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Religious Experience
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- 1Richard Swinburne'an experience which seems to the subject to be an experience of God or some other supernatural thing'
-The principle of credulity- If it seems to a subject X is present, then X is probably present'
-The Principle of Testimony- 'We usually believe to have occurred what other people tell us seem to be occurring' - 2Abraham MaslowPeak experiences - experienced in any culture at any time an that they have common features such as transcending the universe and a loss of space and time.
-The person is flooded with feelings of awe,wonder,joy,love an gratitude
-These feelings were generated by the mind and were interpreted as spiritual by the person having them or society around them - 3Karl MarxSaw religion as an illusion, something which blurred our vision of reality.
-Religion was the 'opium of people' - regarding it as a drug which dulls the pain of everyday life and alters our consciousness and perception caused by lack of economic power
Therefore mystical experiences are outward manifestations of this drug-induced state - 4Sigmund FreudReligion is linked with neurosis and considered that obsessive behavior was similar to religious practices
Religious experiences are reactions to a hostile world, in which we seek help from a father figure.
These experiences are an attempt to deal with our psychological needs - but they avoid us coming to terms and dealing with them properly - 5William James'The feelings, acts and experiences of individual men ... so far as the apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider as divine'
Mystical experience: PINT
Passive: the person has no control over the experience
Ineffable: Not possible for the person to describe it in normal language
Noetic: unites with God and become aware of truths unknown
Transient: The actual experience is short but the effects are long-lasting - 6Rudolf Otto'Experience of being acted upon by something outside ourselves, a 'Wholly other' - makes us aware that we are creates of an almighty God.'
Otto believed that religious experiences where essentially numinous. This is what marks it out as a particular class of experiences. He called such experiences mysterium tremendum- great mysteries and experiences of the wholly other - 7Public ExperiencesOrdinary Experience- Perceive the action of God in ordinary events e.g the night sky
Extraordinary Experience - the observable but unusual events e.g. Jesus Walking on water - 8Private ExperiencesExperiences that can be describe in normal language - E.g An angel appearing to Joseph to announce the birth of Christ
Experiences that are non describable- Mystical Experiences
Non Experiences - becoming more aware of the presences of God - 9Direct Religious ExperienceWhere God reveals himself directly to someone who has not chosen to have this experience
- 10Indirect ExperienceThoughts or feelings about God come through everyday events, such as seeing a beautiful sunset
- 11VisionsCorporeal Visions - Object or figure is externally/physically present
Imaginative Visions - visions that happen in dreams (perhaps giving messages, communicating knowledge)
Intellectual visions - an experience rather than an cbservation of a physical object
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