Inherent problems of religious language Flashcards
1
Q
What do people believe language came about as?
A
A random evolutionary adaptation, because language helped groups of people to survive in their environment.
2
Q
What does being able to communicate, using language, give humans?
A
A distinct survival advantage
3
Q
The issue with our language being based upon the physical things we experience
A
Limited in its ability to then describe the metaphysical.
4
Q
An example of our language not being designed to describe the metaphysical
A
For example, the idea that God is omnipotent goes beyond anything we would have experienced in our daily physical lives and therefore our language is ill prepared to describe it
