RE quick quiz

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Passivity

Answer 2

happening to you

Question 3

Ineffability

Answer 3

unable to describe or explain

Question 4

Noetic quality

Answer 4

sense of revelation

Question 5

Transiency

Answer 5

state of lasting for a short time

Question 6

Mystical RE

Answer 6

exp of divine which is beyond usual sense exps

Question 7

happening to you - what characteristic?

Answer 7

Passivity

Question 8

sense of lasting for a short time - what characteristic?

Answer 8

Transiency

Question 9

Conversion RE

Answer 9

changing your life by converting to another belief system

Question 10

inability to describe or explain the exp

Answer 10

Ineffability

Question 11

sense of revelation - what characteristic?

Answer 11

noetic quality

Question 12

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

Answer 12

mystical RE

Question 13

what is a vision?

Answer 13

the exp of seeing a religious figure

Question 14

Numinous RE

Answer 14

the sense of ‘awe and wonder’ which Otto describes

Question 15

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

Answer 15

conversion

Question 16

define empirical

Answer 16

knowledge obtained through the 5 senses and worldly observation

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Numinous RE

Question 18

objective

Answer 18

un-opinionated and based on facts

Question 19

subjective

Answer 19

considering opinions and open for interpretation

Question 20

Naturalistic explanation

Answer 20

explanation referring to natural rather than supernatural causes eg scientific explanation

Question 21

corporate RE

Answer 21

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

Question 22

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

Answer 22

naturalistic explanation

Question 23

2 Christian examples of Corporate RC?

Answer 23

• Toronto Blessing

- The Story of Pentecost

Question 24

which C from Bible experienced a conversion RE?

Answer 24

St Paul - before was named Saul

Question 25

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Answer 25

neurological disorder which causes unprovoked seizures

Question 26

what drug can stimulate mystical exps?

Answer 26

LSD

Question 27

what is one unusual side effect of TLB?

Answer 27

religious hallucinations

Question 28

what are the 2 Principles that Swinburne set out?

Answer 28

- P.O.Testimony | - P.O.Credulity

Question 29

what sort of philosophical arg is RE arg?

Answer 29

inductive

Question 30

P.O.Testimony

Answer 30

should usually trust what others are telling truth

Question 31

P.O.Credulity

Answer 31

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

Question 32

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

Answer 32

P.O.Credulity

Question 33

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

Answer 33

P.O.Testimony

Question 34

who defined mystical exps into categories of 'love and union' and 'knowledge and understanding'?

Answer 34

Happold

Question 35

two categories that Happold defined mystical exps

Answer 35

1) love and union | 2) knowledge and understanding

Question 36

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

Answer 36

mystical

Question 37

Schleiermacher's view on RE? (2)

Answer 37

- self authentciating | - core of R beliefs

Question 38

which scientist devised the 'God Helmet'?

Answer 38

Persinger

Question 39

what does the God Helmet do?

Answer 39

artificially triggers RE by stimulating the temporal lobes

Question 40

what did Newburg find?

Answer 40

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'

Question 41

Anthony Flew's criticism of Swinburne's cumulative approach

Answer 41

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

Question 42

what device artificially triggers RE by stimulating the temporal lobes?

Answer 42

God's Helmet

Question 43

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

Answer 43

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