ABSTRACT
The impact of critics of religious language has resulted in redefining what is meant by religious belief and the use of such statements as 'God exist', and it is this debate and reassessment that occupies much of contemporary philosophy of religion. Undoubtedly, the impact of critics of religious language has resulted in redefining what is meant by religious belief and the use of such statements as 'God exists', and it is this debate and reassessment that occupies much of contemporary philosophy of religion. The British philosopher A. J. Ayer argued that such transcendental speculation caused philosophy to be engaged in 'the over-indulgent licensing of gibberish'. They developed a theory that became known as logical positivism, also lesser known as logical empiricism. It was Ayer who introduced logical positivism to England with his ground breaking and popular work Language, Truth and Logic.
