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- 1What is direct/indirect religious experience?Direct = contact with God
Indirect = internal sense of something other than this world - 2Which 2 from Swinburne's category of religious experience are public?Through an ordinary object eg. a beautiful valley (personal and internal)
Through unusual objects eg. Burning Bush (visible) likely to be considered a religious experience by others. - 3Explain the different types of religious experience.Corporate - involving more than one person eg. Toronto Blessings
Hearing voices
Seeing visions
Numinous - experiencing something "wholly other"
Conversion - changing faiths/religion eg. Cat Stevens - 4Give an example of hearing/seeing voices and visions.St Bernadette of Lourdes - aged 14 had 17 visions of Virgin Mary and found a spring that was believed to heal the ill.
- 5How can visions/voices be refuted?Could be a psychological illness eg.Schizophrenia
(St Bernadette was ill most of her life and could possibly have been a reason for her visions but no prove that it was) - 6What did Teresa of Avila suggest about visions and voices?Only the voice of God if it fits in with Christian God.
Experience with God would leave experiencer feeling at peace. - 7How did Teresa of Avila come to believe her suggestions of visions and voices?Through her own direct experience of hell (speared in her side)
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- A-Level Philosophy and Ethics Flashcards on Untitled, created by Bheshmaya Gurung on 01/06/2016.
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