PART 1 Religious language

Which of these is the meaning of 'cognitivism'?

• IS subject to being true or false.

• IS NOT subject to being true or false.

Which of these are non-cognitive statements?

• What's your favourite colour?

• Donald Trump is the president-elect.

• Close the door!

• Kamala Harris is the president-elect.

Which of these are conditions of A.J. Ayer's verification principle?

• The statement is an analytic truth (true by definition)

• The statement is grammatically correct.

• The statement is declared true in religious scripture.

• The statement is empirically verifiable.

Which of these will be rendered MEANINGLESS by Ayer's verification principle?

• Scientific language

• Religious language

• Metaphysical language

• Moral language

Which of these was a critic of the verification principle and described it as 'conceptually restrictive and intellectually imperialistic?'

• A J Ayer

• John Hick

• Anthony Flew

• Stewart Sutherland

Who came up with the parable of the celestial city?

• A Y Ayer

• John Hick

• Anthony Flew

• Stewart Sutherland

What does 'eschatological verification' concern?

• Verification at the beginning (of life)

• Verification at the end (of life)

Which philosophical problem might cause issues with John Hick's eschatological verification account?

• Philosophical scepticism

• The problem of other minds

• The problem of personal identity

• Do we have free will?

What were Hick's two conditions for how we know it's heaven we're in?

• Meeting St Peter at the pearly gates

• Coming to our final understanding of the purpose and destiny given to us by God

• Encountering our saviour Jesus Chirst

• Being blinded by heaven's light

Which 2 of these were reasons for doubt regarding Hick's eschatological verification?

• God creating a duplicate in heaven who is not identical to me

• Trusting the veracity of my post-mortal experience

• The Bible might be unreliable

• Hick is a Christian so he's biased in favour of religion