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Visions & Voices
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- 1- Special revelation - knowledge being revealed by supernatural means. - Personal and unique. - General revelation - Accessible to all.- Unsure whether to believe our eyes and ears.
- Usually the sights and sounds are not public or shared by other. Therefore we cannot verify anything. - 2Exodus 3:1-17 - 'And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a burning brush.'Mark 9:2-13 - 'And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.'
- 3Corporeal visions- As a physical object - An experience where some sort of knowledge is gained.
- 4Imaginative visions- Visions that happen in dreams.
- 5Intellectual visions- Whole experience, a clear vision in the minds' eye.
- 6• Is it verifiable? If they are singular, personal experiences? • Hearing voices - Dramatic type of religious experience -Usually the voice of God or in the case of the revelation to Muhammad, orWho do we trust?
- 7Hearing voices- Dramatic type of religious experience -Usually the voice of God or in the case of the revelation to Muhammad, or the voice of Jesus in Paul's conversion.
- 8Revelatory- The voice reveals something about God.
- 9Authoritative- To those who have the experience, the message has communicated God's authority.
- 10Disembodied- The voice appears to come from no particular body.
- 11St Paul Acts 9 (Pauls conversion).- These experiences carry authority but it's worth noting that the voice may not be audible.
- 12—- Some thinkers have observed that visions and voices can be linked to physical features such as fasting (e.g. Ramadan).
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- A level Philosophy (Religious Experience) Flashcards on Visions & Voices , created by Isabella Treccani-Chinelli on 14/05/2017.
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