Religious Experience - PSYCH NEUROSIS?

Question 1

Intro to psych neurosis…

Answer 1

🔑 ob- poss of interp in way other than 🙏🏽
↪️these ACK- only exp not have to be accepted in theistic terms

ob’s vary- psych, physio, socio

object their objections!

Question 2

P1 - psych explanations

Answer 2

FREUD🤴🏻🤴🏻🤴🏻
exp - psycho factors acting on P
-human condition= fear in face or mortality☠️ + nature🥀
-THUS need rel comfort🤰🏻- wish fulfilment🎂
-POWERFUL WISHES- outlet🛍in dreams+delusory states!
===hallucinations from Pneed to control helpless state😨

FLAWED…

• assumptions source fear
• ❌convincing exp of why from this state, instead world view
• ❌take account vast- terry, life changing, pain

😌😊😌if caused by need to placate fear …… uniformly pleasant+comforting????😌😊☺️

Question 3

P2 - psych explanations

Answer 3

RECENT YRS- interest in physiolog - result of bio+neroS
eg- NEWBERG and D’AQUILI work (neroP ⚙️⚙️lie be RE)

exps- monks - causal/holistic operator🎛🔮 ⬆️activity
testable so good!

As w psych challenge– fact is PHYSICAL DIMENSION don’t have to reject exp!
on physical level, ord exp, eg 🎼🐥reduce to neuro events, doesn’t mean 🐥❌!!
SAME WAY- G cause exp, using hol

Question 4

P3 - psych explanations

Answer 4

SOCIO- origins in soc!

Marx- 💊💊stops people seeing re of world
RE- alienation 👽unable to be yourself, result of soc and beliefs of Church

MANY PROBLEMS!
more than just drug- real rel w God🤝🤝🤝💑
-not just method for control, force for change👭👬

Question 5

extra Para - Swinburne

Answer 5

convincing reasons to reject psych exp

P.O.Cred- use in everyday life, who skeptical bog😬

CC: have to accept every one?👩🏻‍🎤
CR: Swin ACK this! - already points out w sceptical considerations eg drugs.
SOMETIMES UNREL, DOES NOT MEAN GENERAL REFUTATION OF ALL