does religious experience provide a basis for beliefin god or a greater power

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who is going to be the most convinced by religious experience
the person who experienced it
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why is this
religious experience cant be tested by others rhat provides conclusive proof
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why cant it be tested for conclusivity
its completely unique to the person that no one else can judge whether its true or not
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how may people disagree with this
muslims take religious experiences for prophet muhammed to be supremely swaying and authroitatve
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how may religious experience be interpeted differently
different backgrounds, beliefs, emotions will interpret the same experience differently.
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why is this problematic
its impossible to conclusively decide with interpretation is the right one (if there is an objective right)
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what is the idea of wish fulfilment
people who have rleiiogus experiences usually is in line with their previous belief - catholics see virgin mary, hindus see krishna
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why is wish fulfilment a problem
the religious experience is no more than what they wat it to be rather than being authentic
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what is the response for this
if god wants his followers to recognise him, he will appear in a way that they can understand
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how may religious experiences be criticsed in a biological or psychological way
pentecost may be most away by emotion since it was so soon after the death of jesus and truly wanted to believe in the tongues of fire, francis of assisihad RE after severe illness
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what is the suporting point whcih talks about god revealing himself to people who have been taken drugs, sick etc.
why should god not appear to people when they have been taking frugs, fatsing or grieving. maybe he is a loving god who appeals to the most vuneravble/need of reassurance.
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how can the scientfic magnetic pulses be criticised
just because the artifical religious experiences werent created by god it desnt mean that all religious experiences arent from god
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