@NatureMC
Thank you for the points about religious studies versus theology, you are of course correct that it is the field of religious study that is most relevant here.

But my core point is that there is no such thing as a human scientist that is *free* of ideologies (religious or otherwise), the best we can do is human scientists that are conscious of their own ideologies and able to mitigate that influence on their scientific work.

And from there follows quickly that the practicing scientist should get taught something about all the ideologies they likely carry inside them or will encounter one day, so that when something like Tescreal shows up from outside it is promptly recognised for what it is.
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