Keywords

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Analogical view of religious language

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Descriptive terms when applied to God mean neither the same, nor something completely different when applied to humanity.

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Anselm

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Medieval Italian theologian and philosopher, famous for his version of the ontological argument.

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Augustine

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Proposed a famous theodicy based on the idea of original sin.

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Augustinian Tradition

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Theodicies floowing Augustine tradition, identifying free will, or gods deliberate decision to give control of the universe and things from being within it as a source of evil.

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Blik

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By RM Hare to denote a frame of reference within which everything is interpreted.

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Rene Descartes

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French philosopher (1596-1650) important in this context for his version of the ontological argument.

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Evil

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That which is contrary to God’s will, often divided into natural and moral.

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Evidential problem of evil

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Distinguished from logical problem of evil. it exists in several forms. The amount of suffering in the world makes it improbable that God exists, or unreasonable to suggest He exists.

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Existential Claims

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Those relating to existing things, about the ‘real’ world.

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Faith

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A belief in something, Attitude of trust, Assent of unproved assertions, a religion.

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Falsification Principle

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Associated with Flew. Meaningfulness of a statement lies in the method of its falsification. Even in theory, if something could not be falsified then it was empty of meaning.

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R. M. Hare

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Moral philosopher (1919-2002) important in the context for blik.

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John Hick

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Philosopher of religion and theology.

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immortality

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Not subject to death.

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Irenaean Theodicy

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Key theme is that humanity develops through encountering evil, so evil has a good purpose.

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Language Games

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Wittgenstein - language is governed by rules, like a game is.

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Logical problem of evil

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J.L Mackie - why is there evil in the world if God is all-powerul, all-loving and all-knowing? it logically is inconsistent.

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Non-cognitive

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A view of religious language which argues its function is not to inform.

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Ontological Argument

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Argument for the existence God based on the idea that they very fact we have a concept of God means that he must exist.

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Predicate

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Part of a statement that makes assertions about a subject - telling you what something is, does or has.

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Personal Existence

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Continuing existence of the individual with consciousness, memories and personality.

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Personal Identity

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What makes you ‘you’ and what establishes what will live on the afterlife of the same person who has died.

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Post mortem

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after death

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Reason

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Use of logic to come to a conclusion

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Rebirth

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Change of process from one life to the next, or one moment to the next.

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Reincarnation

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Transfer of a soul or spirit from one body at death to a new one at birth.

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Religion

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An organised system of faith.

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Resurrection

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Either one will rise after death by God, or Jesus rising from the dead.

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Soul

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‘Essence’ of the person.

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Symbolic

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Words represent a reality in which they point.