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knowledge of God - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Aquinas' argument from observation
  - - - 'despite the ambiguities, prayer, rituals + worship is so ewidespread that one may call man a religious being' - Catechism
  - - - validity can be questioned - Hume's contentions
  - - - 3 parts
        
        intellect - God given reasoning
        
        conscience - higher level of morality
        
        beauty + intricacy in the world
    - - he presents 2 different Gods
      - is humans are in a state of sin how can we be open to God's grace?
      - ambiguous theory
  - - - Barth's response - the spiritual self can't inform the material self of God's existence. Brummer underestimates the corruption of the material self, the order of nature shouldn't be a basis for morality
- - - - Aquinas - faith is about what we can't empirically verify
    - - giving word to prophets
      - bringing people to salvation e.g the Damascene conversion
      - confidence to spread God's word
      - revelation is a manifestation of God's grace - Isiah 6: 6-8
  - - - due his dual nature (relatability)
      - teachings + actions -> insight into God's nature + will
      - Calvin - JC is the perfect mediator