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Simon Oliver introduces the importance of the notion of 'negative theology': because God is utterly transcendent our normal descriptive language has no meaning and so we can more truly speak about what 'God' is not.
Theologian Denys Turner explains negative theology. Modern sophisticated theologians have perfected the art of obscurantism.
- published: 23 Oct 2008
- views: 2289
This is a lecture I gave to a men's group in Franklin, TN on Monday, February 4, 2013. I did not record the question and answer session which lasted another hour.
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 367
Proslepsis and apophasis are logical arguments used to describe something as it is (affirmation or positively) and what it is not (negation or negatively). The proofs are not irreconcilable.
God affirms and negates much about Himself:
- He is the Creator of the world (Gen. 1:1)
- He is Lord and Supreme Being (Ex. 3:14)
- He is not a false god (Ex. 7:14-12:36)
- He is All-Merciful and All-Just (Ex. 34:6)
- He is not like man (Num. 23:19)
- He is Absolute (Isa. 9:5)
- He is Father and Savior (Isa 63:16)
- He is the Trinity (Mt. 28:19)
- He is Spirit (Jn. 4:24)
- He is the Life and Resurrection (Jn. 11:25)
- He is the Way, Life and Truth (Jn. 14:6)
- He is Love (1 Jn. 4:8)
- He is the Judge of the world (Rev. 20:11)
What these names have in common is that they use human knowledge and language to name God from Creation, since every thing resembles Him; so we know God in a limited way as His finite creatures.
Together, apophatic and prosleptic theologies are like a safeguard against various errors: polytheism, the belief in more than one God; pantheism, the belief that everything is God; atheism, the belief that God does not exist; agnosticism, the belief God cannot be known; deism, the belief reason suffices to know God; maltheism, the belief that God is malicious; and the errors' corresponding sins, by way of misunderstanding man's imitation of and share in God: polytheism and polygamy, etc.
Some theologians say "God does not exist" as a way of saying "God is not like anything that exists, for He is Absolute", while other theologians say "God does not know Himself" as a way of saying "God does not know as we human beings or other creatures know, for He is the Lord." Truth can seem wrong, yet error cannot be justified as the truth; and obsessing over Divine Names can lead to sin, while overemphasizing negation or affirmation can lead to grave doctrinal error.
So let's stick with the Church, who, as the Mystical Body of Christ, has the Mind of Christ, Who in turn, as God and Man, is Divine Revelation.
Music is Immaculate Mary Lourdes Traditional Pyreneean melody
- published: 22 Aug 2013
- views: 89
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware gives talks on the Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers. These views are held by both Eastern Catholic as well as Orthodox Christians.
- published: 15 Jan 2010
- views: 16634
Inspired by a comments conversation I had this week:
This show we discuss Apophatic Theology. What it is and is it useful in defining what "god" is (or in this case isn't).
Also on the Agenda, our own +turdle2080 had a conversation with some flat earthers! I guess that's still a thing.
Also... the Kim Davis drama, +Trey Jadlow posting more dumb shit, pastors comparing polite conversations with atheists to the "knock-out game", and much much more!
- published: 13 Sep 2015
- views: 187
The following video is made to help us understand Saint Anselm and his negative theological understanding of God.
References
The Realistic Nihilist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00xakelcfRQ
Anti-citizen X comment http://imgur.com/k9pXB6Z
Thomas Aquinas Quote - http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1025.htm
First Saint Anselm quote - The Proslogian, translated by Jasper Hopkins and Herbert Richardson, 95 http://jasper-hopkins.info/proslogion.pdf
Second Saint Anselm quote - Ibid, 97
Saint Anselm, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On Truth”
Third Saint Anselm quote, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On the fall of the Devil”, 66
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Angel and the Badman. Performed by John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey and Bruce Cabot. United States: Republic Pictures, 1947. Film. - Protected Under the Public Domain
O God Strengthen the Faith. Preformed by Monks and Choirs of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Ukraine: 2003. Song - Protected Under the Public Domain
O Theotokas And Virgin Preformed by Monks and Choirs of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Ukraine: 2003. Song - Protected Under the Public Domain
- published: 10 Oct 2015
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The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. If negative theology is one of the more sophisticated ways of entering into theological problems and issues, is there a parallel in atheistic discourse? Might there be some people who argue AGAINST theology where others are basically scientific materialists and so, defacto, are against most theology, certainly to dogmatic Western monotheistic traditions.
