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R.Otto definition of RE's?
'A sense of the numinous'
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What type of argument is RE's?
Posteriori- Based on experience
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William James definition of RE's?
'The feelings, acts and experiences of individual men'
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What did James do in terms of RE's?
He studies a vast amount of RE's and came up with a criteria to work out their validity.
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What is Ineffability? What scholar does it come from?
1. Not able to explain RE, it is a struggle to put it into words. 2. James
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What is Noetic? What scholar does it come from?
1. Having impart knowledge of the RE. 2. James
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What is Transiency? What scholar does it come from?
1. RE's are over quickly. 2. James
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What is Passivity? What scholar does it come from?
1. RE happen and they are out of the individuals control, you can encourage it to happen, but cannot control it when it happens. 2. James
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What does James' criteria aim to do?
To prove RE's come from God.
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Are RE's a good form of proof of God? And who for?
Yes, for the individual they are 'absolutely authoritative'
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What does Swinburne believe about God interacting with us?
It is reasonable
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Why is the idea that God would want to interact with us reasonable?
Because it fits in with his attributes of Omnipotence and Omnibenevolent.
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With relation to God and RE's how does Omnipotence link?
Because God is all powerful, he is powerful enough to interact with us.
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With relation to God and RE's how does Omnibenevolence link?
Because God is all loving, he has it within his nature to want to interact with us and show his love.
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Swinburne quotation on God with relation to REs
'An omnipotent and perfectly good creator will seek to interact with his creatures'
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What are the two principles Swinburne puts forth with REs? What do they mean?
Principle of Credulity- We can intuitively believe it is God as long as it makes sense Principle of Testimony- There is no reason to say it is not God, unless there is a reason to do so, e.g. A known lair
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Swinburne quotation to support Principle of Testimony?
'In the absence of special consideration'
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What does Buber believe about the world?
It is two-fold, it is based upon two relationships.
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What question does Buber answer?
Why God can act in the world and how he can bring about REs
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What are the two relationships set forth by Buber? What do they mean?
I=It- day-to-day relationship I-Thou- Deeper relationship
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Who is the eternal thou according to Buber?
God
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According to Buber what relationships are always through God?
I-Thou
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Quotation to support Buber in I=Thou?
'Each thou we address the eternal thou'
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What is a feature of an I=Thou relationship?
Much of what we know in a personal encounter cannot be put into words, e.g. explaining our faith
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According to Buber what does God us to reveal himself in REs?
I=Thou
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