Public And Private Experiences

• What are the 2 categories of Swinburnes religious experience

  Public and Private Experiences
• What are the categories of private experiences

  1. Describable
  2. Non Describable Experiences
  3. Non Specific
• What is a private describable Experience

  Describable in ordinary languages, shown in dreams or visions
• Give an example of a private describable religious experience

  Joseph's bible dream
• What is a private non describable experience

  Direct Experiences with God Which the divine is revealed to people, going beyond the power of human description (ineffable)
• What is a private non-specific religious experience

  Seeing the world from a religious perspective
• What is an example of a private non-specific religious experience?

  Looking back on past events and saying that "God Guided Me"
• What are the 2 categories of Public Experiences

  1. Ordinary Experinces
  2. Extraordinary Experiences
• What is an ordinary public experience

  A person interprets a natural event as having significance (i.e the beauty of the natural world)
• What is a public Extraordinary Experience?

  They Violate the normal understanding of the laws of nature
• Give an example of a public extraordinary experience

  Jesus turning water into wine.