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6. Who argued that religious experiences could caused by physiological effects and created a 'God helmet' to test his claims?

  • Susan Blackmore
  • James Persinger
  • Richard Dawkins
  • Sigmund Freud

7. Which term refers to the idea that the experience is not under the control of the mystic. It is something that happens to the mystic.

  • Passive
  • Transient
  • Ineffable
  • Noetic

8. How many categories of religious experience did William James define?

  • 6
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

9. Which of the following is not an example of corporate religious experiences?

  • The Miracle at Fatima
  • Saul's conversion on the road to Damascus
  • The Toronto Blessing

10. Which term refers to direct experience of God which goes beyond human powers of description.

  • Noetic
  • Ineffable
  • Transient
  • Passive

11. Who described religious experiences as self-authenticating?

  • William James
  • James Persinger
  • Friedrich Schleiermacher
  • Rudolph Otto

12. Which term refers to receiving knowledge of God that is not otherwise available.

  • Ineffable
  • Transient
  • Noetic
  • Passive

13. What other term, meaning inspiring awe and holiness, did Rudolph Otto use to refer to religious experiences?

  • Transformative
  • Noetic
  • Numinous
  • Transient

14. What is meant by the principle of credulity?

  • People mostly do not lie
  • We usually believe people
  • Things are probably as they seem.
  • Most religious experiences are reasonable

15. What is meant by the term corporate religious experiences?

  • Experiences that occur regularly during a person's life
  • Experiences which happen to a group of people
  • Experiences that happen in a religious place of worship
  • Experiences that occur outside businesses

16. Which term refers to the idea that experiences do not last but bring lasting change.

  • Noetic
  • Transient
  • Ineffable
  • Passive

17. Who argued that religious experiences were like dreams i.e. rooted in deep desires that fulfil our deepest wishes.

  • Ludwig Feuerbach
  • James Persinger
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Richard Dawkins

18. Who devised the principles of credulity and testimony?

  • James Persigner
  • Richard Swinburne
  • William James
  • Richard Dawkins