- published: 02 Jun 2010
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Apophatic theology (from Greek ἀπόφασις from ἀπόφημι - apophēmi, "to deny")—also known as negative theology or via negativa (Latin for "negative way")—is a theology that attempts to describe God, the Divine Good, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God. It stands in contrast with cataphatic theology.
In brief, negative theology is an attempt to achieve unity with the Divine Good through discernment, gaining knowledge of what God is not (apophasis), rather than by describing what God is. The apophatic tradition is often, though not always, allied with the approach of mysticism, which focuses on a spontaneous or cultivated individual experience of the divine reality beyond the realm of ordinary perception, an experience often unmediated by the structures of traditional organized religion or the conditioned role-playing and learned defensive behavior of the outer man.
In negative theology, it is accepted that the Divine is ineffable, an abstract experience that can only be recognized or remembered—that is, human beings cannot describe in words the essence of the perfect good that is unique to the individual, nor can they define the Divine, in its immense complexity, related to the entire field of reality, and therefore all descriptions if attempted will be ultimately false and conceptualization should be avoided; in effect, it eludes definition by definition:
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13:56Why Study Negative Theology with Simon Oliver
Why Study Negative Theology with Simon OliverWhy Study Negative Theology with Simon Oliver
Simon Oliver introduces the importance of the notion of 'negative theology': because God is utterly transcendent our normal descriptive language has no meaning and so we can more truly speak about what 'God' is not. -
1:34Negative Theology
Negative TheologyNegative Theology
Theologian Denys Turner explains negative theology. Modern sophisticated theologians have perfected the art of obscurantism. -
4:21Negative Theology
Negative Theology -
9:32An Apophatic Approach to the Trinity
An Apophatic Approach to the TrinityAn Apophatic Approach to the Trinity
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82:11Cataphatic and Apophatic Theology in the Works and Life of CS Lewis
Cataphatic and Apophatic Theology in the Works and Life of CS LewisCataphatic and Apophatic Theology in the Works and Life of CS Lewis
This is a lecture I gave to a men's group in Franklin, TN on Monday, February 4, 2013. I did not record the question and answer session which lasted another hour. -
6:51Positive and Negative Theology
Positive and Negative TheologyPositive and Negative Theology
Proslepsis and apophasis are logical arguments used to describe something as it is (affirmation or positively) and what it is not (negation or negatively). The proofs are not irreconcilable. God affirms and negates much about Himself: - He is the Creator of the world (Gen. 1:1) - He is Lord and Supreme Being (Ex. 3:14) - He is not a false god (Ex. 7:14-12:36) - He is All-Merciful and All-Just (Ex. 34:6) - He is not like man (Num. 23:19) - He is Absolute (Isa. 9:5) - He is Father and Savior (Isa 63:16) - He is the Trinity (Mt. 28:19) - He is Spirit (Jn. 4:24) - He is the Life and Resurrection (Jn. 11:25) - He is the Way, Life and Truth (Jn. 14:6) - He is Love (1 Jn. 4:8) - He is the Judge of the world (Rev. 20:11) What these names have in common is that they use human knowledge and language to name God from Creation, since every thing resembles Him; so we know God in a limited way as His finite creatures. Together, apophatic and prosleptic theologies are like a safeguard against various errors: polytheism, the belief in more than one God; pantheism, the belief that everything is God; atheism, the belief that God does not exist; agnosticism, the belief God cannot be known; deism, the belief reason suffices to know God; maltheism, the belief that God is malicious; and the errors' corresponding sins, by way of misunderstanding man's imitation of and share in God: polytheism and polygamy, etc. Some theologians say "God does not exist" as a way of saying "God is not like anything that exists, for He is Absolute", while other theologians say "God does not know Himself" as a way of saying "God does not know as we human beings or other creatures know, for He is the Lord." Truth can seem wrong, yet error cannot be justified as the truth; and obsessing over Divine Names can lead to sin, while overemphasizing negation or affirmation can lead to grave doctrinal error. So let's stick with the Church, who, as the Mystical Body of Christ, has the Mind of Christ, Who in turn, as God and Man, is Divine Revelation. Music is Immaculate Mary Lourdes Traditional Pyreneean melody -
5:41Metropolitan Kallistos Ware: Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware: Mystical Theology of the Eastern FathersMetropolitan Kallistos Ware: Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware gives talks on the Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers. These views are held by both Eastern Catholic as well as Orthodox Christians. -
112:19Heretical Weekends #18: Apophatic theology and Flat Earthers!
