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The Church, which does not clearly take up a position itself, has turned into a "debating hall," in which "unauthoritative religious declamations are presented" (Kuenneth), theology has "become a maze in which even the experts... often lose their way" (Harenberg). Meanwhile theological dispute has brought out such a mass of contradictions that Walter Kuenneth speaks of "a high degree of confusion" and Gerhard Ebeling, who deplores the "obstinate non-understanding and misunderstanding in the discussions between theologians of the same denomination," even speaks of "chaos." Hermann Diem sees among the Protestant university theologians "hardly any longer a common basis for discussion... on which agreement could be reached." Some Protestant theologians today hold positions which make their opposing experts talk of "the end of theology" and of "total theological sell-out."
(88:3)
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