(May 26, 2017 at 7:36 am)Harry Nevis Wrote:(May 26, 2017 at 6:48 am)SteveII Wrote: I am not sure that most other religions have a personal God wishing to have a one-on-one relationship with you. Setting that aside, how do you know that the experiences of a personal relationship is the same or similar between religions? Christians believe that we have the knowledge of God imprinted on our souls (Rom. 1.20; 2.14-15). Experiences in other religions would have this common denominator.
I can see how a skeptic would not be able to distinguish between different religions, but that in no way implies that a Christian can't have an authentic experience that give him/her warrant to think their belief is true (properly basic).
Christians can't claim that any other religious believer can't have an authentic experience. You're all on the same sandy footing.
I am still not sure the precise nature of other religion's claims to a personal relationship with God. As I mentioned, if all a religion is describing is a personal awareness of God, I will grant that is not only possible, I would say it is true (as the Romans verses mention). So if that is the case, what's left is to examined the religions for evidence, internal consistency, predictive power, and answers to life's basic questions (including foundations for morality, purpose, value, and the future).
