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First, observations are anecdotal, so it's not scientific, but let's imagine the personal selection has something to do with it.
Those naturally inclined to question or those who have lost faith gravitate to the fringe of theology perhaps, so the study thereof does not cause apostasy but somebody who has already lost faith gravitates there.
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Endogeneity, everyone knows that. But what reason do we have to believe that those who lose their faith are more likely to gravitate toward theology than science? Especially since aspiring ministers study theology.
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You guys think too much sometimes. You seemed to me to be suggesting that the study of theology makes you apostate because it is all BS and so leads you away from the truth, as opposed to science, which is not BS. An laterntate explanation for the causality that immediately suggested itslef to me is that the study of tehology makes you apostate becasue it is BS and you realize this when you study it, while scientists aren't as likely to be apostate becasue they don't study it. I don't subscribe to this, but it just seems equally defesible as a theory.
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Can we please have a gentleman's agreement not to discuss future interests on this board? Some topics should just be out of bounds.
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defeasible, defensible, is anyone really reading htis stuff?
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The 2 reasons I've seen people leave the church:
1. Because they've done their own studying and come to the conclusion that the stories they've been told and learned about aren't true anymore. And yes for you "intellectuals" I know it's deeper than that. 2. Because they get offended by someone or something and quit going. Sorry for the generic and plain examples, but ultimately that's what it boils down to. I was tempted to say.....Sin,,,,just to get the intellectual mullah's in a tizzy.
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