The theologians have reduced religion into a science. It is expected that religious knowledge must be a result of such enquiry. I agree that all knowledge under the sun can easily become a subject of human research and conclusions can be easily drawn depending on the facts that have been gathered. There is only one subject that defies this type of scientific research or investigation. It is religion.
Religion is largely revelation and to a very small degree human enquiry.
The knowledge of the existence of God and the universe is not a subject of scientific research. It appeared to me that most of the speakers and the commentators in the conference wanted to assert the objectivity of scientific enquiry that would apply to hard sciences to the extent that even God would have to be demonstrated by use of a microscope or telescope. In fact, even the very idea of one God was highly questioned as if it was an idea from cyberspace. It is a conference where the idea of many Gods or was it gods, seemed to dominate. One of the prominent Professors in Theology was totally intimidated by any reference to the existence of one God.