Religious experiences

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4 types of religious experience and their descriptions
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What is a numinous experience? An experience which completely amazes someone and often inspires awe and wonder. Usually words are not enough to describe the experience but it leaves a person aware of being greater than themselves.
An experience that causes an individual to change their beliefs, ideas or complete lifestyle. An atheist may suddenly become a believer in God or a person may change from one religion to another
Prayer A method which believers use to communicate with God. Prayers can be personal or can be a group experience when believers worship together. Believers pray to share their ideas with God, to praise him, to thank him for what he has provided, to ask for forgiveness or to show gratitude.
An act of God that appears to be impossible as it goes against the laws of nature. It is usually performed for a religious reason.
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