religious langauge
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- Created on: 19-01-23 09:41
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- Religious language
- Apophatic way ( via negativa)
- the apophatic ways involves speaking of God in negative terms, emphasising the difference between God and humnaity
- those that follow via negativa argue that these are statements of fact
- any descriptions that give God positive attributes are misleading e.g. God is a king or a shepard implies God has a body or is male or follows a job description.
- even saying 'God is love' makes people think of human love which has many limitations
- it is argued that it is better to accept the mysteries of God than to try pin God down using flawed concepts
- Pseudo - Dionysuis = argued that via negativa is the only way to speak truthfully about God because Gos is beyond all understanding and imagination
- supporters: jewish thinker - moses maimonides and buddahist
- criticism: Davies criticises maimonides and his 'ship' example - could be describing many things
- Apophatic way ( via negativa)
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