A5 Religious Experience Lesson 4

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Religious Experience

A5

2023 - 2024

Lesson 4

(50 min)

Logical carousel

1. Ask a question
2. Answer the question
3. Give a reason that fits the combination of the question asked and the answer given.
4. Give an example that illustrates the stated reason, as well as makes this reason (more) concrete. 
5. Give a critical note
6. Give a reflection about the conversation:

• Do you think differently now?
• What was striking?
• Did your attitude change concerning the subject that has been discussed?

Homework

Poster

Lesson objectives

You will.....

• investigate whether psychological factors can explain religious experiences
• investigate wheter religious experiences are rooted in natural physiological processes.

What's the difference between psychological and physiological?

If your friend had tickets to the premiere of their favourite film at the weekend and told you he/she had met their idol, would you believe him/her?

1. why or why or why not?
2. What would it take for you to believe him/her?
3. What sort of evidence would you want?
4. Would any amount of evidence be conclusive? why (not)

Is God a psychological construct?

1. why or why or why not?
2. What would it take for you to believe him/her?
3. What sort of evidence would you want?
4. Would any amount of evidence be conclusive? why (not)

Freud

Religion is a psychological construct

personality consists of 3 parts:

1. id: primitieve instincten (unconscious)
2. ego: brings together id & super-ego (both)
3. super-ego: opposite of id = conscience/morality (unconscious)

Story

Listen to the story

Does religious experience have a purely physical and neural explanation?

1. why or why or why not?
2. What would it take for you to believe him/her?
3. What sort of evidence would you want?
4. Would any amount of evidence be conclusive? why (not)

Homework

To do:

• Study page 74 - 77 + Chapter 6 Background information
• Activity 4 + 6 page 75
• Activity 5 page 77

On which topic do I need more clarity?