knowledge of gods existence

Question 1

natural knowledge vs revealed knowledge

Answer 1

-natural, through reason and wordly beauty
-revealed, from the Bible and through Christ

Question 2

what did Calvin say about natural knowledge of God

Answer 2

God made sure that all men know of his existence, to deny this is ‘pretending ignorance’

Question 3

arguments for natural knowledge of God

Answer 3

-every culture has a sense of the sacred (counter with Freud)
-no experience is fully satisfactory (only done through beatific vision)
-inbuild moral sense to seek good, GOD!!

Question 4

arguments against God being revealed through reason alone

Answer 4

-Paley, the natural world’s order evidences also
-Otto, the awe and wonder of the world also
-obstacles in the way of reasoning, the bible is the supreme source of authority

Question 5

arguemets FOR god being revealed through reason alone

Answer 5

-Calvin, inbuilt sense of God
-all cultures have the divine
-reason is a gift from God therefore can be used, Joseph Butler

Question 6

arguments that natural knwoledge is not the christian god specifically

Answer 6

-catholic church said that revalation is needed
-need the bible to reveal what god is like (Aquinas)

Question 7

arguements that god revealed through natural knwoledge IS christian

Answer 7

Calvin, inbuilt sense of God
-all cultures have the divine and while practised differently the religious core can be argued to be christian
-reason is a gift from God therefore can be used, Joseph Butler

Question 8

what is Calvins doctine of total depravity

Answer 8

the mind is foolish frivilous perverse and insane