Evaluate the claims about experience in arguments for the existence of God, or the gods.

Introduction should explain the terms in the question, state your thesis and dissect the question into arguments supported by philosophers, such as Richard Swinburne, Richard Dawkins, A.J. Ayer and William Alston.Para 1: Explain Swinburne's principles of credulity and testimony and show how they argue that these work to prove religious experiences as evidence of God's existence.Para 2: Analyse Swinburne's arguments, and explain that they are illogical to follow in the cases of religious experiencesPara 3: Explain how Ayer's principle of verification argues that religious experiences cannot be used to prove the existence of GodPara 4: Explain Dawkins devil bird anecdotal argument and analyse how this could potentially not be a very powerful argument Conclude that religious experiences cannot prove God's existence (*if this is your desired thesis)

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