Cool post. I liked it. (My Internet connection works now… so I can blog.)

I think a primary reason many don’t engage theology very much is that they think it’s all been done. There is nothing left to determine. It’s clear. It’s simple. And besides, if you concluded anything other than what was already concluded you’d be heretical. And I think they have a point. I was raised in a social setting where any real questioning of doctrines did not occur. Why? Well, refer to my previous sentences. But this results in a stilted situation in which you have people who either acquiesce or not acquiesce. Those are the only two options which means there is no true engagement of concepts; you engage when you think you need to, not when there’s nothing left to do. Again, true engagement requires that you possibly not conclude what’s already been concluded. If all research and understanding has already been accomplished, there’s nothing more to do. I think this is a negative result of the conservative movement in Christianity.

I suspect that people are often reacting negatively to “academic debate and cranial expansion” rather than the activity of knowing and experiencing God in an ever deepening and profound way–which is a true product of Christ-centered theology.

And then, sometimes folks are just plain lazy…

Good post.

Tom