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History of Ideas

Open here a series of excellent videos from BBC Radio 4 about the arguments (ideas) for or against the Existence of God

What is the Argument from religious experience for the existence of God?

Aim: To explain what it is this argument and its problems

Key words: supernatural – experience – miraculous – Pentecostal – sacramental – Holy Communion – Eucharist – St Paul

To do List:
Create a power point or word doc with the following:

A fact file from the research about Religious Experiences. Include definition, types of religious experience and explain in detail (see main points).
Research and create a fact file about St Paul’s religious experience AND from the list below*
Write down the problems of this argument.
Simple Definition: The Argument from religious experience for the existence of God is the argument which proves the existence of God experiencing personally God.
It can occur to either an individual or a group of people.

     Types of religious experiences

• Communicating with God through prayer and meditation
• Feeling God’s presence in worship
• Feeling the presence of God in nature
• Experiencing a conversion 
• Involvement in a miraculous event

Main points:

Explain how people can communicate with God through prayer and meditation
Explain how people can feel God’s presence in worship

Explain what “Pentecostal worship” is

Explain what “sacramental worship” is

Explain what Holy Communion is

Explain what is "feeling the presence of God in nature". 

Explain what is "experiencing a conversion".
Read the account of the conversion of St Paul in Acts 9:1-22

*Research about the religious experience of :The Buddha - Guru Nanak - Mahatma Ghandi - Prophet Muhammad

Try past paper question 2012 Q3 and Q4 here

Websites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions 

Religious experience or a trick of the mind (apophenia)?

"From seeing shapes in clouds to hearing Bing Crosby in a blizzard of static, we're all prone to finding things that aren't there. And there's a name for it: apophenia" Read the whole article thanks to the newspaper The Guardian here.
This photo shows a woman holding a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that she says bears the image of the Virgin Mary.
Photograph: Joe Rimkus Jr/AP

Existence of God : Revision

Revision notes are here and past paper questions and mark scheme are here (2012), (2011) and (2010)
Feedback from assessments, notes from common mistakes 

What is the Argument from religious experience for the existence of God?

Find out all about this argument for existence of God here, thanks to the contribution  of an A* student, Touhidul. Alam.

Revision notes

To help in your revision, please read past paper questions, key materials (2012 is not available) AND key notes (Learning log) and key words of the two topics for mock exams: Unit: Existence of God and Revelation.
Key notes (Learning Log) of the unit Existence of God is here and key terms are here.
Check point Key notes (Learning log) of the unit Revelation are here and key points are here. Key terms of The Problems of Evil and Suffering here
Have a good REvision and a good exam!