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Direct and Indirect Experiences
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- 1What is a religious experience?an experience of transcendent reality
- 2What is a direct experience?events where God reveals himself directly
- 3Give example of a direct experienceto answer a prayer or offer help
- 4Can a direct religious experience be chosen by the person?No
- 5Who said' "an omnipotent and perfectly good creator will see to interact with his creatures"Richard Swinburne
- 6What did Swinburne mean by this?If there is a God, he would want us to have direct experiences of him
- 7What assumptions can we make about the attributes of God as a result of direct experiencesHe is a personal, everlasting and immanent God
- 8How do people often describe direct experiencesas ineffable (indescribable)
- 9Give an example of a direct religious experienceSaul's conversion
- 10Give an account of Saul's conversionWalking to Damascus, a light blinded him, and he heard a voice (Jesus), saying "why do you persecute me?", Saul surrenders to Jesus and is told to go to the city, for 3 days he is without sight until Disciple Ananias touches him and gives him sight
- 11Why are direct experiences ineffable?there is an ontological difference between the creator and creation, as we are not experiencing a corporeal being it is out of our realm of capability to explain
- 12Who said "I know that God exists because I spoke with him this morning"Billy Graham
- 13What is an indirect experience?thoughts and feelings that we have about God which are prompted by daily events
- 14Give an example of an indirect experienceseeing the stars at might make us think about God's greatness (Kant)
- 15What is an indirect experience like?being inspired
- 16Wat are the implications of indirect experiences seeing as they are subjective?they are based on faith and so not all people will experience God in this way
- 17What do these experiences confine God to?psychological reactions to the world around you, like love
- 18What does Hick say about religious experiences?they are our way of interpreting ordinary experiences around us
- 19What is the main difference between direct and indirect experiencesindirect experiences lead us to the presence of God
- 20What did Penfield argue?there is a specific part of your brain that is stimulated when you have religious experiences
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- Religious Experience Flashcards on Direct and Indirect Experiences, created by Zoe Bone on 27/11/2016.
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