Arguments from religious experience are never convincing. When people say that they have experienced God or the divine in some way; they are not saying that it ‘seemed like’ God but was something else. The issue for many philosophers is: are religious experiences veridical? By this is meant can we actually demonstrate that the religious experiences of people are what they seem to be‚ i.e. experiences of God‚ rather than delusions‚ products of the mind or of some other source such as LSD? Can
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through experience have seemingly profound importance that what is obtained through books. I personally believe that the practical knowledge gain through experience is highly essential to survive in this metropolitan world where everyone is in a rat race. There is a famouse english saying that ’map is not the teritorry’. This also emphasises the same fact mentioned above. Of course‚ what we gain through books also have importance to some extent. Illustrating this point‚ we cannot experience the history
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be saved (time.com). Out of those survivors five-hundred-twenty-five people claim to have an out of body experience other wise known as OBE or some other type of Near Death Experience. Less than half of these cases can be proven. People that have a NDE are commonly diagnosed as AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation). Some things to consider with AWARE are what it is‚ what happens‚ and experiences while having an OBE. The common definition of death is a moment in which a person is either dead or alive
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A Memorable Event A Memorable Moment The day started off as any other normal day but I would soon find out that this day was different. Like any other teenager I loved going out with my friends and so like any other Friday evening I was going out with my friends. I was going to go to my friend’s house to pick him up and we were then going to get something to eat. I got to his house picked him up and we left to go get something to eat. We were halfway there when I got a phone call from one of
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books‚ web sites‚ the media‚ personal experience‚ authorities or some other- do you consider most trustworthy‚ and why? In this essay I will be looking at the statement above in relation to the problems of knowledge‚ using where appropriate my experiences as a knower. To determine which source of knowledge one can claim to be the most trustworthy one would have to define them all first. The proposed sources are: books‚ websites‚ media‚ personal experience and authorities. After I have defined each
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Essay 6 June 24‚ 2014 A Memorable Experience Having children in my life make me feel more responsable. I have two children‚ teenegers‚ Elvis 17 years old and David 14 years old. My husband and I raise them with love and devotion but it comes a moment and we relize that they are growing up very fast. My younger son finished eight grade in Forest Middle School. Celebrating my son`s graduation was a memorable experience for me. A good looking is important for this event. For examples‚ he was
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AdAptive pAth’s Guide to experience Mapping HIGH POINT TROUBLE SPOT LOW POINT First Edition published August 2013 Adaptive Path pier one‚ Bay 2 san Francisco‚ CA 94111 adaptivepath.com Written and designed in san Francisco and Austin We love our ideas to spread. this license allows you to remix‚ tweak‚ and build upon our work non-commercially. When doing so‚ you must acknowledge Adaptive path. When in doubt‚ just ask us. We won’t bite. For more information on what you can do with the content
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A conversion is a religious experience that changes a persons beliefs from one religion to another‚ there are three types of conversion with characteristics varying among them. Mystical experience however is a more extreme form of experience‚ which is not just seeing hearing or feeling someone but a deeper union with god. Non-volitional is a non voluntary conversion which is forced on someone. This usually means that the person is hostile to the belief they later come to hold‚ as it is forced
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The Experience Machine is a brain-in-a-vat thought experiment introduced by philosopher Robert Nozick in his book Anarchy‚ State‚ and Utopia. All of the arguments made in this paper mostly apply to before one has entered the Machine. Once one has entered‚ they lose all memory of the life they had before. They forget ever making the conscious decision to go into the Machine. It no longer is important to them and the fake reality created inside the Experience Machine is now their new actual reality
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‘Religious experience can be used as evidence for the existence of God’ A religious experience is an encounter with God when you experience transcendent reality and it you cannot will it to happen. A direct religious experience refers to events where God reveals him/herself directly to the person having the experience. The experience is not chose or willed by the person; the person experiences or observes God in some way. An indirect religious experience refers to experiences‚ thoughts or feelings
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