Religious Experience And Influence Flashcards
What is religious experience and Faith and religious experience and revelation.
Faith - faith in terms of mixture of action of the will trust and belief in the body of truths expressed in statements and propositions.
for many the move from the belief that to a belief in is brought about by a personal religious experience and experience can also be a source of one’s own Faith, another word of his experience related to faith is the current of strengthening of faith and religious experience can move people into Faith to lead people into a religious experience from Faith.
What is religious experience and Faith and religious experience and revelation.
Faith - faith in terms of mixture of action of the will trust and belief in the body of truths expressed in statements and propositions.
for many the move from the belief that to a belief in is brought about by a personal religious experience and experience can also be a source of one’s own Faith, another word of his experience related to faith is the current of strengthening of faith and religious experience can move people into Faith to lead people into a religious experience from Faith.
Revelation - to Revelation the Divine becomes known to humanity any type of religious experience can be revelation of religious truths being communicated.
Revelation through religious experience can also be a moment of realisation coming at the end of a period of reflection involve seeing or interpreting events or experiences in a special way
How old is experiences value for religious communities and affirmation of the belief system.
In most religions there is often a pivot of figure who was linked to the founding of that religion their authority derives from their religious experience as it is seen from the confirmation and formation of their message.
For example angel Gabriel and Muhammad reddit’s experience.
in Christianity the revelation through the appearance of the angels to Mary and Joseph confirms adopting of in coronation of the virgin birth this is all religious experience and has a pivotal value for religious communities.
What are the three values for individual and what are they?
Faith restoring - if an individual does question their faith and religious experience usually tends to strengthen and affirm their faith.
Strengthen faith in the face of opposition - individual may be strengthened in their faith in the opposition as they hear religious experiences that believers experienced when they faced opposition accounts such as Martyrs that inspire faith in the face of opposition.
Renewal and commitment to religious ideals and doctrines - most religions have occasionwear adheres to the faith of an opportunity to renew their commitment to the faith and ideals often takes the place of public commitment and prayer this decision to make such equipment can be a religious experience.
What was St Thomas Aquinas development of a gustin’s definition of a miracle.
Events in which god does something which nature could never do.
Events in which god does something which nature can do but not in this order e.g. living after death.
Events in which god does something that the working of nature usually does but without the operation of the principles of nature e.g. instant cure
What was David hume’s understanding in definition of miracles. And the laws of nature.
” a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the deity or by the interposition of some invisible agent “.
human understanding of a law of nature has been understood by philosophers and two ways the first is referred to as hard interpretation and it seems laws of nature on un alterable uniform.
the second understanding of a violation of the law of nature is referred to as a soft of you that sees natural laws not as fixed that are unalterable in any circumstance but rather than natural laws that can have exceptions.
What is RAF Holland’s definition of a miracle and Richard swinburne’s
Holland argued that the miracle need neither involved breaking the laws of nature non-intervention of God, a miracle can only be spoken about against the religious background with a miracle was taken as a sign hence a miracle but can be defined as “ remarkable and beneficial coincidence that is interpreted in a religious way ‘ contingency miracle. It is perception that takes a religious stance
Swinburne endorses hume’s definition god intervention but makes two significant changes.
1) instead of violation of natural law, swinburne uses an occurrence of non-repeatable counter instance to the law of nature “ it does not give a new law.
2) miracles hold from deeper religious significance and just baking a law of nature they contribute significantly towards design purpose in the world used as a sign
Why do religious believers accept that miracles occur and what is evidence of sacred writings?
a religious belief accept God exists and God existence may be independently supported by traditional fire stick arguments such as the design argument if there’s a strong historical evidence that America’s occurred it would seem reasonable.
swinburne argues that natural theology establishes the probability that God would produce a revelation which kind can confirmed as probable.
Evidence and sacred writings of many religious texts record supernatural events to vindicate gods of message on Earth.
What is the affirmation of faith traditions in relation to miracles and personal experience.
Many religions claim that the only true religion has true miracles by other miracles of false judeo-christian tradition supporters view.
if God had an interesting communicating people and God desire that they would be able to recognise some message as being from him and the occurrence of miracles might be expected especially towards those who believe in him.
