P4

Question 1

Religious experience argument outline

Answer 1

People believe that they have experienced God, they think it to be true, it may be because they have had repeated experiences or just one profound experience.

Question 2

2 strengths for the religious experience argument

Answer 2

1/ they are life changing events and in many cases, particularly in the story of the conversion of Saint Paul, if the stories are fake then people would have no reason to devote and lose their life for it.

2/ Many people claim to have had these experiences

Question 3

2 Weaknesses for the religious experience argument

Answer 3

1/ the evidence is anecdotal (relies fully on the persons word)

2/ it happens to people who are already religious therefore they make the assumption it is the divine being