RE: Temporal lobe epilepsy & religious experience.
September 3, 2021 at 1:50 pm
(This post was last modified: September 3, 2021 at 1:54 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
God induced it, and, if paul is to be believed, he certainly hadn't lived any life of prayer beforehand, as a nun. You apparently believe as much as well, and that's why your objections to inducement and to authenticity both fall flat.
You think theres something different, that thing being the presence of a god, and...if you were being very thorough..your god. Nothing to do with there being an inducing agent or the experience being induced by damage or pathology, and nothing to do with the authenticity of the experience.
Spirit fingers. In one explanation...this experience is something that a human brain can produce...in the other, twiddling around in our brains to cause an experience the brain can produce.
You think theres something different, that thing being the presence of a god, and...if you were being very thorough..your god. Nothing to do with there being an inducing agent or the experience being induced by damage or pathology, and nothing to do with the authenticity of the experience.
Spirit fingers. In one explanation...this experience is something that a human brain can produce...in the other, twiddling around in our brains to cause an experience the brain can produce.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
