A Study of Ontological Arguments for Negative Theology

Those who defend negative theology base their ontological arguments on God''s unity، simplicity، being not comparable، lacking of limitation، lacking of quiddity، absoluteness، and infinity. On the other side، those who defend positive theology hold that there is no inconsistency between the above mentioned attributes of God and his positive attributes. For example، they say، we can accept both his unity of essence and his multiplicity of attributes. Also we can attribute him positively from one side and accept his incomparability from the other side. Also there is not any implication between having description and being limited. There is no inconsistency between an absolute God and the God of religions; All of these are derived from confusing general knowledge and detailed knowledge of God. We will discuss that most of these criticisms do not apply to negative theology and that the critics have not a clear concept of this theology in their minds.