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Religious Experience - Revelation
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- 1What is revelation?The communication of knowledge to man by a divine agency
- 2What is natural theology/general revelation?Available to all people at all times and in all places. Examples include the beauty of creation and the voice of the conscience which is interpreted as God
- 3What is revealed theology/special revelation?God's revelation of himself to particular persons and at particular times such as the revelation of sacred writings e.g. the Torah of Moses
- 4What is non-propositional revelation? (special revelation)The idea that God does not reveal facts or information during the process of revelation. God makes himself known during the experience
- 5What is propositional revelation? (special revelation)Refers to God directly revealing truths about his nature to people.
Proposition indicates that the revelations are facts from God or about God and therefore for they are true and beyond doubt or debate - 6Are the ten commandments propositional revelation?Jews and Christians would argue that they are a revelation from God and thus, not open to questions
- 7What did Aquinas suggest?faith concerns knowledge about God who is transcendant. For him, faith is based on something factual which opinion is not but, it is not as certain as science
- 8When can Aquinas accept revelations as genuine?If they accord with the churches teaching.
- 9Can it be through nature?Yes, Paley was impressed with the structure of the human eye. Nature can reveal God but is indirect and a matter of interpretation.
- 10What did Schleiermacher believe?that the biblical texts came about as writers reflected on their religious experiences.
- 11What say we can trust what is writen in the bible?1. The fact humans were involved in the writing does not mean that there are mistakes as God guided the process of revelation throughout
2. Difficulties lie in reading some parts too literally
3. The bible influences the way millions of people live their life positively. - 12What says we cannot trust the bible?1. Religoius people persecuted scientists such as Galileo and rejected Darwin because they contradicted the bible
2. Stories passed down by word of mouth before being written so some stories make no sense today
3. Belief in the bible causes conflict between those who take it literally. - 13What are the strengths of propositional revelation?1) Objective (so there should be agreement)
2) Absolute (no need to discuss/debate) – provides certainty in an uncertain world - 14What are the weaknesses to propositional revelation?1) How to explain conflicting claims?
2) Out of date with modern context
3) How can eternal God act in spatio-temporal way?
4) Even if scripture reveals ‘facts’ about God, it is limited by human language - 15What are the strengths of non-propositional revelation?1) Allows a personal response to scripture
2) More relevant to modern context
3) Allows for conflicting claims in the Bible - 16What are the weaknesses of non-propositional revelation?No direct knowledge of God revealed
1) Too subjective/relative; lacks certainty
2) Leads to theological disagreement; how do we make sense/interpret non-propositional revelation?
3) Requires some form of propositional truth at some point. Otherwise, why respond at all?
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- a2 Religious Studies (Philosophy) Flashcards on Religious Experience - Revelation, created by Ella Foster on 20/02/2017.
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