Revelation

• Revelation

  literally uncovering something that was previously hidden
• Christians on revelation

  do not believe that natural theology alone is enough to gain full knowledge of God because humans are sinful and their intellect is limited
• R.C. Church on revelation

  see faith as something that works alongside reason
• Aquinas on revelation

  sees faith as a conscious choice to accept something that is not certain, it is different from science
• Calvin on revelation

  • Christian faith comes through an acceptance of Jesus as the redeemer of the world, which is done on a spiritual level
  • faith in Jesus leads towards true knowledge of God
  • the Holy Spirit helps humans in their lives by giving faith, and opening them up to God's grace
• Dawkins

  • rejects faith as it fills in gaps to big questions that we do not yet know the answers to
  • science will be able to answer key questions of theology and philosophy at some point
• Fideism

  revelation is essential for the human mind to know anything about God’s existence