Ali Ataie – HalfBaked Theologies Little Religious Knowledge Can be a Dangerous Thing

05 August 2023

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The speaker discusses the potential danger of laypeat and how it can lead to confusion and division. They suggest that laypeat may be for a certain theological position, but it is not clear why they are doing it.

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A little bit of knowledge can be dangerous.

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Right? So what happens is laypeople, they learn

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a few things, a few points. Right? Here

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and there are a few arguments maybe from

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watching some YouTube videos or something. They think

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that they can now

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substantively, like academically

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argue for a certain theological position.

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Right? But by doing so, they actually cause

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more confusion,

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more animosity,

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and ultimately more division. So if they keep

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doing that, we have to question, why are

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you doing this? Is it for

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nus, or is it for

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