Studying Theology

[Svartalf]

Brenda was a DD in a 120 pound package.

So long as she didn't lodge 120 pounds of BBs in your package...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Brenda was a DD in a 120 pound package.

So long as she didn't lodge 120 pounds of BBs in your package...

The lady had skillz.

[Jason]

Knew I should have been a librarian!

Brenda was a DD in a 120 pound package.

I'm not going to be either of those anytime soon.

It's all good so long as you're bouncy.

[Ian]

[apophenia]

Actually, if you can stand the bullshit, it's quite the subject.. has had a lot more time to develop than potterology, Tolkien lore, or Star Trek Science...

and some of the finest minds of the last 2000 years have attached most of their work to tackling it... man if Thomas Aquinas had worked on something serious... but as it is, he still is a major thinker... lets not forget the likes of Pierre Abélard and Meister Eckhardt

And so was Duns Scotus in his day. Scotus was one of the pre-eminent theologians of that era.

And just look how he's remembered now. Now he's the butt of the joke when schoolchildren mock one another.

[Svartalf]

Or William of Ockham, the famous barber.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Where the fuck is Ockham, anyway?

[Svartalf]

Around a razor factory?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Around a razor factory?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ockham,_Surrey

[FBM]

In undergrad, I took a class called History of the Bible. I became an atheist during and because of that class. It has its uses.

[Ronja]

In Finland studying theology has been popular partly because government positions (civil servant jobs) used to almost all require a Master's degree, but other than for medical doctors, engineers and a few others, what the MA or M.Sc was in was not that important. And theology was the least work (both time and brain-bullying wise) per study credit. Our national league of student unions actually had statistics on this - they were pretty appalling regarding how much the work required for one study credit varied from one discipline to another.

That variation still exists.

[Jason]

Where the fuck is Ockham, anyway?

He was easily excitable and always kept his razor about him. He was running about one day after eliminating a particularly unnecessary bit from a hypothesis and.. well.. there's a reason why you shouldn't run with razors.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Where the fuck is Ockham, anyway?

He was easily excitable and always kept his razor about him. He was running about one day after eliminating a particularly unnecessary bit from a hypothesis and.. well.. there's a reason why you shouldn't run with razors.

I said where, not who.

[Jason]

Where the fuck is Ockham, anyway?

He was easily excitable and always kept his razor about him. He was running about one day after eliminating a particularly unnecessary bit from a hypothesis and.. well.. there's a reason why you shouldn't run with razors.

I said where, not who.

He's dead. Sorry.

I heard a rumour that his razor was found by the knights Templar and currently resides in the papal reliquary, though that might've been a Dan Brown story.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Where the fuck is Ockham, anyway?

He was easily excitable and always kept his razor about him. He was running about one day after eliminating a particularly unnecessary bit from a hypothesis and.. well.. there's a reason why you shouldn't run with razors.

I said where, not who.

He's dead. Sorry.

I heard a rumour that his razor was found by the knights Templar and currently resides in the papal reliquary, though that might've been a Dan Brown story.

And if you please, when did I ask about this William person?