Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe.

Summary

This quote emphasizes the limited perspective theologians often have when considering the history of the universe. While acknowledging the significance of humans in theological discourse, it argues that theologians tend to focus on only a small fraction of the universe's existence - a few thousand years of human culture - instead of taking into account the much broader timescale of fifteen billion years. The quote underscores the need for theologians to broaden their temporal scope and incorporate a more expansive understanding of the universe's history into their thinking.

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