Which term refers to the idea that experiences do not last but bring lasting change.
Transient
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Who described religious experiences as ‘mysterium termendum et fascinans’?
Rudolph Otto
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What other term, meaning inspiring awe and holiness, did Rudolph Otto use to refer to religious experiences?
Numinous
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What is meant by the term corporate religious experiences?
Experiences which happen to a group of people
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Who described religious experiences as self-authenticating?
Friedrich Schleiermacher
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Who said: ‘They are as convincing to those who have them as any direct sensible experiences can be, and they are, as a rule, much more convincing than results established by mere logic ever are.’
William James
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How did William James believe the authenticity of religious experiences could be verified?
By looking at the change in the person's disposition
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Who devised the principles of credulity and testimony?
Richard Swinburne
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What is meant by the principle of credulity?
Things are probably as they seem.
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What is meant by the principle of testimony?
We should believe people unless we have reason to believe otherwise.
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Who argued that religious experiences were like dreams i.e. rooted in deep desires that fulfil our deepest wishes.
Sigmund Freud
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Who said: “From a scientific point of view, we can make no distinction between the man who eats little and sees heaven and the man who drinks much and sees snakes”.
Bertrand Russell
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Who argued that religious experiences could caused by physiological effects and created a 'God helmet' to test his claims?
James Persinger
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Who described religious experiences as ‘mysterium termendum et fascinans’?
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Rudolph Otto
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Who described religious experiences as self-authenticating?
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