[SoFloFreeper]

Everything we do or think involves theology.

Whether we believe we are free to choose a Toyota or Ford, or if we think there is even a moral question involved therein has to do with, ultimately, our world view. We make choices based on how we view the world (and ourselves and God) at a particular time and place.

Don’t misunderstand me—I don’t necessarily believe every choice has to be weighted with the same significance or with severe gravity. I think God gives us parameters, however.

The Bible, I think, has significance for all men. Whether all men choose to accept it is another matter, isn’t it? :)

[who_would_fardels_bear]

We probably agree on this, but I would just state it a slightly different way. I think ethics is to theology the same way chemistry is to physics. All of chemistry is ultimately based on physics, but we don't need to understand quantum mechanics to know why salt dissolves in water. Similarly, the basis of our ethics is theology, but in some cases we can reason out what to do without having to delve down into the nature of the Holy Trinity, etc.

Whenever we can make a good philosophical argument to do the right thing, then not only do we provide another reason for Christians to behave properly, but we also create an opportunity for non-believers to behave properly and see that Christianity is a rational belief system that works today in the "real" world.