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The argument from religious experience is an argument for the existence of God. == Outline == In essence, the argument's structure is as follows: # There are compelling reasons for believing that claims of religious experience point to and validate spiritual realities that exist in a way that transcends material manifestation; # According to materialism, nothing exists in a way that transcends material manifestation; # According to classical theism, God endows human beings with the ability to perceive – although imperfectly – religious, spiritual and/or transcendent realities through religious, spiritual and/or transcendent experience. In the Old and New Testaments of Christianity, for instance, Adam "talks with" God while Saint Paul refers to "spiritual gifts" and "seeing through a glass darkly".〔First Epistle to the Corinthians.〕 # To the extent that premise 1. is accepted, therefore, theism is more plausible than materialism. This argument is formally valid. As statements 2 to 4 are generally treated as uncontroversial, discussion has tended to focus on the status of the first. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Argument from religious experience」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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