Done with Theology

I have just a high enuf IQ to get myself into trouble...

...thinking that I can figure it out if I just think about it enough

...thinking that I have somehow a better revelation than others

...thinking that I'm too smart for people to 'get' me


All of this is completly absurd of course, IQ * EGO^2 = bad combination when EGO >> IQ. Note to people who know me: This is why I don't like it when people introduce me as the 'smart' one. It feeds that already heavily inflated ego. Besides, it also implies that you know nothing else about me. Better to just introduce me as *some guy*

While my enjoyment of theology will continue just because I am a thinker and it is not realistic to think that I will stop thinking on command, I must kick theology down the ladder of things that are important. I have heard MOST of the questions/arguments/theories that are worth hearing. Been there, done that. I would have liked to have gone to seminary if I had any intention of using that education for something other than personal enjoyment.

There is little correlation that I can determine between what you know of theology, and what you know of God. Strange isn't it? Theology means 'the study of God' so you would think that a theologian would know something of the subject. NOT

I don't think that Theology is a bad thing, or that it shouldn't be studied. Say that God picks a number - say 12. Then God says, in order to be on my good side after you die, you need to come up with the two numbers I am thinking of that when multiplied together, give you 12. Theology runs into problems because you soon discover that MORE THAN ONE SET OF NUMBERS WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER!!!!! You are closer now because you know that 1 * 12 will give you 12, so will 2*6 and 3*4. Eternity is at stake here, and ONLY the right answer will do. Do we get partial credit if we show our work???? Pretty please?? Why couldn't you just give us a prime number? No FAIR!!!

Don't study theology until you already know what number God is looking for. Study to find the others only out of pure curiosity.

I think I used to know the right pair of numbers, but I forgot. Damn.

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