Heretical Weekends #18: Apophatic theology and Flat Earthers!Heretical Weekends #18: Apophatic theology and Flat Earthers!
Inspired by a comments conversation I had this week: This show we discuss Apophatic Theology. What it is and is it useful in defining what "god" is (or in this case isn't). Also on the Agenda, our own +turdle2080 had a conversation with some flat earthers! I guess that's still a thing. Also... the Kim Davis drama, +Trey Jadlow posting more dumb shit, pastors comparing polite conversations with atheists to the "knock-out game", and much much more! -
12:03Saint Anselm and Negative Theology
Saint Anselm and Negative TheologySaint Anselm and Negative Theology
The following video is made to help us understand Saint Anselm and his negative theological understanding of God. References The Realistic Nihilist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00xakelcfRQ Anti-citizen X comment http://imgur.com/k9pXB6Z Thomas Aquinas Quote - http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1025.htm First Saint Anselm quote - The Proslogian, translated by Jasper Hopkins and Herbert Richardson, 95 http://jasper-hopkins.info/proslogion.pdf Second Saint Anselm quote - Ibid, 97 Saint Anselm, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On Truth” Third Saint Anselm quote, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On the fall of the Devil”, 66 media Angel and the Badman. Performed by John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey and Bruce Cabot. United States: Republic Pictures, 1947. Film. - Protected Under the Public Domain O God Strengthen the Faith. Preformed by Monks and Choirs of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Ukraine: 2003. Song - Protected Under the Public Domain O Theotokas And Virgin Preformed by Monks and Choirs of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Ukraine: 2003. Song - Protected Under the Public Domain -
9:58Atheism & Negative Theology
Atheism & Negative TheologyAtheism & Negative Theology
The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. If negative theology is one of the more sophisticated ways of entering into theological problems and issues, is there a parallel in atheistic discourse? Might there be some people who argue AGAINST theology where others are basically scientific materialists and so, defacto, are against most theology, certainly to dogmatic Western monotheistic traditions. -
5:22Negative Theology? You Can't Be Serious
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58:14Deirdre Carabine: «Love and Negative Theology»
Deirdre Carabine: «Love and Negative Theology»Deirdre Carabine: «Love and Negative Theology»
From the Metochi seminar «The Concept of Love» 23.05 - 30.05 2015
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Why Study Negative Theology with Simon Oliver
Simon Oliver introduces the importance of the notion of 'negative theology': because God is utterly transcendent our normal descriptive language has no meaning and so we can more truly speak about what 'God' is not. -
Negative Theology
Theologian Denys Turner explains negative theology. Modern sophisticated theologians have perfected the art of obscurantism. -
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An Apophatic Approach to the Trinity
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Cataphatic and Apophatic Theology in the Works and Life of CS Lewis
This is a lecture I gave to a men's group in Franklin, TN on Monday, February 4, 2013. I did not record the question and answer session which lasted another hour. -
Positive and Negative Theology
Proslepsis and apophasis are logical arguments used to describe something as it is (affirmation or positively) and what it is not (negation or negatively). The proofs are not irreconcilable. God affirms and negates much about Himself: - He is the Creator of the world (Gen. 1:1) - He is Lord and Supreme Being (Ex. 3:14) - He is not a false god (Ex. 7:14-12:36) - He is All-Merciful and All-Just (Ex. 34:6) - He is not like man (Num. 23:19) - He is Absolute (Isa. 9:5) - He is Father and Savior (Isa 63:16) - He is the Trinity (Mt. 28:19) - He is Spirit (Jn. 4:24) - He is the Life and Resurrection (Jn. 11:25) - He is the Way, Life and Truth (Jn. 14:6) - He is Love (1 Jn. 4:8) - He is the Judge of the world (Rev. 20:11) What these names have in common is that they use human knowledge and langu... -
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware: Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware gives talks on the Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers. These views are held by both Eastern Catholic as well as Orthodox Christians. -
Heretical Weekends #18: Apophatic theology and Flat Earthers!
