Knowldge Of God Flashcards
(12 cards)
Faith
Voulantery commitment to belief without need for evidence
Empiricisms
Belief in the senses as a source of knowledge and evidence
Revelation
Uncovering or being revealed knowledge of god in a clear way
Natural theology
Using human senses and reasoning to uncover truths about god
Paleys watch argument
Knowledge of god through nature
Revealed theology
Revelation chosen by gods which humans could not coo,pretend without him
Mediate revelation
Less direct knowledge of god like through hearing from prophets
Immediate revelation
God makes himself directly known to humans
Sensus divinitas
People poses a natural inclination to recognise existence of god
.it provides a base of moral understanding and moral rights to god
Principle of accommodations
God communicates through humanity and the message is adapted to the understanding of the universe which explains why we must seek god through nature e.g paley
Baths argument
Human nature completely corrupted by the fall and there’s no knowledge of god apart from his revelations and there is no contact between god and humans apart from this
Brunners argument
Points of contact between god is beauty and nature conscience and sensus divinitas these points give us a basic understanding of god. If you wish to deepen understanding through revelation and faith. As well as this the fall has hurt human nature but not fully corrupted it so we are still able to have a relationship with gods