... those who doubt religious experiences If we experience something, we tend to assume that this experience is genuine Why should it not be the same with religious experiences? If such experiences are.. .Religious Experience and the argument • A religious experience may be understood as any encounter with God, or what is ultimate It is an experience of transcendent... these differing experiences, since so many are so different Surely they rule each other out The Varieties of Religious Experience William James, author of The Varieties of Religious Experience •