Religious Experience

Question 1

Richard Swinburne Principle of Credulity

Answer 1

If it seems to a subject that x is present then probably x is present

Question 2

Richard Swinburne Principle of Testimony

Answer 2

The experiences of others are probably as they report them

Question 3

Sigmund Freud Book

Answer 3

Future of an Illusion

Question 4

Sigmund Freud Religious Experience Quote

Answer 4

fulfilments of the oldest strongest and most urged wishes of mankind
( deep desire for consolation and reassurance )

Question 5

What Religious Experiences Depict Pain and Violence?

Answer 5

Genesis 32 - Jacob wrestled with God

Prophet Muhammad PBUH - Revelation at Mount Hira with Anger Jibril

Question 6

William James Critique of Richard Swinburne

Answer 6

If we are created by God then a relationship with him would be one of our deepest desires

Question 7

View presented by Michael Persinger

Answer 7

Religious experiences are no more than the brain responding to external stimuli and that by stimulating the temporal lobes with a unique machine, he can artificially induce the feeling of genuine religious experiences in almost anyone

Question 8

What did Michael Persinger develop

Answer 8

Michael Persinger has developed a helmet which produces weak magnetic fields across the hemisphere of the brain (specifically the temporal lobes) to artificially recreate religion experiences