Inspired by a comments conversation I had this week: This show we discuss Apophatic Theology. What it is and is it useful in defining what "god" is (or in this case isn't). Also on the Agenda, our own +turdle2080 had a conversation with some flat earthers! I guess that's still a thing. Also... the Kim Davis drama, +Trey Jadlow posting more dumb shit, pastors comparing polite conversations with atheists to the "knock-out game", and much much more! -
Saint Anselm and Negative Theology
The following video is made to help us understand Saint Anselm and his negative theological understanding of God. References The Realistic Nihilist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00xakelcfRQ Anti-citizen X comment http://imgur.com/k9pXB6Z Thomas Aquinas Quote - http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1025.htm First Saint Anselm quote - The Proslogian, translated by Jasper Hopkins and Herbert Richardson, 95 http://jasper-hopkins.info/proslogion.pdf Second Saint Anselm quote - Ibid, 97 Saint Anselm, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On Truth” Third Saint Anselm quote, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On the fall of the Devil”, 66 media Angel and the Badman. Performed by John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey and Bruce Cabot. United States: Republic Pictu... -
Atheism & Negative Theology
The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. If negative theology is one of the more sophisticated ways of entering into theological problems and issues, is there a parallel in atheistic discourse? Might there be some people who argue AGAINST theology where others are basically scientific materialists and so, defacto, are against most theology, certainly to dogmatic Western monotheistic traditions. -
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Deirdre Carabine: «Love and Negative Theology»
From the Metochi seminar «The Concept of Love» 23.05 - 30.05 2015
Why Study Negative Theology with Simon Oliver
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- Duration: 13:56
- Updated: 29 Jan 2013
- views: 4012
Simon Oliver introduces the importance of the notion of 'negative theology': because God is utterly transcendent our normal descriptive language has no meaning ...
Simon Oliver introduces the importance of the notion of 'negative theology': because God is utterly transcendent our normal descriptive language has no meaning and so we can more truly speak about what 'God' is not.
wn.com/Why Study Negative Theology With Simon Oliver
Simon Oliver introduces the importance of the notion of 'negative theology': because God is utterly transcendent our normal descriptive language has no meaning and so we can more truly speak about what 'God' is not.
- published: 29 Jan 2013
- views: 4012
Negative Theology
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:34
- Updated: 23 Oct 2008
- views: 2289
Theologian Denys Turner explains negative theology. Modern sophisticated theologians have perfected the art of obscurantism.
Theologian Denys Turner explains negative theology. Modern sophisticated theologians have perfected the art of obscurantism.
wn.com/Negative Theology
Theologian Denys Turner explains negative theology. Modern sophisticated theologians have perfected the art of obscurantism.
- published: 23 Oct 2008
- views: 2289
Negative Theology
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:21
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
- views: 577
An Apophatic Approach to the Trinity
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:32
- Updated: 24 Sep 2013
- views: 744
- published: 24 Sep 2013
- views: 744
Cataphatic and Apophatic Theology in the Works and Life of CS Lewis
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 82:11
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 367
This is a lecture I gave to a men's group in Franklin, TN on Monday, February 4, 2013. I did not record the question and answer session which lasted another hou...
