PHIL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Immanence, Omnipotence, Antony Flew
18 Sep 2017
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An assertion is genuine, if and only if, something can serve as evidence to the contrary. We are limited in our understanding and cannot at all comprehend it. God"s ways are a complete and utterly beyond our understanding. This a question divorced from reasoning, and dependent on faith. Faith and reason (religion and philosophy) are mutually exclusive and have absolutely nothing in common. However, professor ric believes that reason overlaps with faith. There is a also a possibility that there is a complete overlap of reason and philosophy; that there exists a purely rational religion. In the course of time, art becomes religion and religion becomes philosophy. Theology refers to the study of god and religion. Polytheism - assert the existence of multiple deities. Monotheism - assert the existence of a single deity. Claimed that of we can ask birds what their god is like, the birds will describe an unequal and unparalleled bird.
