“WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO START A RELIGION?”
- What makes your religion different than all the other religions?
- What would it matter if your religion didn’t exist at all?
WHAT IS “THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION”?
- Metaphysics (reality)
- Ontology (being, origins)
- Axiology (ethics)
- Apistemology (knowledge)
“PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION” DEPENDS ON ASSUMPTIONS
Assumptions – everyone begins somewhere. People live based on ideas they may not believe.
“PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION” = WORLDVIEW
Worldview is a basis for trust dependent upon content, credibility, commitment
We believe these worldviews either consciously or unconsciously
Worldview Qs:
- Real?
- God?
- Human?
- Purpose?
- History?
- Knowledge?
- Ethics?
- Afterlife?
Two Kinds of People: Essential ideas to address – (1) Transcendence (2) Immanence
Described as Different (not ‘better’), Distinctive (not ‘alternative’), Exclusive (not ‘pluralistic’)
ONE EXAMPLE OF A “PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION” – ONTOLOGY (BEING, ORIGINS)
Supernaturalism v Naturalism; Order v Chaos; Study/Knowledge/Discovery v. Dictated Results
SO WHAT? WHO CARES? WHY STUDY “PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION?”
What are the results of such a view of origins? What are the implications for how I live my worldview?
- Identity
- Science
- “Should”
- Abolitionism
- Justice
- Socio-economic class
- Human Rights
- Anti-Human Trafficking
- Kindness
- Horror Movies
