Have there ever been cases of someone living in an entirely non-Christian environment, with no experience of Christian teaching or culture whatsoever, who has been converted by an explicitly Christian revelation?
It seems that, invariably, a person who experiences something spiritually transcendent, interprets it according to the religion of their society or formative background.
It would be very powerful argument for a particular religion if what the person experienced was overtly manifested in terms of that religion AND that religion was alien to that person's social/cultural environment, almost as if to say, "No, your society's religion is wrong - this is the true path".
It seems that, invariably, a person who experiences something spiritually transcendent, interprets it according to the religion of their society or formative background.
It would be very powerful argument for a particular religion if what the person experienced was overtly manifested in terms of that religion AND that religion was alien to that person's social/cultural environment, almost as if to say, "No, your society's religion is wrong - this is the true path".