Religious language evaluation (A02)
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- Religious language evaluation
- Analogy - Aquinas
- / Framework
- / Gives words about God a proper meaning and context
- X Only infer God's attributes by looking at the pleasant/positive side - than humanity as a whole
- X Multiple inferences lead to issues
- X Mis-interpretaion (own understanding)
- Verification - Ayer
- X the principle cannot be verified according to its own criteria
- X Dismisses subjects
- X HICK's eschatological verification of God and heaven
- X R M HARE 'bliks' - impacts our lives and the way we live
- Falsification - Flew
- X Critics argue that 'God exists' is falsifiable
- X MITCHELL - belief in God is in principle falsifiable (belief may be tested)
- X HICK's eschatological verification of God and heaven
- Language games - Wittgenstein
- / Promotes tolerance and acceptance
- X Prevents devolpment in knowledge
- X People participate in more than one language game
- Myth - Bultmann
- X Abandons the idea of God as a literal agent
- X Implies there is no afterlife
- Symbol - Tillich
- / Another viewpoint
- X Denies personal God
- Analogy - Aquinas
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