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“Religious language is meaningless.” Discuss
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"Religious language is meaningless." Discuss It is a key factor within science that if something cannot be proven, it is rendered meaningless. This was first suggested by Karl Popper, and despite not being in the context of religious language, it is applied. However, the subject is more complicated than simple terms. When one is to speak of religious issues, despite using the same language, there is almost a certain code; a type of wording which can relate only to religion through metaphoric associations, use of symbol, reference etc. One of the key issues within the use of religious language is perhaps that the words that are used by mere mortals to described what can only name what has been experienced on this world. One cannot anticipate what may exist beyond this world, and so the question emerges, debating whether one should refer to things that cannot be conceived, or if one...
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