This is a lecture I gave to a men's group in Franklin, TN on Monday, February 4, 2013. I did not record the question and answer session which lasted another hour.
wn.com/Cataphatic And Apophatic Theology In The Works And Life Of Cs Lewis
This is a lecture I gave to a men's group in Franklin, TN on Monday, February 4, 2013. I did not record the question and answer session which lasted another hour.
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 367
Positive and Negative Theology
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:51
- Updated: 22 Aug 2013
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Proslepsis and apophasis are logical arguments used to describe something as it is (affirmation or positively) and what it is not (negation or negatively). The ...
Proslepsis and apophasis are logical arguments used to describe something as it is (affirmation or positively) and what it is not (negation or negatively). The proofs are not irreconcilable.
God affirms and negates much about Himself:
- He is the Creator of the world (Gen. 1:1)
- He is Lord and Supreme Being (Ex. 3:14)
- He is not a false god (Ex. 7:14-12:36)
- He is All-Merciful and All-Just (Ex. 34:6)
- He is not like man (Num. 23:19)
- He is Absolute (Isa. 9:5)
- He is Father and Savior (Isa 63:16)
- He is the Trinity (Mt. 28:19)
- He is Spirit (Jn. 4:24)
- He is the Life and Resurrection (Jn. 11:25)
- He is the Way, Life and Truth (Jn. 14:6)
- He is Love (1 Jn. 4:8)
- He is the Judge of the world (Rev. 20:11)
What these names have in common is that they use human knowledge and language to name God from Creation, since every thing resembles Him; so we know God in a limited way as His finite creatures.
Together, apophatic and prosleptic theologies are like a safeguard against various errors: polytheism, the belief in more than one God; pantheism, the belief that everything is God; atheism, the belief that God does not exist; agnosticism, the belief God cannot be known; deism, the belief reason suffices to know God; maltheism, the belief that God is malicious; and the errors' corresponding sins, by way of misunderstanding man's imitation of and share in God: polytheism and polygamy, etc.
Some theologians say "God does not exist" as a way of saying "God is not like anything that exists, for He is Absolute", while other theologians say "God does not know Himself" as a way of saying "God does not know as we human beings or other creatures know, for He is the Lord." Truth can seem wrong, yet error cannot be justified as the truth; and obsessing over Divine Names can lead to sin, while overemphasizing negation or affirmation can lead to grave doctrinal error.
So let's stick with the Church, who, as the Mystical Body of Christ, has the Mind of Christ, Who in turn, as God and Man, is Divine Revelation.
Music is Immaculate Mary Lourdes Traditional Pyreneean melody
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Proslepsis and apophasis are logical arguments used to describe something as it is (affirmation or positively) and what it is not (negation or negatively). The proofs are not irreconcilable.
God affirms and negates much about Himself:
- He is the Creator of the world (Gen. 1:1)
- He is Lord and Supreme Being (Ex. 3:14)
- He is not a false god (Ex. 7:14-12:36)
- He is All-Merciful and All-Just (Ex. 34:6)
- He is not like man (Num. 23:19)
- He is Absolute (Isa. 9:5)
- He is Father and Savior (Isa 63:16)
- He is the Trinity (Mt. 28:19)
- He is Spirit (Jn. 4:24)
- He is the Life and Resurrection (Jn. 11:25)
- He is the Way, Life and Truth (Jn. 14:6)
- He is Love (1 Jn. 4:8)
- He is the Judge of the world (Rev. 20:11)
What these names have in common is that they use human knowledge and language to name God from Creation, since every thing resembles Him; so we know God in a limited way as His finite creatures.
Together, apophatic and prosleptic theologies are like a safeguard against various errors: polytheism, the belief in more than one God; pantheism, the belief that everything is God; atheism, the belief that God does not exist; agnosticism, the belief God cannot be known; deism, the belief reason suffices to know God; maltheism, the belief that God is malicious; and the errors' corresponding sins, by way of misunderstanding man's imitation of and share in God: polytheism and polygamy, etc.
