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RE quick quiz Flashcards

1
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what are William James’ characteristics of RE? (4)

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1) Passivity: happening to you
2) Ineffability: unable to describe or explain
3) Noetic quality: sense of revelation
4) Transiency: state of lasting for a short time

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2
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Passivity

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happening to you

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3
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Ineffability

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unable to describe or explain

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4
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Noetic quality

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sense of revelation

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5
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Transiency

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state of lasting for a short time

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6
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Mystical RE

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exp of divine which is beyond usual sense exps

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7
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happening to you - what characteristic?

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Passivity

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8
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sense of lasting for a short time - what characteristic?

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Transiency

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9
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Conversion RE

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changing your life by converting to another belief system

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10
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inability to describe or explain the exp

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Ineffability

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11
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sense of revelation - what characteristic?

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noetic quality

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12
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exp of divine which is beyond usual sense exps - what type of RE?

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mystical RE

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13
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what is a vision?

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the exp of seeing a religious figure

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14
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Numinous RE

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the sense of ‘awe and wonder’ which Otto describes

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15
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changing your life by converting to another belief system - what type of RE?

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conversion

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16
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define empirical

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knowledge obtained through the 5 senses and worldly observation

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17
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what is the type of RE that Otto describes as the sense of ‘awe and wonder’?

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Numinous RE

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18
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objective

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un-opinionated and based on facts

19
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subjective

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considering opinions and open for interpretation

20
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Naturalistic explanation

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explanation referring to natural rather than supernatural causes eg scientific explanation

21
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corporate RE

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RE that happen to a group of ppl as a ‘body’

22
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what is an explanation referring to natural rather than supernatural causes eg scientific explanation?

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naturalistic explanation

23
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2 Christian examples of Corporate RC?

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  • Toronto Blessing

- The Story of Pentecost

24
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which C from Bible experienced a conversion RE?

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St Paul - before was named Saul

25
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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

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neurological disorder which causes unprovoked seizures

26
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what drug can stimulate mystical exps?

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LSD

27
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what is one unusual side effect of TLB?

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religious hallucinations

28
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what are the 2 Principles that Swinburne set out?

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  • P.O.Testimony

- P.O.Credulity

29
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what sort of philosophical arg is RE arg?

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inductive

30
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P.O.Testimony

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should usually trust what others are telling truth

31
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P.O.Credulity

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should usually believe what our senses tell us what we are perceiving

32
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what is the principle that says that should usually believe what our senses tell us what we are perceiving ?

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P.O.Credulity

33
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what is the principle that says that we should usually believe what our senses tell us what we are perceiving ?

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P.O.Testimony

34
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who defined mystical exps into categories of ‘love and union’ and ‘knowledge and understanding’?

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Happold

35
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two categories that Happold defined mystical exps

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1) love and union

2) knowledge and understanding

36
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what type of exp did Happold split into two categories of ‘love and union’ and ‘knowledge and understanding’?

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mystical

37
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Schleiermacher’s view on RE? (2)

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  • self authentciating

- core of R beliefs

38
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which scientist devised the ‘God Helmet’?

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Persinger

39
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what does the God Helmet do?

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artificially triggers RE by stimulating the temporal lobes

40
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what did Newburg find?

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he looked at the brain during meditation and prayer and found that at the peak of meditation and prayer, there is movement of blood from the parietal lobe which controls your sense of time and place which could explain the feeling of ‘losing yourself’

41
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Anthony Flew’s criticism of Swinburne’s cumulative approach

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he compared S’s arg to ‘ten leaky buckets’ - this is him saying that by putting flawed args together doesn’t make the overall arg stronger because the foundations are still flawed and weak

42
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what device artificially triggers RE by stimulating the temporal lobes?

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God’s Helmet

43
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Explain James’ view on whether RE can be used to prove God exists (3)

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  • valid for that person, not for others
  • perhaps proves existence of something greater than us
  • pragmatic app: change for the better “….permanently patient heart…”

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