Nature of Belief - Revelation: Revealed theology vs natural theology Flashcards
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Define revealed theology
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- we learn about God through his divine closure as a passive recipient (either propositional vs non-propositional)
- God actively chooses to reveal it to us
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Define natural theology
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- use your reason and observation in nature to go looking for God
- everyone has a reason and observation => can deduce facts about God themselves, it is open to everyone
3
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Aquinas’ view
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- both forms of theology were complementary and could work together
- finding the same truths in two different ways, God has chosen to be known by people in two different ways
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Criticism of NT
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- discounts fallibility of senses
- Descartes and perceptual variation/his scepticism
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Criticisms of RT
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- how do we know its not an illusion
- Freud: RE is an illusion of wish fulfilment and promotes solipsism unlike NT, meaning it cannot be falsified
