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To: Quix
Why should psychology be banished from usefulness in religion forums?

I'd be more specific that that: Attributing psychological motives or causes for another's religious views, values or theology.

A) Irrelevant - as to theology and exegesis in particular.

B) Slippery slope to reducing all religion to psychology - the atheist's toolbox

C) When well done rides very close to ad hominin, most often crosses over into 'you're nuts'

D) Non-rebuttable, non-discussion of theology; degrades into a psychological debate

E) Review your post I truncated; imagine someone doing the same using Calvinism.

9,333 posted on 02/06/2007 9:13:25 PM PST by D-fendr
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To: D-fendr; Quix
...imagine someone doing the same using Calvinism.

Indeed - I can just imagine it happening right now.

9,334 posted on 02/06/2007 9:16:41 PM PST by Alex Murphy
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To: D-fendr

But I've been forced to grow quite a lot spiritually from someone having the courage--actually quite a number of someones to have the courage to exhort me on the boundary of those two important parts of my life--spirituality and psychology.

Certainly there are hazards aplenty.

And I've been accused of being many foul things psychologically and otherwise by a whole raft of Calvinists hereon.

Last I checked, I was still breathing and God still loved me and even some Calvinists still care for me . . . so I think it's been quite worth it in terms of my own growing.

Why should I rob someone else of a similar benefit?

Of course, lots of discourses are really not intended for the faint-hearted, wimpy, wusses, thin skinned . . . including in the religion forum . . . especially in the religion forum?

LOL.


9,335 posted on 02/06/2007 9:21:13 PM PST by Quix (WHEN IT COMES TO UFO'S TRY ABOVETOPSECRET.COM TO LEARN A LITTLE 1ST THEN POST)
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