"I've simply made a theological, philosophical statement," he says.
The Church believes God created the world but has not made a theological statement as to how.
"Every theological statement must be a political statement as well."
The commission plans to present the 1991 assembly with a major theological statement to undergird the church's approach to political advocacy.
Since language springs entirely from material, spatial things, there is always an element of metaphor in theological statement.
Once prayer was the ultimate theological statement; "Do you pray to God?"
"That," I objected, "sounds more like a theological statement than a historical one."
But then, many theists would claim that theological statements filled this bill perfectly well.
Does he mean also to make a theological statement?