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| Direct Religious Experiences |
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| Events where God reveals itself to the person having the experience. The experience is not willed by the person. God is observed in some way. |
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| Used to refer to experiences that are beyond human abilities to desctibe and communicate. |
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| Indirect Religious Experiences |
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| Experiences,thoughts, or feelings about God that are prompted by events in daily life. Such as staring at the stars. |
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| An event in which God or something about God are seen or observed. |
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| Used in many ways by writers on religious experience. In general it is used to refer to religious experiences where God is revealed directly and the person having the experience is passive. |
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| Refers to something which gives knowledge, such as a revelation from God in which God reveals something. |
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| Describes the common state of a person who has a religious experience. Often people do not seek out or will religious experiences, instead the experience happens to them - they are passive. |
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