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Revelation

Isabella Treccani-Chinelli Philosophy A level English 12 cards

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  1. 1Is religion a factual proposition?- Could be more about assertions.
    - Picking things that are good for the moment.
    - You could read it as a personal account, it doesn’t have to be a fact just what you can gain from it.
  2. 2Propositional revelation view -- God directly reveals information to people in factual human terms e.g. God speaks to Adam and Eve.
    - Reflects traditional thinking about religious belief - inductive leap.
  3. 3Propositional revelation view -- If a religious experience is ineffable then how can this be put into words and surely this would make it untrue?
    - Personal God.
    - Fundamentalist Christian.
  4. 4Strengths- Reflects traditional thinking about being a religious believer - accepting/rejecting certain propositions.
    - Acceptance or rejection of certain factual propositions is what separates different religious traditions.
  5. 5Weaknesses- If God is transcendent, how can our language explain it as fact?
    - How is God supposed to have revealed propositional truths - dictation or with a pen?
    - How can one know which revelations are true propositions?
  6. 6Weaknesses- You can't resolve theological debates.
    - Content of revelation is a matter of interpretation e.g. Paley and Conan Doyle see beauty of the natural world as expressing part of God's nature.
    - Non-Propositional theory cannot appeal to facts or belief of faith.
  7. 7Weaknesses- Different religions claim different propositional revelations.
    - The reader of the bible has to interpret it as a propositional truth.
    - Revelations are only a result of human understanding - they don’t reveal direct knowledge of God.
  8. 8Non-propositional revelation view -- William Temple - 'they are themselves revealed directly'.
    - The accounts of the bible should not be taken literally.
    - This is because God is impersonal and transcendent.
  9. 9Non-propositional revelation view -- To accept it would undermine the faith that individuals demonstrated in the bible.
    - Story which conveys a deeper meaning.
    - More about believing 'in' than believing 'that'.
    - More personal and not as authoritative.
  10. 10Strengths- More flexible
    - Personal relationship with God
    - Avoids criticisms of propositional view
    - Reflects the ineffability of religious experience
    - Make room for religious pluralism
    - Accepts contradictions in sacred text.
  11. 11Weaknesses- Interpretations promote any action, even bad ones.
    - 100 interpretations don’t get us any closer to what God is.
    - No basis for factual propositions - it is empty - you believe in something made up because you want to.
  12. 12Fideism -- Non-propositional revelation is linked.
    - The idea that faith is independent of reason (Leap of Faith)
    - Religious faith is not about accepting rational propositions but about attitude.
    - Traditional arguments are inadequate

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A level Philosophy (Religious Experience) Flashcards on Revelation, created by Isabella Treccani-Chinelli on 14/05/2017.
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