The different ways in which individual religious experiences can be understood (Edexcel A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

Believe things are as they seem unless evidence to contrary

Believe what people tell us unless good reason not to

Many testimonies = strong evidence for higher power union

Beliefs from experience are justified at first sight

View that only empirical knowledge is genuine/valuable

An awe-inspiring fascinating mystery

Awe-inspiring holiness unexplainable in any other way

Brain's framework of words/clusters for religious experience

A sense and taste for the infinite

Religious experiences need no testing to prove genuine

Infantile neurosis

Illusions fulfilling oldest, strongest wishes of mankind

15-24 year olds

Over 80%

Nearly all reported profound religious experience