Some theologians say "God does not exist" as a way of saying "God is not like anything that exists, for He is Absolute", while other theologians say "God does not know Himself" as a way of saying "God does not know as we human beings or other creatures know, for He is the Lord." Truth can seem wrong, yet error cannot be justified as the truth; and obsessing over Divine Names can lead to sin, while overemphasizing negation or affirmation can lead to grave doctrinal error.
So let's stick with the Church, who, as the Mystical Body of Christ, has the Mind of Christ, Who in turn, as God and Man, is Divine Revelation.
Music is Immaculate Mary Lourdes Traditional Pyreneean melody
- published: 22 Aug 2013
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Metropolitan Kallistos Ware: Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers
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- Updated: 15 Jan 2010
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Metropolitan Kallistos Ware gives talks on the Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers. These views are held by both Eastern Catholic as well as Orthodox Chris...
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware gives talks on the Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers. These views are held by both Eastern Catholic as well as Orthodox Christians.
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Metropolitan Kallistos Ware gives talks on the Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers. These views are held by both Eastern Catholic as well as Orthodox Christians.
- published: 15 Jan 2010
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Heretical Weekends #18: Apophatic theology and Flat Earthers!
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- Duration: 112:19
- Updated: 13 Sep 2015
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Inspired by a comments conversation I had this week:
This show we discuss Apophatic Theology. What it is and is it useful in defining what "god" is (or in this...
Inspired by a comments conversation I had this week:
This show we discuss Apophatic Theology. What it is and is it useful in defining what "god" is (or in this case isn't).
Also on the Agenda, our own +turdle2080 had a conversation with some flat earthers! I guess that's still a thing.
Also... the Kim Davis drama, +Trey Jadlow posting more dumb shit, pastors comparing polite conversations with atheists to the "knock-out game", and much much more!
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Inspired by a comments conversation I had this week:
This show we discuss Apophatic Theology. What it is and is it useful in defining what "god" is (or in this case isn't).
Also on the Agenda, our own +turdle2080 had a conversation with some flat earthers! I guess that's still a thing.
Also... the Kim Davis drama, +Trey Jadlow posting more dumb shit, pastors comparing polite conversations with atheists to the "knock-out game", and much much more!
- published: 13 Sep 2015
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Saint Anselm and Negative Theology
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- Duration: 12:03
- Updated: 10 Oct 2015
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The following video is made to help us understand Saint Anselm and his negative theological understanding of God.
References
The Realistic Nihilist - https:...
The following video is made to help us understand Saint Anselm and his negative theological understanding of God.
References
The Realistic Nihilist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00xakelcfRQ
Anti-citizen X comment http://imgur.com/k9pXB6Z
Thomas Aquinas Quote - http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1025.htm
First Saint Anselm quote - The Proslogian, translated by Jasper Hopkins and Herbert Richardson, 95 http://jasper-hopkins.info/proslogion.pdf
Second Saint Anselm quote - Ibid, 97
Saint Anselm, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On Truth”
Third Saint Anselm quote, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On the fall of the Devil”, 66
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Angel and the Badman. Performed by John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey and Bruce Cabot. United States: Republic Pictures, 1947. Film. - Protected Under the Public Domain
O God Strengthen the Faith. Preformed by Monks and Choirs of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Ukraine: 2003. Song - Protected Under the Public Domain
O Theotokas And Virgin Preformed by Monks and Choirs of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Ukraine: 2003. Song - Protected Under the Public Domain
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The following video is made to help us understand Saint Anselm and his negative theological understanding of God.
