19. Analogies A02

what do analogies avoid

reducing god to the status of one thing / ignore his transcendence

what else does it avoid

anthropomorphising god

why doesnt it anthropormorphise god

isnt taken as literal

what does religious experience do

take a person beyond words but they need words to explain it

what does analogy do well w regards to rel experience

push language beyond its ordinary, limited meaning

what does it use to express things

ordinary human experience / qualities

what does it use human experience and qualities to do

express something

why do some people say it doesnt work

need prior knowledge of god for both analogies to work

why do u need priior knowledge of god

cant say god is loving if u dont know god

what can the analogy of attribution be used to do

prove god is evil

how can god be shown as evil

if he can produce goodness in ppl he can produce evil