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Year 8
Knowing God: does religious experience prove God exists?
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I can explain William James' understanding of religious and mystical experiences and how they contribute to the question of God's existence.
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I can explain Persinger’s God helmet experiment and evaluate its implications for the existence of God.
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I can reflect on Ian McCormack’s conversion experience and use philosophical arguments to show how it could be used as support for the existence of God.
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I can explain what St Bernadette learned through her visions and reflect on whether she had knowledge of God.
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I can explain how Sufis connect with Allah and why some Muslims would say knowledge cannot be gained through Sufi mysticism.
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I can explain different understandings of the atman as divine and evaluate the claim that experiences across religions cancel each other out.
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