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The subject of religious language is derived from the question “Can we speck meaningfully about God?” this question has great significance. God is, by nature, an ineffable being outside spacio-temporal confines which limit us human beings. God’s ineffability and transcendent nature means it is difficult to construct a meaningful statement about God without impinging on His definition. If it is not possible to make a meaningful statement about God then there is a danger that the God we think we know is a misrepresentation to the point where we no longer worship God Himself.

The subject of religious language is derived from the question “Can we speak meaningfully about God?” this question has great significance. God is, by nature, an ineffable being outside spacio-temporal confines which limit us human beings. God’s ineffability and transcendent nature means it is difficult to construct a meaningful statement about God without impinging on His definition. If it is not possible to make a meaningful statement about God then there is a danger that the God we think we know is a misrepresentation to the point where we no longer worship God Himself.

There are some who believe that we cannot make meaningful statements about God at all. Followers of the Verification Principle such as A. J. Ayer, for example, would hold that whatever statement we make choose to make about God cannot be verified (meaning it cannot be objectively ascertained or checked) and is therefore meaningless.

There are some who believe that we cannot make meaningful statements about God at all. Followers of the Verification Principle such as A. J. Ayer, for example, would hold that whatever statement we make choose to make about God cannot be verified (meaning it cannot be objectively ascertained or checked) and is therefore meaningless.

There are however several strong arguments against the verification principle including the criticism that the Verification Principe is, itself, unverifiable as there is nothing which it can be tested against. For the purpose of this essay and in the interests of avoiding unnecessary tedium I will assume that it is meaningful to make statements about God.

There are however several strong arguments against the verification principle including the criticism that the Verification Principe is, itself, unverifiable as there is nothing which it can be tested against. For the purpose of this essay and in the interests of avoiding unnecessary tedium I will assume that it is meaningful to make statements about God.