In response to Frenchy’s question

If the Bible is our authority on all matters concerning our relationship with God, and if the fear of God is truly the beginning of all knowledge, then the only true philosophy is theology, and theology should only be used to strengthen our relationship with God, and by extension, with other people.

From the earliest records of philosophy man has sought both to understand the grand purpose of things, and to understand how they personally fit into it. This is certainly a noble pursuit.

We have been revealed that God is the originator and sustainer of all things, and that the purpose of the individual is to have the sort of relationship with God that pleases him. Therefore the only true philosophy is one that centers around the study of God; theology.

Theology, in turn seeks to understand who God is and how he relates to man. Through God’s Son, both the incarnate Man and the Word as written in scripture, God’s person is qualified by a love that is infinitely sacrificial. His purpose in creation is to create a stage in which he may dwell with man whom he has created in his image, i.e., a being that can love sacrificially by the freedom of his will. Now since man rebelled and has fallen, then he lost even his ability to chose to do good, or to love, so God communicates his attributes to man once again by making him one with his Son, who himself is made a man, and in his perfect act of sacrifice for the sake of preserving and recreating his image among men.

Now this love is not only between God and man, but its consistent nature empowers people who are indwelt by it to love even other people as Christ did.

So we see that theology is meant to establish a relationship both between man and God, and among people. So it is a blatant contradiction of what is given in Christ for members of Christ’s body to use theological or philosophical high ground to break apart the bond of love in the church. That this takes place is grievous beyond expression, but the repeated rebellion of sinners thankfully does not negate the promise of what is given in Christ, it only shows that it is truly the sick who need a doctor.