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KNOWLEDGE OF GOD (REVEALED THEOLOGY: God only known when lets himself be.…
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
REVEALED THEOLOGY: God only known when lets himself be. Through scripture, prayer.
WEAKNESSES
- Much harder to offer any rational justification for why to believe this knowledge
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PLANTINGA
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Science is in terms of probabilities not certainties. Yet some facts considered 'true'. Same principle with certain Christian 'truths'.
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NATURAL THEOLOGY: God can be known through reason and observation of the natural world - acts as 'point of contact'
INNATE SENSE OF GOD
"sensus divinitatis"
Universal consent: many philosophers believe in God, surely he must exist.
The Unknown God: "Athenians, I see how you are religious in every way" - Paul
Humans are religious beings: prayer/ rituals are so universal that "one may call man a religious being" - Catechism
CALVIN
Creation is a "mirror" reflects Gods characteristics of faithfulness, love, wisdom. Through this we can "contemplate a God who is invisible"
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BRUNNER
Imago Dei: Formal/ spiritual self informs material self of God's existence, as it remains uncorrupted
General revelation: God reflected in nature but bc of sin, nature provides point of contact, proving God's existence, but no more.
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True Knowledge: only available through faith and revelation, "far surpasses" general revelation in nature