Eschatological Verification - Religious Language

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Eschatology

Refers to what will happen at the end of time

<p>Refers to what will happen at the end of time</p>
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Eschatological Verification

The view that the "facts" of Christianity will be verified / falsified at death.

<p>The view that the "facts" of Christianity will be verified / falsified at death.</p>
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Who established Eschatological Verification ?

Hick

<p>Hick</p>
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Hick's two claims about religious language

- Its claims are cognitive

- They are therefore subject to verification

<p>- Its claims are cognitive</p><p>- They are therefore subject to verification</p>
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Parable of the Celestial City

- Two people walking along a long road

- One believes there is a Celestial City at the end

- The other believes there is nothing at the end

- The only way to know what is at the end is to walk to the end of the road

<p>- Two people walking along a long road</p><p>- One believes there is a Celestial City at the end</p><p>- The other believes there is nothing at the end</p><p>- The only way to know what is at the end is to walk to the end of the road</p>
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How does the Parable link to religious language ?

There is no way to know that religious statements such as "There is life after death" are true until death, so for now we should treat all religious language as cognitive.

<p>There is no way to know that religious statements such as "There is life after death" are true until death, so for now we should treat all religious language as cognitive.</p>
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Strengths of Eschatological Verification

- Identifies Heaven as a real possibility

- Supports view of religious claims as cognitive

<p>- Identifies Heaven as a real possibility</p><p>- Supports view of religious claims as cognitive</p>
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Weaknesses of Eschatological Verification

- Atheists would likely dismiss the parable, as it doesn't make Heaven a true or even strong possibility

- Doesn't work like standard falsification: Statement can be verified if true but can't be falsified because it happens after death

<p>- Atheists would likely dismiss the parable, as it doesn't make Heaven a true or even strong possibility</p><p>- Doesn't work like standard falsification: Statement can be verified if true but can't be falsified because it happens after death</p>
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Responses to theory's weaknesses

- There is evidence for life after death, e.g. NDE & Reincarnation memories

- Hick pointed to statements in mathematics which cannot be falsified

<p>- There is evidence for life after death, e.g. NDE &amp; Reincarnation memories</p><p>- Hick pointed to statements in mathematics which cannot be falsified</p>