Prof. Lamoureux uses the term “ancient science” to describe the understanding of the physical world by “ancient” people (e.g. in the OT times). I suppose we can also use a term “ancient theology” to describe the understanding of “God” in the olden days.\u00a0 Lamoureux uses this term “ancient science” (in the bible) to distinguish it from our scientific understanding of the physical world today: “modern science”.\u00a0 The idea is that “science” is incidental to the “spiritual message” of the bible.\u00a0 The “spiritual message” of the bible is “inerrant” while the “ancient science” (in the bible) is only incidental and is not part of the “spiritual message” and therefore needs not be “inerrant”. Perhaps I will discuss this idea further in future posts. Here I want to raise a question: can we recognize the “ancient theology” in the minds of the bible writers? Can we also say that this “ancient theology” is also incidental to the “spiritual message” and need not be inerrant? Examples of the “ancient theologies” are ideas about angels, demons, soul, afterlife, heaven and hell and the anthropomorphic ideas about “God”. These “ancient theologies” lack clarity and consistency. If we separate the “ancient science” in the bible from its “spiritual message”, I do see a need to separate out the “ancient theologies” as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prof. Lamoureux uses the term “ancient science” to describe the understanding of the physical world by “ancient” people (e.g. in the OT times). I suppose we can also use a term “ancient theology” to describe the understanding of “God” in … Continue reading