(July 4, 2018 at 8:32 am)SteveII Wrote: They had their religion and religious experiences yet they chose Christianity. Even today, we have millions per year changing religions. We can infer from this that religious experiences are not all created equal.
But equally, there are lots of people leaving xtianity for other religions. Islam for example is the world's fastest growing religion.
True, this is mainly because of demographics but ...
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/201...ous-group/
Quote:Meanwhile, religious switching – which is expected to hinder the growth of Christians by an estimated 72 million between 2015 and 2060 – is not expected to have a negative net impact on Muslim population growth.
What is the perceived purpose of a religious experience? Many xtians think that the xtian god reached out to them and showed them which religion was the correct one. In the same way Simon Moon's friend thought that the Hindu god reached out to him. If that was the case the demographics shouldn't cause Islam to be the fastest growing religion because your god would be showing them the error of their ways. But he isn't.
Global growth of Xtianity is slower than the world's population growth. This means that your religion's market share is shrinking. So either you are right and not all religious experiences are equal which means that the xtian experience is less convincing, or it's all down to demographics which means that the majority of religious experience, if not all, is more likely to be natural phenomena that reflects your own culture.