Many Christians argue Resurrection of Jesus confirm that Jesus the son of God and Christianity is the one true revelation.
miracles can genuine support faith and individuals and personal experiences such as Roman Catholics trying at Lourdes. 69 verified miracles at Lourdes.
What was hume’s challenge relating to based belief and to the credibility and sceptibility of belief.
Seems challenge to relate into testimony based on belief goes a structured 1. Where the experience has been constant than this constitutes of full proof
2. Where it has variable than it is the case of weighing proportionate probability of the experience having happened against not happened.
3. where the belief is about miracles in a difficult euros this was because a miracle Courtney Hume is a violation of the laws of nature which have been established and unalterable experience.
does not deny the possibility of miracles however the probability assumes that there was a lying rather than the miracle actually occurring.
He then has three points relating to the credibility of witnesses
- Numerical has a sufficient number of witnesses what is required as a quantity of educated trustworthy witnesses.
- people are prone to look for marbles and wonders at the passion and surprise arising from miracles being agreeable emotion gives a tendency to the belief towards them.
- The sources of miracle stories of an ignorant people uneducated galleon peasants apostle reference the New testament gospel the are no equivalent this day to that of in the gospel.
What are humans conclusions on contradiction nature Faith claims.
Hume’s final reason against miracles considered arguing about religious traditions counteracting each other.
in part one he concluded that “ no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such kind that it’s falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish “ no testing will be sufficient to establish a miracle and no miracle can be a foundation for a religion.
part II presents that is more rational to discuss the testimony about a miracle them to believe that the law of nature had been broken.
How does swinburne identify a non-repeatable counter instance to a law of nature? (3)
and can a non repeatable counter instance be believed to have happened?
and a non repeatable count days since identified as a miracle?
Swinburne identifies three observations necessary that a non repeatable counter instance to a law of nature would have to fulfill.
- If we had good reason to believe that the event had occurred contrary to predictions of the law and a good reason to believe they would not happen again.
- it would have to be the case that if we tried to modify The law of nature to try to predict in the event the modified low would give false predictions.
- if we leave the law of nature unmodified we have good reason to believe that the unmodified law would give correct predictions in all other conceivable circumstances.
Swindon then addresses the question of what would be a good reason for believing that the event if it occurred was non-repeatable.
And that phone on the people of count instance to be taken as a miracle it has to be caused by God.
What is swinburne contradiction to hume’s arguments regarding contradictory nature of faith claims.
He responds by pointing out that hume’s argument going to be fired if two miracles were in conflict and incompatible swinburne claims that moves alleged miracles do not give rise to conflict
- devout Roman Catholic priest might be praying for a miracle demonstrate truth of the doctrine transubstantiation when a Tabernacle containing the sacrament levitated.
- dedicated Protestant minister might pray for miracle to happen to show that the doctrine transubstantiation is a lot worse than lightning strikes out the cloud and so the sky and destroy the tabernacle.
these two conflicting miracles concerned doctrine and Swinburn makes points that religious miracles on not of this type.
a miracle in the context of Hinduism and one in the country of Islam but not uses for the specific details of their respective religions are true.
What are swinburne’s criticisms of hume’s arguments regarding credibility of witnesses?
he accepts that hume’s arguments are valid however he makes the point that the standards of evidence that human sets of very high.
swinburne does not deny that human second point happens but comments at the other people who would scrupolsly honest and only historical investigation will show which group The witness to alleged miracle are in.
swinburne listed three principles for weighing conflict evidence beside the most basic principle of accepting as many pieces evidence as possible.
- Evidence of different kinds or to be giving different weights.
- different pieces of evidence order be given different weights in accordance with any empirical evidence which may be available about the different reliability.
- multiple similar testimony from different witnesses or to be given more weight against the lesser number of contrary testimonies unless there is a strong falsehood.
What is a direct quote from Evans regarding religious faith and religious experience and religious revelation.
” if Faith which evades critical questions is a faith that lacks confidence which is not truly assured it has found truth “
