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RE: Religious Experiences
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- 1What is a Religious Experience?Something which convinces them that God exists.
- 2Explain what a Numinous Experience is?An Experience which completely amazes someone and inspires awe and wonder. Usually, words are not enough to describe the experience but it leaves a person aware of a presence greater than themselves. e.g. A Sunrise.
- 3Explain what Conversion is?An experience which causes an individual to change their beliefs or lifestyle. An Atheist may become a believer in God or someone may change from one religion to another. E.g. In the Bible, Saul persecuted Christians but then converted and became a christian.
- 4Explain PrayerA method which believers use to communicate with God. Prayer can be personal, or a group experience when people pray together. Believers pray to share ideas with God, to praise him, or to thank him for what he has provided, to ask for Forgiveness or to Show Gratitude.
- 5Explain MiraclesAn Act of God which seems to defy the laws of nature. E.g. Jesus fed 5000 people, healed a crippled man.
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- GCSE RE Flashcards on RE: Religious Experiences, created by Blgr64 on 03/03/2015.
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