Talk:Argument from religious experience

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[edit] "Hard to imagine" is an argument from personal incredulity and uncited.

The article in the section "Suggested reasons for accepting the premise" argues (#2) that "It is hard to imagine an evolutionary benefit in having these experiences if they are all, or mostly, false.". This is a classic and is placed there without citing anyone who suggests this is hard to imagine. I can imagine lots of stuff but I really need to cite someone notable to make it stick into Wikipedia. Ttiotsw 10:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Using the Bible (primary source) as cite for example of shared experiences

The bible is cited in the "Suggested reasons for accepting the premise" # 3 i.e. "These experiences often seem very real to the people involved, and are quite often reported as being shared by a number of people[4]." with the [4] pointing to "For example the New Testament speaks of Jesus, after his resurrection, appearing to 10 or more people at once (see eg 1 Corinthians 15:6, Luke 24, Mt 28, Jn 16, Acts 1)."

The bible is a primary source and it is OR for us to use this as an example of these so-called "shared experiences". It can't really be cited like that - someone else has to say it. Ttiotsw 10:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC)