Via negativa Weaknesses Flashcards

1
Q

If we speak about God only negatively it is still not easy for what

A

Someone who has no experience of God to know what we mean

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2
Q

God cannot be reached by a process of what

A

Elimination if he is truly transcendent

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3
Q

Flew tried to argue what?

A

if we try to explain God by saying he is invisible, soundless and incorporeal
- there is very little difference between our definition of God and nothingness

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4
Q

Flew said we argue God out of existence by what

A

A thousand qualifications

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5
Q

many holy scriptures make what

A

Positive comments about God

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6
Q

If it is believed holy scriptures come from God then it suggests what

A

That id can be right and appropriate to make positive claims about God

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