Religious experiences                                            20th June 05

                                                     

$hanelle Idris

For this set homework we were asked to give an example of a story for each religious experience.

 I will start of by first explaining, what is a religious experience?

A religious experience is when I think something happens to you, and may strengthen your belief in God or your religion.

Numinous- means is when you feel a presence greater than you (like God)

A writer called Otto described a numinous experience as

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'Come sweeping like a gentle tide, pervading the mind with a tranquil mood of deepest worship.'

Otto

I like this quote as it describes the feeling of a numinous experience. Before I didn’t really know what I felt like but know I have a sense of how it feels. Even though I have not personally had it.

A woman was praying in a church and she was praying strongly and she was in an in pensive mood, she felt like she was connecting with God then she felt a hand on her shoulder. Then she felt hat ...

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