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    The document provides three objective reasons both for and against trusting religious experiences and spirituality. For trusting them, it notes that 1) religious experiences can be rationalized as reflections of real experiences and history, 2) they are part of one's foundational knowledge system, and 3) some have a big impact on individuals through direct experience. Against trusting them, it argues that 1) there may be stronger rational reasons contradicting religious beliefs, 2) they could be caused by separate sociological or physiological factors rather than spirituality alone, and 3) similar experiences could be interpreted differently by different religions.

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    The document provides three objective reasons both for and against trusting religious experiences and spirituality. For trusting them, it notes that 1) religious experiences can be rationalized as reflections of real experiences and history, 2) they are part of one's foundational knowledge system, and 3) some have a big impact on individuals through direct experience. Against trusting them, it argues that 1) there may be stronger rational reasons contradicting religious beliefs, 2) they could be caused by separate sociological or physiological factors rather than spirituality alone, and 3) similar experiences could be interpreted differently by different religions.

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    The document provides three objective reasons both for and against trusting religious experiences and spirituality. For trusting them, it notes that 1) religious experiences can be rationalized as reflections of real experiences and history, 2) they are part of one's foundational knowledge system, and 3) some have a big impact on individuals through direct experience. Against trusting them, it argues that 1) there may be stronger rational reasons contradicting religious beliefs, 2) they could be caused by separate sociological or physiological factors rather than spirituality alone, and 3) similar experiences could be interpreted differently by different religions.

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    Pagkalinawan, Ma. Samantha I.

    REEXSPI ODGE1

    Activity: Challenges to Religious Experiences

    1. Give three (3) objective reasons why I must TRUST "Religious Experience" and "Spirituality"

    - The first objective reason why I must religious experiences and spirituality is that they can be
    enough to be rationalized as these are rooted in our own experiences; it is reflected as proof as
    the reality of the external world or in history. Consequently, the external world is an example of
    the products of events and experiences that happened in the past and in the present. Secondly,
    one can trust certain beliefs because it is part of the things that generally make up the foundation
    of their systematical knowledge. And thirdly, some beliefs have made a big impact in individuals
    in which have had an immediate experience or have personally immersed themselves with a
    supernatural form of being that may have strengthened their relationship with these beliefs.

    2. Give three (3) objective reasons why I must NOT TRUST "Religious Experience" and "Spirituality"

    - Now, for the objective reason as to why I must not believe is firstly because there is an otherwise
    a rationally strong enough reason that may contradict these religious beliefs to be made
    unreliable. Some of these experiences cannot be totally supported with rational and tangible
    evidence, even as some can be very objective so if one would look at this in a different perspective,
    when presented with more objectifiable facts it may make one’s spiritual experiences to not be
    entirely reliable. Secondly, in relation to this, it may also be caused by other sociological and
    physiological scientific factors that may be of separate logic/reason to what a spiritual experience
    teaches. One of these factors was argued by Freud in which he said that religious experience
    reflects peoples’ desires—based on the comfort of their own subjective truths. It can also align
    with their psychological needs which kind of makes a biased way of thinking. Furthermore,
    sociologists also have suggested that these religious experiences emulate peoples’ upbringing and
    how they can be heavily influenced by the society they grew up and lived in which as Karl Max has
    said can alienate them from having to form their own identity as well as reaching their own true
    potentials. Thirdly, in general, when looked at a worldwide view, religious and spiritual
    experiences can be interpreted and perceived in different ways even if for instance two different
    religions regard a similar nature of these experiences. So, for instance in people involved with two
    different religions, even one of their teachings resembles a slightly similar thought one would still
    cling to that certain religion rather than the other as it can subjectively make them resonate more
    with it based on how they perceive it from their own thinking.

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