RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE - OTHER COUNTERARGUMENTS

Kant and Logicality

Our sensory perception exists in the empirical realm (a phenomenon). Even if there is a realm outside of our existence it would be logically impossible for us to experience it. Human senses are too limited and finite to experience an unlimited God.

Alston Counter to Logicality

Alston argued that sense experience is similar to religious experience, so it is logically possible for us to experience God

Broad Analogy to Counter Logicality

Broad gave an analogy of a society of blind people where some people evolve to see; the people who are blind would not believe the people who can see when they explain what they can see

Different Interpretations = Problematic

People express their interpretation of religious experience through the lens of previous belief. A Catholic might believe their experience was caused by Mary but a Hindu is unlikely to give this explanation.

Different Interpretations = All our Experiences (Counter)

All of our experiences could be interpretations. If you and your friend both saw an experience you would probably describe it differently but this does not make it logically impossible that it happened

Different Interpretations = Pluralistic (Counter)

All religious experiences are a pluralistic experience of one ultimate God, expressed through the lens of individual beliefs