Religous Language Intro

Question 1

What is religious language?

Answer 1

-Religious language refers to the words, symbols, and expressions used to describe and communicate beliefs about God, the divine, spiritual realities, and metaphysical truths
-It often includes terms that go beyond empirical evidence

Question 2

What is the problem surrounding religious language ?

Answer 2

-Religious believers make claims that they consider deeply meaningful and important, even though these claims cannot be verified or supported by empirical or scientific evidence.
-The debate over religious language centres on whether such unverifiable statements can still be meaningful, or whether they are just expressions of emotion, symbolism, or faith.

Question 3

What is non cognitive language ?

Answer 3

-Non-cognitive language refers to language that does not aim to express factual claims that can be proven true or false. Instead, it expresses feelings, emotions, moral attitudes, or symbolic meanings
-e.g “Yay, it’s finally summer!”
This expresses an emotion or feeling. It’s not a factual claim, so it can’t be proven true or false—it just shows how someone feels.

Question 4

What is cognitive language?

Answer 4

-Cognitive language refers to language that makes factual claims statements that can be known, verified, or falsified as true or false
-e.g. “Water boils at 100°C”»
This is a factual statement that can be tested and proven true or false.