Which scholars believed that religious language is cognitive? (expresses truth/falsity)

• Aquinas

• Randall

• Maimonides

• Tillich

Which are types of analogy to describe God put forward by Aquinas?

• Analogy of metaphysics

• Analogy of proportion

• Analogy of attribution

• Analogy of metaphors

Which are examples of via positiva (cataphatic approach)?

• Analogy

• Verification

• Symbol

• The apophatic way

Why does Hume reject the use of analogy to talk about God?

• God is beyond words and description

• There is undeniable proof that God does not exist

• The difference between God and the world is too vast

• We would be guilty of anthropomorphism

According to Aquinas analogy sits between ...

• Masculine and feminine language

• The apophatic and the cataphatic

• Univocal and equivocal language

• Positive and negative language

Who else put forward ideas about analogy including the qualified model and disclosure situation?

• Aristotle

• Paul Tillich

• Ian Ramsey

• A.J. Ayer

Who argued that analogy gives the appearance of saying something about God but is in reality no clearer than via negativa?

• Vincent Brummer

• David Hume

• Paul Tillich

• Richard Swinburne

Who compared the faithfulness of dogs and humans to demonstrate the analogy of proportion?

• Richard Swinburne

• Frederick Ferre

• John Hick

• Richard Dawkins

Which are benefits of speaking analogically about God?

• It is similar to how Jesus taught (through parables)

• It prevents us from anthropomorphising God

• It helps us to use language rather than avoid it altogether

• Analogies are always understood in the same way by all people

Which are problems with speaking analogically about God?

• Analogies may mean different things to different people

• We might just be making assumptions about God

• It does not avoid the problems with univocal and equivocal language

• It is not accessible to ordinary people who are not expert theologians