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The Argument from religious experience is an argument for the existence of God, as against materialism. Outline logical structureIts logical structure is essentially as follows:
Points 2, 3 and 4 are relatively un-controversial, and the argument is formally valid, so discussion focuses on the premise (1). From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License From Yahoo Image Search: "Argument from religious experience"  commonsenseatheism.com lukeprog ue, 15 Dec 2009 02:10:10 GM Unfortunately, Kai Man Kwan's article doesn't even discuss the most basic objection to . arguments from religious experience. ; namely, that other people have contradictory religious experiences. (Quote). Comment | December 15, 2009 ...  protestantism.suite101.com unknown Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:00:00 GM What is important if it isn't our relationships here and while we are here to . experience. our own existence with each other working toward our mutual greatest potential and happiness? ... At the outset I would like to state that my intention is not to put down any . religious. beliefs. I believe that any vision of the origin of the universe, scientific or theistic, necessarily has to be based on postulates or beliefs, because we do not have, and I believe cannot have, ...  adam-qadmon.blogspot.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:41:00 GM The idea that you could persuade people not to be . religious. is in my view a hopeless aim. It comes from people's personal . experience. , rather than logical . arguments. . But isn't this what you're doing in your book, arguing for the virtues ... From Google Blog Search: "Argument from religious experience"  slate.com Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:52:56 GMT+00:00 Slate Magazine I think he's afraid to talk to his parents about our relationship (they have relatively firm religious beliefs, whereas he is nonreligious but values Muslim ...  theatlantic.com Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:48:14 GMT+00:00 The Atlantic It's an interesting argument . In theory, the privacy rights of a captive audience may limit the speech rights of protesters whose presence and message is ...  dakotavoice.com Thu, 27 May 2010 23:33:31 GMT+00:00 Dakota Voice Notice also that this idiot says we must not describe the terrorist attacks by these terrorists in religious terms even though the terrorists themselves ... From Google News Search: "Argument from religious experience" Scientific evidence about ghosts and other paranormal topics? Q. A friend and I had a sh**storm of an argument about the existence and evidence of ghosts (specifically) and the paranormal in general. I have been able to find evidence that psychological, environmental, and physiological aspects play a role in the perception of paranormal phenomenon. What I haven't been able to find is any scientific article (peer-reviewed or not) suggesting empirical evidence for ghosts or other paranormal activities; I'm referring to evidence that shows they are a separate phenomenon from the psychological, environmental, physiological aspects. The only articles I've come across are those that look at the belief in religious/paranormal experiences across cultures, age, sex, race, etc. Has anyone come across scientific… [cont.] Asked by J W - Fri Mar 20 09:01:42 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. there isnt alot of evidence because its hard to gather evidence on something we dont fully understand but there is things like a tempreature rise of 5 degrees and elevated electromagnetic feild readings as well as electronic voice phenomina such as ghostly voices on recordind and pictures of ghost as well as videos of ghost go to yourghoststories.com and click on the pictures and videos tab accross the top and scroll down a u will find a whole section of documentries on the existance of ghosts and other paranormal entities also have a look at ghoststudy.com. just using the the information from yourghoststories.com i won a debate about the existance of ghosts. good luck hope u convince ur friend but if u ever go on a ghost hunt never take… [cont.] Answered by indestructable81st - Fri Mar 20 09:33:40 2009 Which is the intellectually superior view? Better yet, which view reflects the universe as it is? Q. Reply to the atheist who adheres to one of the following two positions: 1. There is no evidence that God exists. 2. There is not enough evidence that God exists to justify a belief in God. Reply to 1: there is at least some evidence that God exists just as there is some evidence that God does not exist. This position is fatally weak. Reply to 2: There are at least four evidences that indisputably increase the probability that God exists. Do not confuse increasing the probability that God exists with increasing the probability that God exists to greater than 0.5: 1. The universe exists. 2. The universe exhibits order here and everywhere we can observe. 3. Scriptural accounts of peoples who claim contact with God maintain some… [cont.] Asked by spinozas_error - Fri May 1 22:28:27 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. There is no empirical evidence that God exists. The existence of the universe is only evidence that the universe exists. The order of the universe comes from the properties of pure numbers. Scriptural accounts have no significance at all. Religious experiences have no significance at all. If a perfect entity existed it would be complete within itself and have no need to create a universe or us. Answered by EddieJ - Fri May 1 22:31:56 2009 Do the spirits invade our privacy?
Q. Read carefully: Persons who don't believe in spirits ignore this question, unless you have something constructive to say. Most people believe in spirits and view them in a favourable light. They believe in guardian angels and spirit guides, for example. I believe that if there are spirits, they are intelligent, alien biological organisms who may act as brain parasites, taking from our mental experiences to intellectually and emotionally grow. But they do not share our personal identity, so they do not immortalize us. Therefore, I do not accept religious definitions of spirit. I believe that if there are spirits, we should not trust them especially if they SPY on us (watch us without clearly showing to us that they are watching us). … [cont.] Asked by MindTraveler - Fri May 18 20:06:00 2007 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. I think that they could. When my aunt died recently, whom I respected a great deal, I felt that she'd be "watching over" me. Of course, when I bathed, utilized the rest room, or had relations with my husband, I still suspected that she was watching me, and that made me uncomfortable. It just didn't make sense to me that she could watch over me continuously and not see things I would be adverse to her viewing. Answered by Hobbitling - Fri May 18 20:57:47 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Argument from religious experience" |
