Religious Language - VP, FP, Eschatological and bliks

There are two categories that religious language can be put into: (select multiple options then press 'submit')

• Cognitive

• Non-cognitive

• Analytic

• Synthetic

Cognitive language...

• Makes factual assertions, or claims that can be proved true or false

• Is any language that requires a person to cognitively think about it

• Presents symbols, metaphors, ethical statements, emotion etc.

• Can only be verified in practice

Non-cognitive language

• Makes factual assertions, or claims that can be proved true or false

• Is any language that requires a person to cognitively think about it

• Presents symbols, metaphors, ethical statements, emotion etc.

• Is any language that is unverifiable and meaningless

The verification principle was presented by...

• Ayer

• Flew

• Hick

• Hume

Ayer argued...

• Religious language was meaningless in every way

• Religious language is untrue because it cannot be verified

• Religious language is untrue because God is physical

• Religious language is meaningless unless you're talking from an atheist perspective

There are two types of verification:

• in practice

• in principle

• in science

• in hypothesis

Religious language is meaningless because God is...

• Metaphysical

• Megaphysical

• Physical

• Natural

The falsification principle was presented by...

• Flew

• Ayer

• Hick

• Hume

Flew argued that...

• Religious language is meaningless because there is no evidence against it.

• Religious language is all completely meaningless.

• Religious language is meaningless when people don't have a reason not to believe in it

• Religious language is meaningless because there is so much evidence against God.

Flew explained his argument by using...

• A parody

• The Parable of the Gardener

• The Parable of the Celestial City

• The Parable of the Good Samaritan