Let’s Recap...In the back of your books, create one or two sentences that include the following words...

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religious

experience

unique

individual

life changing

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Be ready to share with the class!

Religious Experience

Learning Objective:To evaluate religious experiences as

proof for the existence of God.

By the end of the lesson...

• I can give the example of Moses’ religious experience.

• I understand what I need to do for my homestudy.

• I can give arguments for and against religious experiences as an argument for the existence of God.

Moses and the Burning Bush

Moses’ Religious Experience

Create a tweet about Moses’ experience of the burning bush. What might he have tweeted on this day?

Be ready to share your tweets with the class!

Moses: Strengths and Weaknesses

Are there any other

explanations?

When did this happen?Is the source reliable?

Was this a life changing experience?

Homestudy

Your task is to research into the conversion experience of Nicky Cruz.

You will need to include:

• A definition of a religious experience.

•Explain what happened to Nicky Cruz.

• Evaluate his experience. What are the strengths and weaknesses?

You can present your work...

• PowerPoint Presentation• Newspaper Article• News programme• Radio show• Documentary• Interview show• Fact File

Arguments For and Against

Arguments For

On one post it note write down an argument for and on the other post it note, write down an argument against religious experiences proving God’s existence.

ArgumentsAgainst

Choose what you think are the two most convincing arguments for and against and write them into your book.

Progress Line Self Assessment

I have come to my own conclusion as to whether religious experiences are proof for the existence of God and can explain my point of view with examples.

I can explain why some people do not accept religious experiences as a proof for the existence of God.

I can explain why religious experiences can be considered proof of God’s existence.

I can give two examples of a religious experience.

I can define what a religious experience is.

Place your post it note with your name on it onto the arrow. Can you do some, most or all of these statements?

All

Most

Some