1. Conor, Dillan and Elliot.

2. What is a symbol? Pattern or object May be pictorial, abstract, verbal or active Cross in Christianity They embody some aspect of sacred reality Non rational level Expresses something about the ultimate Cognitive statement

3. Representational Relationship between 2 things Traffic light Nothing in the word red means stop

4. Presentational Presentational symbols help make sense of sacred ideas Hinduism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity Hinduism – darshan Eastern Orthodox Christianity – icons

5. Facilities With Symbols Words can not adequately describe God Partiality negative ‘God is good’, symbolic rather than literal Symbols like the arts, work on a deep and powerful level

6. Difficulties With Symbols Focus of worship and the object of veneration Trivialised and their original meaning lost Out-dated ‘It is necessary to rediscover the questions to which the Christian symbols are the answers in a way which is understandable to our time.’

7. Verification Only meaningful if they can verified by the senses: strong and generally associated with the Viena Circle Strong – applied to anything that can be verified conclusively by observation and experience Weak – shown to be probable by observation and experience