Do you feel that religious experience is a valid proof for the existence of deity (god)? Have you had a religious experience? If yes, do you believe that your experience is more valid then other people’s religious experience, why? If you have not had a religious experience is your lack of experience more valid then someone else’s confirming religious experience, why?
2006-07-05 00:48:59 · 16 answers · asked by Pablito 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have seen and experienced first hand incidents that do indicate presence of some force or say power in a couple of religious events. these incidents have no scintific basis and no logic. but I now believe GOD STARTS WHERE LOGIC ENDS. And different people have diferent logic limitations. Therefore I feel none of us is competent enough to say for sure whether god is there or not, and it is one's own perception in which one must believe in total.
As a matter of fact if God is there then why should he bother if some one believes in him or not.
2006-07-05 01:05:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 13⤊ 6⤋
Define a "religous experience". That can mean a lot of things. Sitting through a church sermon????????? That "religous experience' is something I try to get out of whenever possible.
Or do you mean something like being a holy roller and jumping around like an idiot (do i really need to say anymore on that? I am.). I have not had this religous experience, nor do I plan to. My not having this experience is much more valid than anyone who has ever done this. I've noticed that people i USED to respect have turned into complete pansies and morons after having this experience. You see, I have developed a hypothesis, that these people get a little "high" off the attention, and, of course, they believe its the presence of God. It might be, but if God really wants us to act retarded like that, shouldn't we consider alligning ourselves with Satan (just kidding, well, sort of). Clearly, I'm a little biased on this issue, so I'll move on.
As for any other religous experience, it generally just has to do with being "part of the crowd". Being part of the crowd is what draws people to those things anyway. Then your peers say: "Try some religous experience. Everybody's doin it." Then you give in and take a toke off that angelical blunt.
2006-07-05 08:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Some people claim to see ghosts, that's not proof that ghosts exist though.
"is your lack of experience more valid then someone else's confirming religious experience, why?"
No, what happens or doesn't happen in someones mind cannot prove or disprove anything. If it could, there would be proof that god, aliens, ghosts, zombies, big foot, Santa Clause and anything anyone has ever dreamed about exists.
2006-07-05 07:50:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think so. There is a part of the human psyche left over from primative times which rationalizes the world by means of religious experience. Read The Varieties Of Religious Experience by William James as well as Freud on the super-ego.
2006-07-05 07:55:02 · answer #4 · answered by synchronicity915 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had an experience but it was not religious, it was personal. Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.
While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.
Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.
I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.
I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.
I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.
Your brother don
2006-07-05 07:55:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The time that I accepted Jesus' gift, I was filled with immense peace, more than at any other time. Is that proof? Yes it is one proof, but is not the sum total of proof.
My proof also includes the validity of the scriptures in the Bible, God's work shown in His creation, and the changes that have occured (very rapidly) in my concepts of what I felt was right and wrong.
2006-07-05 07:53:40 · answer #6 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Delusions are common amongst humans. Calling a delusion a "religious experience" does not alter the fact it is a delusion (or hallucination).
2006-07-05 07:53:40 · answer #7 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is only a religious experience because you choose to call it that. Otherwise, it is a natural experience.
2006-07-05 07:52:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a scientist by profession, but I do not believe that personal experiences are testable or even verifiable, so from a scientific standpoint I'd have to guess no.
Best wishes.
2006-07-05 07:56:19 · answer #9 · answered by K M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an experience, religious or otherwise is personal! you can choose to accept it or deny it...everyone has the chance, to what degree is on how much is digestible to the person...sometimes it takes a long time to understand...sometimes it remains mysterious...yet it is always positive, the true experience will move u to change positively...
2006-07-05 07:53:33 · answer #10 · answered by El-rene 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Valid proof? Of course not! What utter garbage!
2006-07-05 07:52:21 · answer #11 · answered by fiend_indeed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