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We had a joke in (geeky tech) college, something like this one:

A biologist, an engineer and a physicist are called to help make a dairy farm more efficient. The biologist tells the farmer that he should feed the cows certain hormones to make them lactate more. The farmer asks how much that will cost, and the biologist says it will cost many thousands of dollars. The engineer proposes making a better milking machine to get more milk per cow. The farmer asks how much that will cost, and the engineer says it will cost many thousands of dollars. The farmer then asks the physicist how much his idea will cost. The physicist says, "It won't cost anything and can be implemented immediately!" The farmer is astonished and wonders how this is possible. The physicist responds, "First, assume a spherical cow of uniform milk density..."

haha get it? The physicist is so lost in his theoretical world that his "cow" bears no resemblance to the four-legged beasts in the farmer's field. We can assume that his idea for increasing the efficiency of the dairy farm will be similarly out of touch with reality.

This is how my Thursday night theology class feels. To me. We as a human race have to find our way together towards a sustainable future for ourselves and our planet. What should we do? Well, first let's examine the development of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity...