Many thanks for this site. Negative theology appears to be knowledge of God obtained by way of negation. This seems a contradiction in terms. If God or fairies or angels or Santa Claus don't exist for me, how can I gain knowledge of these non-entities? For purposes of negative theology, since I'm an atheist, wouldn't I have negated the concept already? Am I not practicing negative theology already? Andy Amago -----Original Message----- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx Sent: Dec 18, 2004 4:34 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Disbelief Try "apophasis". Here are a couple links: _http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2342/is_3_34/ai_70396396/pg_6_ (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2342/is_3_34/ai_70396396/pg_6) _http://www.willamette.edu/~blong/Words/Apop.html_ (http://www.willamette.edu/~blong/Words/Apop.html) _http://www.vuw.ac.nz/chaplains/issues/affneg.html_ (http://www.vuw.ac.nz/chaplains/issues/affneg.html) Actually you get better sites by googling "apophasis negative theology" because just "apophasis" gives stuff that's too general. Julie Krueger ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html