Evaluating Religious Experience Flashcards
1
Q
what strengthens swinburne’s principle of testimony?
A
its use in scientific communities
2
Q
name two other strengths of religious experience
A
we trust our senses ordinarily
the catholic church checks every reported ‘miracle’ rigourously
3
Q
explain how the sexual imagery in theresa of avila’s account of the angel suggests phsycological causes?
A
a freudian analysis of this account suggests the angel is a manifestation of her repressed sexual desires and is therefore a product of her own mind
