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Difficulties of interpretation
- Religious experiences tend to be described in terms
of people's prior religious faith
- Counter Argument
- Possible to argue that all our experiences
are interpretations
- We describe everything in our way
- It could be argued that a pluralistic
interpretation is possible
- Experiences in different faiths might be genuine experiences
of an ultimate reality or God
- These ideas are then expressed through the
beliefs of a particular faith
- These ideas are then expressed through the
beliefs of a particular faith
- Possible to argue that all our experiences
are interpretations
- For example, a Catholic may interpret their experience
as caused by the Virgin Mary
- A Hindu is unlikely to give this explanation
- A Hindu is unlikely to give this explanation
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