Prayer is a religious experience all An alternative view has been – religious communities stress the presented by D.Z. Phillips When – importance of prayer. someone prays, it is not about St Teresa of Avila taught . . . presenting facts. We must ask what a person is doing when they pray. It may be an appeal to their inner strength, for example. This would mean that prayer is not a religious experience . . . Religious communities develop their Theological challenge - Knowledge of ideas about God based on religious God is not possible God is – experiences e.g. Moses and the 10 transcendent, outside space and time commandments and does not reveal Himself to humans Nelson Pike and Maurice Wiles. – Moses and burning bush am who I ‘I am’ Religious practice is based on Other things in religious have religious experience greater importance . . . Islam Ramadan – Christianity Easter – Buddhism - Wesak In conclusion, is no adequate definition of miracles.’ Evaluate this view This will involve working with the definitions of miracle and assessing adequacy Introduction - What do we mean by adequacy? Definition Argue no definition is adequate Disagree a definition could Evaluation – – be adequate Miracle is a The of nature’ can’t be An opposing viewpoint would ‘laws break in the broken they are generalisations be that it is adequate to say – laws of nature or hypotheses based on past that a miracle is a break in the experience laws of nature as the law is the best explanation we have for the way the world has worked up until now. The law is so well
Prayer is a religious experience – all religious communities stress the importance of prayer. St Teresa of Avila taught . . . An alternative view has been presented by D.Z. Phillips – When someone prays, it is not about presenting facts. We must ask what a person is doing when they pray. It may be an appeal to their inner strength, for example. This would mean that prayer is not a religious experience . . . Religious communities develop their ideas about God based on religious experiences e.g. Moses and the 10 commandments Moses and burning bush ‘I am who I am’ Theological challenge - Knowledge of God is not possible – God is transcendent, outside space and time and does not reveal Himself to humans – Nelson Pike and Maurice Wiles. Religious practice is based on religious experience Islam – Ramadan Christianity – Easter Buddhism - Wesak Other things in religious have greater importance . . . In conclusion, is no adequate definition of miracles.’ Evaluate this view This will involve working with the definitions of miracle and assessing adequacy Introduction - What do we mean by adequacy? Definition Argue – no definition is adequate Disagree – a definition could be adequate Evaluation Miracle is a break in the laws of nature The ‘laws of nature’ can’t be broken – they are generalisations or hypotheses based on past experience An opposing viewpoint would be that it is adequate to say that a miracle is a break in the laws of nature as the law is the best explanation we have for the way the world has worked up until now. The law is so well
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