This one is fun! And I might do a bit more on it next month. Let me know if you like it!
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Abstract comparison (simile, metaphor, analogy) and anecdotes/stories serve as explanatory tools. But those of us in the education businss refer to them as "lies you can understand." We don't mean that literally in the sense that no one seeks to intentionally deceive -- just a figure of speech, pointing out that simple explanations leave out so much reality that they do not provide a genuine understanding. "Theological method" substitutes a pretty-sounding explanation in place of any attempt at a genuine understanding that starts with evidence.
Perhaps why the Enlightenment followed upon the Renaissance and the Reformation - removal of the intermediary agent of God?
Uh… hold on… y’mean that staring at a stone-in-a-hat didn’t strike you as trustworthy?
According to the theological method, the answer books to all those college science textbooks would just be "God did it." over and over and over. It would make passing tests so much easier.
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