Weaknesses/Failures

Question 1

Experience cannot be proved by?

Answer 1

objective, empirical testing

- no scientific experiments can prove the experience as a true religious one

Question 2

the argument doesn’t present a what?

Answer 2

Universal form of God

Question 3

What do the logical positivists argue

Answer 3

that whatever could not be proved either rationally or empirically was irrelevant

Question 4

It is religious experience always

Answer 4

a personal experience

- subjective not objective therefore open to different interpretations

Question 5

a person may experience a religious emotion but does this mean there is a transcending being?

Answer 5

No