Thanks for your reply. Theological framework is more than access to the scriptures, just as a physics discussion is not necessarily possible just because both have access to physics texts.
Your questions, as I said, indicate a rather limited, somewhat bad stereotype, view of Christianity. I can’t defend something that I don’t believe and it seems a long way to go to get to there. It would help me to know what your religious background is, whether you are arguing against religion in general or Christianity in particular, etc.
I’m not trying to convert you or justify my faith, merely discuss the subject of science and religion, reason and so on.
You’re welcome, D-fendr!
What’s the stereotype in seeing, say, for example, the failure of morality when David’s child is killed for only being born a bastard? Killed by the same entity that supposedly created it - why create it in the first place? So that it could suffer for another’s fault? Where’s this “perfect” justice? How many more ways can anyone interpret this? How many other ways can this killing be justified? What are your views on this? Why was an innocent life taken away after it was made to suffer for a whole week? What did the suffering trade for? Why are your scriptures deathly silent on this serious contradiction? Why is this not addressed at all?
If this understanding is in your eyes, “a limited scope”, feel free to expand it.
It would be meaningless for you to know my background - assume that I was a Protestant, and proceed. How will your arguments change?
As I said earlier, the “reasons” you’re giving with regard to “the lack of a theological framework” are merely excuses that are being placed to prevent yourself from seeing the flaw in your beliefs - of using Deism to justify superstition. I’m driving a wedge between the two, so that they may be separated and examined.
It matters next to nothing if priests and others are also physicists. Many Muslims and others are, too. In fact, a huge number of them have a deep interest in quantum physics - and they see what they learn as reinforcing their faith in their god. You’ll be amazingly suprised how multi-polar the human mind can be - how self-contradicting it can be.