Serious Problems with Atheism

[Angrboda]

Stop arguing "against" science and start making for case "for" god. Give us your substantive evidence.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

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Regarding "life changing" NDEs:

Spirituality  is  defined  as  a  sense  of  being  connected  with  something  greater 
than  oneself.  That  something  can  be  a  supernatural  entity,  nature,  a  social
group  or  a  family.  Different  studies  show  that  a  wide  range  of  factors  that
influence  temporal  lobe  function  can  produce  hallucinations,  paranormal,
spiritual, mystical, and religious experiences. These factors include the electrical
stimulation  of  the  temporal  lobes;  spontaneous  temporal  lobe  epilepsy;
trauma; psychedelic drugs; and the severe anoxia of near death, G‐forces and 
carbon  dioxide  inhalation.  Studies  of  the  very  short  acting  psychedelic  drug 
DMT, which exerts its effect by binding to serotonin receptors in the temporal
lobes, show that even highly rational subjects can be absolutely convinced that
their  induced  experiences  of  being  in  contact  with  non‐humans  beings  were 
absolutely  real.  This  suggests  that  hippocampal  memory  cannot  always
distinguish between external real experiences and internally induced spiritual
experiences. 

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