By: misanthropope
yeah, and the more gray matter you scoop out, the more religious they get.
View ArticleBy: Rozmarija Grauds
Dr Michael Persinger, at the Laurentian University in Canada, some years ago was able to induce hallucinations of a religious nature, using electrodes placed on the heads of subjects immersed in...
View ArticleBy: Hesitant Iconoclast
Mo, you may like to check out my latest blog where I discuss this studies’ aspect of Self-Transcendence in some detail: What is Self-Transcendence?
View ArticleBy: Bob
One study is hardly enough to convince me that a belief in God is simply due to some kind of mental deficiency. I think it’s more likely that people who are suffering from cancer that they have been...
View ArticleBy: anonymous
Bob-I don’t think it’s as simple as saying that it’s a result of the fact that someone is suffering from cancer. Someone very close to me has had 5 brain surgeries over the past 20ish years, NONE to...
View ArticleBy: Aaron
Douglas – I agree. Man trying to “learn” more about what he is, what is around him and what he is meant to do in life are all questions people try to answer daily. Unfortunately, people are limited to...
View ArticleBy: Lisa
Please don’t rule out the fact that we may be obstructed in our views of the true reality by these portions of the brain. In Christianity, we belieive that when you make a commitment to God and accept...
View ArticleBy: Hafiz
It think it is important remember that a single experiment like Urgesi et al.’s underdetermines any number of compatible metaphysical interpretations thereof. All this experiment “says” in an of itself...
View ArticleBy: Gilbert Albans
So let us speculate on something. 1.) Assume that these results do *actually* show that spirituality or belief of the person can be affected by this specific region of the brain. (This is an assumption...
View ArticleBy: Gail Holst
well It is even better for the patients to lean on God , they should not forget that without god, life would not exists and if they only learn to trust god they’ll surely be cured. . .
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