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Religion

Religion. ‘Those who try to prove that God exists a priori are guilty of impious curiosity. For to do that is tantamount to making oneself the god of God, thereby denying the God one seeks.’. Giovanni Vico , 1668-1744. Religious terminology. Theism. Atheism. Pantheism. Agnosticism.

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Religion

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  1. Religion ‘Those who try to prove that God exists a priori are guilty of impious curiosity. For to do that is tantamount to making oneself the god of God, thereby denying the God one seeks.’ Giovanni Vico, 1668-1744

  2. Religious terminology Theism Atheism Pantheism Agnosticism Pascal’s Wager Free will defence Logical positivism anthropomorphism Metaphysics omnipotent Paradox of omnipotence omniamorous omniscient Religious pluralism Argument from design Argument from religious experience Cosmological argument Theory of evolution

  3. Key questions: Is Faith a good way of knowing? Is it possible to speak of knowledge in relation to religion? Can we know if God exists?

  4. Antropomorphism How do you see your God? Gender-ethnicity-dress-human-language-thing-personality-force?

  5. Religious paradoxes

  6. The argument from religious experience Sceptic Neuroscience Epilepsy Food & sleep deprivation Cultural Mysticism Religious experience miracles God speaks to... Chosen one Neuro scientist Persinger Mystic Joan of Arc

  7. Discuss: ‘From a scientific point of view, we can make no distinction between a man who eats little and sees heaven and a man who drinks much and sees snakes.’ Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) We sometimes speak of ‘the miracle of birth’. Do you think birth is really a miracle or is the expression just a metaphor? (See Lagemaat p. 411)

  8. The argument from design or teleological argument Biological Physical

  9. Theory of evolution

  10. Cosmological argument

  11. The problem of suffering Free will defence Natural suffering

  12. Reason versus faith Faith as WOK Scientific proof of God: necessary? Freud: wish fulfilment Jung’s views on religion Pascal: Odds of God’s existence are 50-50. If we bet he exists and are right we get to heaven. If we are wrong nothing happens. If we bet he does not exist and are wrong, we go to hell. If we are wrong, nothing happens.

  13. Faith and intuition How do you know what you believe? Do we need proof?

  14. Varieties of religion: religious pluralism?

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