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Old 04-07-2011, 04:48 AM   #11
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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.
From skeptic Michael Ruse:

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I think the reason I can legitimately separate your basic Anglican or Roman Catholic from a Mormon rests on the fact that traditional Christianity (this may also be true of Judaism and other religions) has worked hard at what I will call philosophical theology. I came to appreciate this while working on Science and Spirituality, a book that goes much more deeply into theological questions than my earlier writings. Such Christianity has labored to give philosophical meaning to the claims, say, about the nature of a necessary God and so forth. I think this also holds in areas like ethics, where (to name one branch of Christianity) Catholics have tried to give some meaning to natural law and so forth. (Protestants have done similar things, as I know full well from my own background.) So as a philosopher I can appreciate the efforts to try to answer the basic metaphysical questions.

If you can show me that the Mormons actually do the same and show the same level of conceptual sophistication, then I guess I will need to do some rethinking about my prejudices.
http://biologos.org/blog/accommodati...of-it-part-vi/

Don't get no respect. Give us a couple of centuries, sheesh.
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