Verification Principle - Advantages and disadvantages table in A Level and IB Religious Studies

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Created by: bmini1234
Created on: 12-06-17 19:00

Verification Principle

Advantages

Doesn't waste time talking about God
Can be used in modern day forensics
Hume - It engages all our senses
It has clear boundaries

Disadvantages

The verification principle cannot be verified therefore has no base of an argument
It doesn't factor in love, laws or history
Hick - Celestial City parable - However this relies on the existence of an afterlife
Karl Popper claims that we cannot scientifically verify everything
Keith Ward claims that just because we cannot verify God does not mean that God is not verifiable

Evaluation

Overall, the verification principle is a weak argument, it is much more focused on things being proved scientifically however as mentioned above not everything can be scientifically proven.

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