Language and Christian BeliefMacmillan, 1958 - 135 pages |
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... Chris- tians , except under philosophical cross - examination , would surely regard the ' good news ' of the Gospel as factually in- formative . To say " There is a God ' is to state a fact : God is real in the same sense , though not ...
... Chris- tians , except under philosophical cross - examination , would surely regard the ' good news ' of the Gospel as factually in- formative . To say " There is a God ' is to state a fact : God is real in the same sense , though not ...
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... Chris- tianity . One way of observing this gap is to consider the enormous differences in style , technique and apparently also in purpose between any piece of philosophical writing or criticism , like the present work , and ( say ) the ...
... Chris- tianity . One way of observing this gap is to consider the enormous differences in style , technique and apparently also in purpose between any piece of philosophical writing or criticism , like the present work , and ( say ) the ...
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... Chris- tian belief in the Resurrection . As a result of the rarefac- tion of this defence , difficulties ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) become much more severe . For it is more plausible to say that we are our souls , and therefore we will have life ...
... Chris- tian belief in the Resurrection . As a result of the rarefac- tion of this defence , difficulties ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) become much more severe . For it is more plausible to say that we are our souls , and therefore we will have life ...
Contents
SECTION A 1 VERIFICATION AND RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE I | 1 |
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE | 16 |
SECTION B 3 AUTHORITY AND BELIEF | 32 |
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A. J. Ayer able accept acquaintance act freely actions actually analogy answer asser assess authority causes cerned characteristics choices Chris Christ Christian belief Church Churchill claim compulsion concept concerned count as evidence course criteria Defence Minister difficulties doctrine entail entity essential ethical evil exis existential exists fact faith falsifiable feel fiable freedom genuine gious God's Hibbert Journal important informative instance judgement kind kleptomania know Bloggs knowledge Last Judgement least meaning and verification ments moral natural world necessary omnipotent original sin ourselves perhaps perience person physical possible predict problem psychological punishment question rational Red Sea refer regard relevant reli religion religious assertions religious belief religious experience religious statements retribution Sacraments scientific seems sense experience simply sort soul squmps supernatural supposed sure symbols tence tests things Thirty-Nine Articles tian tion true truth trying verifiable wicket Winston Churchill words