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does analogy inevitably lead to agnosticism?Access the strengths and weaknesses of analogy?
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Access the strengths and weaknesses of analogy? Strengths Weaknesses *? Analogy of proportion- where a word is used to refer to a quality a thing posse's e.g. a dog is loyal in the way dogs are loyal and therefore although we lack understanding of god in the same way a dog is loyal we can understand that God is all-powerful as we as humans can understand the idea of power. *? Analogy of attribution- refers to a term applied to one thing is transferred to a second thing as the first causes the other e.g. sickly describes the way someone may appear. Aquinas therefore saw the reflection of God's wisdom- god is the source of love and life therefore we can speak of a loving and living God. *? Ian Ramsey said there is need for models such as God's omnipotence refers to his power and omnipotence being 'all-powerful' singles out God making him unique and Ramsey said...
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