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6. Which of the following is a strength of religious language as symbolic?

  • Bultman argues one must remove symbolism in order to uncover the true meaning in the bible
  • It explains the views of the Vienna circle
  • It is unfalsifiable

7. Which of the following best describes signs (from Tillich's perspective)?

  • It is unconscious in the social environment and points to something
  • It is conscious in the social environment and points to something
  • It is unconscious in the social environment and is meaningful because it has power attached
  • It is conscious in the social environment and is meaningful because it has power attached

8. Which of the following best describes symbols (from Tillich's perspective)?

  • It is conscious in the social environment and is meaningful because it has power attached
  • It is unconscious in the social environment and is meaningful because it has power attached
  • It is conscious in the social environment and points to something
  • It is unconscious in the social environment and points to something

9. Both signs and symbols are transcendent, pointing towards God in ultimate reality, connecting one to true nature

  • Only true of signs
  • Only true of symbols
  • True of both
  • False of both

10. Who argued for religious language as symbolic?

  • Hick
  • Tillich
  • Aquinas
  • Hume
  • Wittgenstein

11. Tillich believed that the bible was literal and symbols should be worshipped

  • False
  • True