Religious Experience - Visions

Question 1

what is a vision?

Answer 1

it is a view or message from god, sometimes delivered to one person sometimes to whole groups of people

an example of this would be Moses and the burning bush

another example would be WWI soldiers who claimed the angle of st george shields them from the german troopers

Question 2

what are the three types of visions

Answer 2

corporeal

intellectual

imaginative

Question 3

give an example of a corporeal vision

hint corporeal means physical

Answer 3

st bernadette saw a vision of st mary multiple times.

the lady asked her to tell the priests to build a chapel at lourdes as well as scratching the earth to reveal spring water in the presence of st mary

Question 4

give an example of an intellectual vision

hint intellectual means experiencing the event rather than observing

Answer 4

teresa of avila

she claimed she saw an angel holding a spear with fire at the end. it was pierced into her heart several times. she was “left on fire with a wondrous love for god”

Question 5

give an example of an imaginative vision

hint imaginative is when it occurs in a dream

Answer 5

joseph

he was told in a dream to not worry about marrying marry and that she will birth jesus

Question 6

give a reason why people may not believe voices and visions as a reliable evidence to prove the existence of god

Answer 6

many schizophrenics have claimed they’ve heard a voice from god telling them to kill people

for example the york ripper killed prostitutes due to god telling him to do so