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IF GOD COULD TALK, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HIM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2016

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Abstract

The idea that God can communicate with human beings is at the heart of religion. Most people who believe in God also believe that God speaks to them through a holy text, or through an inspired preacher, or even directly. However, language works only because it is embedded in, and a product of, human activity. Therefore it is impossible for God to speak to human beings, or for people to speak to God.

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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2016 

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1 Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Philosophical Investigations (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), 235 Google Scholar.