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Strengths & weaknesses Revelation Strengths & weaknesses

Strengths Nature points to a creator God.

Strengths A conscience points to the existence of God.

Strengths Miracles point to a God that can break the laws of physics.

Strengths Jesus as God in human form is the ultimate revelation of how God thinks we should live.

Strengths God’s appearance throughout human history show his desire to reveal himself.

Weaknesses Nature could just as well have come about by accident.

Weaknesses A conscience could just be the human brain.

Weaknesses Miracles could just be something that is/was unexplainable at the time.

Weaknesses God’s appearances seem less frequent these days.

Weaknesses Religious experience may be explained by psychology or even illness/disability.

Why might both revelation and scientific enquiry be considered reliable sources of human understanding? 4 AE