Ayer paragraph 1 helpful hints for answering question

a) Clarify / examine the argument and / or interpretation in the passage. [24]

First summarise in your own words what the overall message of the passage is e.g.

In paragraph one Ayer is suggesting that philosophers generally agree that the existence of a transcendent God, the god of Classical Theism, cannot be ‘demonstratively proved’ and that therefore any statements about this kind of God possess no ‘literal significance.’ [Obviously there is more that can be said even in this summary.]

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Good Dawkins quotes

Matt Ridley: ‘most scientists are bored by what they have already discovered. It is ignorance which drives them on.’ Dawkins: Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious.’

‘those people who leap from personal bafflement at a natural phenomenon straight to a hasty invocation of the supernatural are no better than the fools who see a conjuror bending a spoon and leap to the conclusion that it is ‘paranormal.’ ‘
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