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December 8, 2007 by matthew

Overstated, but sadly often true:

“most theology is really just a substitute for listening to heavy metal or reading comic books, with all the attendent identity politics among the high-school and college-aged–and all the attendant weirdness among theologians who like having fanboys”

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  1. on December 8, 2007 at 4:03 pm Ros

    I wonder if whoever wrote that was at WTS. Because it strikes me as a perfect description. And is probably one reason why I often find myself irritated with theologians/theology geeks. I was never into heavy metal, comics or being a ‘fan’ of anything much.


  2. on December 8, 2007 at 4:05 pm Ros

    Okay, I clicked on the link. Mark Hornes went to Covenant. Which may be a distinction without a difference in this case. Van Til fanboys are the worst kind.


  3. on December 11, 2007 at 2:21 am Steven W

    So….. I should stop saying Van Til laid the smack down on all dem bustas?


  4. on December 11, 2007 at 10:00 am matthew

    Ros, that goes a long way to explaining why you’re such an interesting theologian. Steven, if I had a clue what you’d just said, I’d answer your question :-D


  5. on December 11, 2007 at 1:28 pm Ros

    Steven, I think you should probably stop saying that anyway!



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