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Arguing with footnotes about a being who allegedly needs no introduction.
means The systematic study of the nature of God, religious belief, and the divine, usually conducted through scripture, reason, and tradition.
from From Greek theologia, fusing theos ('god') with logia ('discourse, study of'), the same -logy that gives us biology and geology. The term was used by ancient Greek thinkers for discourse about the gods, then adopted by early Christian writers to mean organized reasoning about their God — turning what was once revelation or myth into something you could structure, debate, and footnote.
- literal meaning
- study of god, from Greek theos plus logos
- oldest degree
- universities were invented to teach this first
- job hazard
- certainty is optional, debate is mandatory
- fun fact
- atheists still need to study it to argue well