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In four pages this paper considers whether or not religious experience, or experiencing God, is authoritative enough to justify an individual’s belief in God’s existence in an overview that examines supernatural encounters, perceptions, feelings, sensations, and mysticism. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.
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and shelter in an often cold and cruel world. However, even though there are more agnostics and atheists than ever before, the majority of people everywhere admit to believing
in a higher power. For the most fervent believers, God is everywhere, and therefore He and His power are experienced in daily life. As with all beliefs, this
must be justified or shown to be a reasonable conclusion. This justification must be rooted in grounds or evidence upon which the belief is based. Perhaps the greatest
collective justification for religious belief is on grounds that a higher power was responsible for the creation of the universe and its inhabitants. In science, research begins with
a hypothesis or a statement that must be proven as true with supporting evidence or grounds in order to be considered fact. What better way is there to justify
religious belief than through an actual religious experience or encounter with God? In the 2003 text Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, Peterson, Hasker,
Reichenbach, and Basinger distinguish between religious and ordinary experiences by stating that religious experiences are characterized by a supernatural presence either related to God or to some type of "Ultimate
Reality" (16). Such an experience differs from religious insight in that a religious insight can occur without experiencing God or believing in His existence (Peterson et al 16).
Philosopher Richard Swinburne argues that there are five kinds of religious experiences that are categorized according to the experience, and may be perceived through transcendent icons such as a sunset
or the ocean; through some type of unexplained phenomena; that are transmitted through trances or visions; that are unspoken sensations; or that are achieved through spiritual meditation (Peterson et al
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