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On Mystical Experiences & Belief in God

Posted on the 05 December 2015 by Lowell

On Mystical Experiences & Belief in God
"Mystical experiences are not ineffable."  [Ineffable = Beyond expression; indescribable or unspeakable."]  By downregulating posterior-medial-frontal-cortex activity via transcranial magnetic stimulation, an interdisciplinary team reduced subjects' belief in God."
Or, to put it more simply, scientists, by manipulating the brain, can make it so we don't believe in God so much.  I would love to test this out on several thousand fundamentalist Christians and several thousand extremist Muslims.
--- Harper's Magazine / "Findings," p. 96 / December 2015

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