Howar Howard Wettstein's The Religious Experience

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Religion has been around since ancient times. Religion usually consisted of regular rituals, spirit led practices, myths, and fables based on a belief in higher supernatural entities and/or an entity who created and continued to maintain the world and help give structure to the life of humans. In today's world, everyone has their own life experiences but not everyone's life experiences includes religion. Some people have grown up practicing religion and/or may have started practing religion later on in their life. While others may have never indulged in religious practices. Everyone comes from different walks of life and have their own perspectives on life and religion. The purpose of this religious experience discussion post is to give ideas based on the video entitled “The Religious Experience” to see what resonates with me personally and why.

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