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“Religious experience is all in the mind of the believer” -Examine and comment on this claim
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Bibliography Title Author Publisher Date The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S.Lewis A Beginners Guide to Ideas Raeper & Smith Lion Publishers 1991 Philosophy of Religion Anne Jordan, Neil Lockyer & Edwin Tate A level Religious Studies Gordon Read & Sarah Tyler Philip Alan 1999 The Puzzle of God Peter Vardy Harper Collins 1990 Varieties of Religious Experience James 1902 www.buddhistfaith.tripod.com/integrated/id10.html www.philosophyofreligion.info/principal of credulity www.wikipedia.org/wiki/religious_experienc The Bible "Religious experience is all in the mind of the believer" -Examine and comment on this claim In 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' by C.S.Lewis, when Peter and Susan go to the professor to express their concern for Lucy, the professor replies with "There are only three possibilities. Either your sister is telling lies, or she is mad, or she is telling the truth." This statement illustrates Swinburnes 'Principal of Credulity' which states that 'if it seems to a subject that x is present, then probably x is present'. Hence if Lucy isn't mad, and she does not tell lies, then you would...
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