6.2

Question 1

how did Xenophanes challenge physical divine Anthropomorphism?

Answer 1

People imagine gods similar to themselves, Ethiopians - dark-skinned, Thracian - fair

Question 2

behavioural divine Anthropomorphism

Answer 2

Homer and Hesiod made the gods shameful, and attributed to them ‘ Theft, adultery and mutual fraud’

Question 3

the gods are real

Answer 3

we can never know - noone has ever known, or will know certainty about the gods

Question 4

there are many gods, none of whom is totally supreme

Answer 4

there is a supreme gods of gods and men - the greatest

Question 5

the gods are not omniscient

Answer 5

the supreme god is omniscient - sees, thinks, hears all over

Question 6

the gods aren’t omnipresent

Answer 6

the supreme god is omnipresent - always present in the same place

Question 7

the gods use their bodies to achieve particular effects

Answer 7

the supreme god uses his mind to achieve particular effects - he moves all things by the thought of his mind