Religious Experience

Religious Experience

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

'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 someone had

comforted her and she felt safe.

Conversion - A change in which someone adopts a new religion, faith,

or belief.

A woman changed from a strict Christian to a Muslim. She found the

religions strict beliefs relevant to Islam. If Islam didn’t have

strict rules then it would be hard to follow we need to be scared of

God to progress in Islam.

She already was a Christian and believed in one God but her thoughts

narrowed and she strictly believed in one God called Allah.

Surely conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone

knows his creatures' hearts. A conversion without a clean heart is, in

my opinion, a denial of God and Religion. Conversion without

cleanliness of heart can only be a matter of sorrow, not joy, to a

godly person.

Mohandas Gandhi

I love this quote because i believe that if your heart isn’t clean

then you cannot convert.