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Conversion and
Corporate Experience
- Examples of conversions are found
in both scriptures and modern
examples
- Whilst the inner experience is not empirically detectable,
changes in behaviour can be observed
- William James describes truth to only
be found in the results
- William James describes truth to only
be found in the results
- Whilst the inner experience is not empirically detectable,
changes in behaviour can be observed
- Psychological views
- Process conversion in different terms
- Changes are usually gradual; sometimes 'crisis'
type events cause rapid transformation
- Edwin STARBUCKS
- Drew parallels with the normal
process of finding identity
- Most religious conversions
happen between 15-24
- However;
- Although in conversion there is a sense of there is
a sense of the individual choosing to believe and
follow God
- There is also an element of 'Passivity';
- Believers speak of someone or something
acting upon them
- To reduce a conversion to just psychological
phenomenon fails to address the cause
- To reduce a conversion to just psychological
phenomenon fails to address the cause
- Believers speak of someone or something
acting upon them
- There is also an element of 'Passivity';
- Although in conversion there is a sense of there is
a sense of the individual choosing to believe and
follow God
- However;
- Drew parallels with the normal
process of finding identity
- Changes are usually gradual; sometimes 'crisis'
type events cause rapid transformation
- Transformations in terms of our priorities and
ideas do occur for all of us as we go through life
- Process conversion in different terms
- Corporate Religious Experience
- Religious experiences that happen to a number of
people simultaneously
- TORONTO BLESSING 1994
- Large numbers of believers reported being affected by the Holy Spirit
- Uncontrollable weeping
- Laughing
- Rolling around on the floor
- Rolling around on the floor
- Laughing
- Uncontrollable weeping
- However, some argue this is simply mass hysteria
- Corporate Experiences may seem more
impressive as there are more people to
'verify' the experience
- All other experiences are private and impossible to verify
- All other experiences are private and impossible to verify
- Such experiences should be judged
on what effects are produced
- Corporate Experiences may seem more
impressive as there are more people to
'verify' the experience
- Large numbers of believers reported being affected by the Holy Spirit
- TORONTO BLESSING 1994
- Religious experiences that happen to a number of
people simultaneously
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