/lit/ - Literature

>"The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion. Not anything can be studied as a science, without our being in possession of the principles upon which it is founded; and as this is the case with Christian theology, it is therefore the study of nothing" - Thomas Paine

Was he right /lit/? Though theology may be interesting, is it ultimately useless?

>>14582391
You a Brit?

Well I already did. I never mean Socrates exclusively when I tell People to start with the Greeks. There’s a lot of them to choose from.

>>14543614
Naw. Liberalism, utilitarianism, capitalism, yeah.

>>14360059
The Enlightenment was actually about dropping the pretensions of spirituality. That’s why the church hates it is and calls it “the Illuminati” and pretends the Masons, the Jews, the muslims, the pagans and all science enthusiasts are conspiring in a secret “death cult of saturn”

So pick one
>enlightenment
>spirituality