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Originally Posted by Archaea
Those two points are spot on, and Mike's point is also valid.
BYU needs to be prominent in research on topics not necessarily germane to Mormonism so that when it turns its eyes to itself, it will have more credibility. Much of its theological focus is often quite simplistic and not sophisticated enough.
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He also said a couple of BYU grads went on to Notre Dame to do PhDs in philosophy and became Catholic.
We were too busy building a new society in Utah that left us no time for theology. So when we go up against Catholic theology, which developed over two millennia, we get dwarfed and stomped on.