References
The Realistic Nihilist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00xakelcfRQ
Anti-citizen X comment http://imgur.com/k9pXB6Z
Thomas Aquinas Quote - http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1025.htm
First Saint Anselm quote - The Proslogian, translated by Jasper Hopkins and Herbert Richardson, 95 http://jasper-hopkins.info/proslogion.pdf
Second Saint Anselm quote - Ibid, 97
Saint Anselm, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On Truth”
Third Saint Anselm quote, translated by Thomas Williams, Three Dialogues “On the fall of the Devil”, 66
media
Angel and the Badman. Performed by John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey and Bruce Cabot. United States: Republic Pictures, 1947. Film. - Protected Under the Public Domain
O God Strengthen the Faith. Preformed by Monks and Choirs of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Ukraine: 2003. Song - Protected Under the Public Domain
O Theotokas And Virgin Preformed by Monks and Choirs of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Ukraine: 2003. Song - Protected Under the Public Domain
- published: 10 Oct 2015
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Atheism & Negative Theology
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- Duration: 9:58
- Updated: 02 Jun 2010
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The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. If negative theology is one of the more sophisticated ways of entering into theological problems and issues, ...
The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. If negative theology is one of the more sophisticated ways of entering into theological problems and issues, is there a parallel in atheistic discourse? Might there be some people who argue AGAINST theology where others are basically scientific materialists and so, defacto, are against most theology, certainly to dogmatic Western monotheistic traditions.
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The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. If negative theology is one of the more sophisticated ways of entering into theological problems and issues, is there a parallel in atheistic discourse? Might there be some people who argue AGAINST theology where others are basically scientific materialists and so, defacto, are against most theology, certainly to dogmatic Western monotheistic traditions.
- published: 02 Jun 2010
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Negative Theology? You Can't Be Serious
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- Duration: 5:22
- Updated: 03 Jun 2010
- views: 601
I respond to ProfessorAnton's "Atheism & Negative Theology," which can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abXROAGlGEI
I respond to ProfessorAnton's "Atheism & Negative Theology," which can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abXROAGlGEI
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Deirdre Carabine: «Love and Negative Theology»
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- Duration: 58:14
- Updated: 26 May 2015
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Why Study Negative Theology with Simon Oliver
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Negative Theology
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An Apophatic Approach to the Trinity
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Cataphatic and Apophatic Theology in the Works and Life of CS Lewis
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Positive and Negative Theology
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Metropolitan Kallistos Ware: Mystical Theology of the Eastern Fathers
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Heretical Weekends #18: Apophatic theology and Flat Earthers!
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Saint Anselm and Negative Theology
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Snowden calls for whistleblower shield after claims by new Pentagon source
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Accusations that Pentagon retaliated against a whistleblower undermine argument that there were options for Snowden other than leaking to the media. Edward Snowden has called for a complete overhaul of US whistleblower protections after a new source from deep inside the Pentagon came forward with a startling account of how the system became a “trap” for those seeking to expose wrongdoing ... “You’re playing with fire.” ... Snowden continued ... ....
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Iraq launches operation to retake IS-held city of Fallujah
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Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the beginning of military operations to retake the Islamic State-held held city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, in a televised address on Sunday night ... However, Iraqi forces are expected to face a complicated fight to push IS out of Fallujah, which is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, and has been under the militants' control for more than two years ... Last week ... ....
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Hundreds of thousands of people have demonstrated in nearly 50 countries around the globe to protest against the American mega producer company of genetically engineered (GE) seeds Monsanto, saying the corporation’s modified food and chemical herbicides pose grave threats to health ... They said the company works unethically in its development and implementation of genetically tailored seeds and pesticides ... ©AFP ... ©AFP ... ....
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Harvest should be the time for celebrations, weddings and full bellies in southern Malawi. But Christopher Witimani, Lilian Matafle and their seven children and four grandchildren had nothing to celebrate last week as they picked their meagre maize crop. Related. 'It's a disaster'. children bear brunt of southern Africa's devastating drought . Lucy Lamble. Last year’s drought, followed by erratic rains, hit the village of Nkhotakota hard ... ....
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Meet an atheist ... who believes in God
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Opinion by Frank Schaeffer, special to CNN. (CNN) – All the public debates between celebrity atheists and evangelical pastors are as meaningless as literary awards and Oscar night. They are meaningless because participants lack the objectivity to admit that our beliefs have less to do with facts than with our personal needs and cultural backgrounds ... Or maybe they'll embrace apophatic theology, the theology of not knowing ... U.S....
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