Critique of Supernatural Revelation

Abstract

This article argues that the claim of traditional Christian theology and religion to be in possession of supernatural revelation cannot be substantiated in a valid and non-circular manner in principle. It then notes the consequences for theology if the notion of supernatural revelation is abandoned. It proposes agnosticism about unknowable matters as a way of exercising faith or trust in the limits God’s providence has established for human knowledge.

Keywords

• agnosticism
• supernatural revelation
• onto-epistemology
• broad and ugly ditch
• theological epistemology
• thomas aquinas