The Reading Notes That Religious Founders (Prophets and Sages) Often

question 23

Multiple Choice

The reading notes that religious founders (prophets and sages) often start with a great religious experience, but

• A) most of us cannot possibly understand what they experienced.
• B) average people, too, have similar, though less powerful experiences that fit into the founder's religion.
• C) we have no reason to believe they had any real experience because we were not there.
• D) this finally shows that all religions are really alike, at least in their most basic experiential content.