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Knowledge of Gods ExistenceDoes God exist and how do we know?
Natural Knowledge of Gods existence : Non propositional revelation : Natural Theology
Reason : Innate sense of the divine: A priori: Analytic
We have an inbuilt capacity to know God e.g. Synderesis by Aquinas
Cicero – every culture in the world have decided God exists therefore we must have innate
knowledge of God. The majority of the world has some concept of God. Is this true?
Weakness - Perhaps people are just using wishful thinking e.g. Dawkins and Freud.
Calvin – “Sensus Divinitus” – we have a natural pull towards God.
Conscience – a connection to God
Openness to beauty and moral goodness.
Ontological argument – Anselm – God is the greatest possible being therefore he must exist
in reality
Weakness – Augustine fallen nature, original sin and concupiscence
Strength – Universal
Strength – We all have a moral compass – conscience
Observation: the order of creation, a posteriori, synethetic
Biblical support – Psalms 8+9 and Genesis
Teleological Argument – teleological argument
Swinburne – regularity
Weaknesses:
Karl Barth – idolatry of Universe instead of God
Doesn’t teach us anything specific about God
Does the world teach us about God when there is so much evil in the world?
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