Religious language (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Quizzes
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What is a cognitive sentence?
What is a cognitive sentence?
A sentence subject to truth/falsity
Which type of sentences cannot be subject to truth or falsity?
Which type of sentences cannot be subject to truth or falsity?
Non-cognitive sentences
What does Dawkins believe about religious sentences?
What does Dawkins believe about religious sentences?
They are cognitive and false
What does the cataphatic way seek to do?
What does the cataphatic way seek to do?
Affirm what God is
What type of statements does the cataphatic way make about God?
What type of statements does the cataphatic way make about God?
Positive statements
According to Teilhard, how can someone know the love of God?
According to Teilhard, how can someone know the love of God?
Through love they experience
Who are the supporters of the Via Positiva?
Who are the supporters of the Via Positiva?
Aquinas, Maimonides & Anselm
Why is any picture we make about God always limited?
Why is any picture we make about God always limited?
Language is limited
What is Theosis in Eastern Orthodoxy?
What is Theosis in Eastern Orthodoxy?
Likeness & unity with God
Why is some understanding of God possible according to Via Positiva?
Why is some understanding of God possible according to Via Positiva?
We are children of God
What does Teilhard say about God's relationship with material things?
What does Teilhard say about God's relationship with material things?
We say something positive
Despite limitations, what do positive descriptions of God provide?
Despite limitations, what do positive descriptions of God provide?
Meaningful insights & ways to relate