Theos-Talk Archives (August 2002 Message tt00224)

Bart: Theology is not a religion. It is the study of religion.

Brian: Exactly, and that is where the study of "Theo"sophy belongs. And 
not to "science" of today. Theosophy among others contains the stuf of 
superstitious hermetists of the early Renaisance and middle ages, 300 
and more years ago. 

As the professor of Mic correctly stated "the distinction between science 
and any particular belief system should become clear. You will note 
there is no 'Theo' anything in any conventional degree program except 
Theology."

The problem is that some Theosophists want to pass of there religion as 
something like "science" by making claims like recently Bart who wrote 
there are things about zero point "energy" in the SD. "energy" is a 
scientific term and and just like the ether of early Renaisance 
alchemists, the ether mentioned in the SD is not really the same as the 
late 19th century scientific term "ether" that people like Einstein 
discussed with his mathematcs. Theosophists like to confuse people 
and make it look like the same. and in that sense then Theosophy 
becomes pseudo-science. 

Also the term "zero point energy" as such, is a "belief" of Bart (notice 
he also didn't bring any quotes) and certainly has noting to do with what 
science would call "energy."

"the distinction between science and any particular belief system should 
become clear. You will note there is no 'Theo' anything in any 
conventional degree program except Theology."

Brian


--- In theos-talk@y..., Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
> rianmuehlbach wrote:
> > Professor from University : You will note there is no 'Theo' anything 
> > in any conventional degree program except Theology.
> 
> Nor Chemistry, Physics, or Biology.
> 
> > Brian: Exactly Theosophy cannot claim to be "science", it is a 
> > religion, Theology.
> 
> Theology is not a religion. It is the study of religion. 
> 
> Bart Lidofsky

Science as it is stated on ma'at today is not really truth it seems , or at 
least it cannot be prooven or disproven to be "truth." So how can one 
caracterise what is somethimes referred to as "pseudo-science" ?

Example: "zero point energy." 
Narumol