Because Hume Kant and Neitszche said we cant know god
Hegel disapproved as he thought speech was empty if we cant talk about God
We hear a lot of discussion regarding religion but a lot less about God
It can be difficult to talk about religion without talking about god
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Pre Kantian theology
2 types of philosophical theology- scholasticism and deism
scholasticism- revelation and reason
deism- reason alone
Hegel disagrees
scholasticism eg Aquinas' natural theology allowed that reason, faith, revelation and authority could coexist
deists want to separate the rational kernel (god the creator) from the irrational husk (jesus, miracles)
deism is the religion of the enlightenment in a time when religious warfare, prosecution and authority led many to look for a religion that would allow moral unity
aim was to create non violent religion thus the principles of this must rest on universal reason rather than revelations of the church
less interested in proving god and more interested in creating a religion to exist as an ally to morality
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Implications
If philosophy shifts its focus away from God there may be less support for the existence of God with less people willing to talk about God as a philosophical idea. arguments for god would be ignored
Human experience of God might seem less credible: supporters of god like swinburne would not be there to back up those who believe that they have encountered god
controversial debate regarding the existence of god would not be as important as thinkers would be more focused on the role of religion in society
believers might be more humanistic and focused on practises and values rather than metaphysical beliefs
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