An Assessment of Religious Language in Philosophy of Religion

Every people in history have a concept about God and they refer to Him in several ways. This is the use of religious language. Philosophy of religion is occupied with the problems created by this distinctively religious use of language. The discussion normally centres around two main issues: namely, the special sense that descriptive terms bear when applied to God and the basic function of religious knowledge. The question then is, do those religious statements that have the form of factual assertions (for example, God loves us) refer to a special kind of fact or do they fulfil a different function all together.