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Are you open to religious experiences?
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RE: Are you open to religious experiences?
December 17, 2014 at 11:52 pm
In my opinion, you are confusing religious institution with religious experience. Many people have had what they consider transcendent experiences when listening to more modern music-- Wagner, for example. It's semantics whether you'd call this "religious" if it's not explicitly Christian-themed-- but it produces similar changes to brain chemistry and causes similar experience.
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Are you open to religious experiences? - by Strider - December 17, 2014 at 6:22 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Alex K - December 17, 2014 at 6:27 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by abaris - December 17, 2014 at 6:27 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Spooky - December 17, 2014 at 7:38 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by The Valkyrie - December 17, 2014 at 6:28 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Strider - December 17, 2014 at 6:33 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by dyresand - December 17, 2014 at 6:44 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by abaris - December 17, 2014 at 6:49 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by dyresand - December 17, 2014 at 8:36 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Lucanus - December 17, 2014 at 6:50 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by abaris - December 17, 2014 at 7:01 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Alex K - December 17, 2014 at 7:10 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by ManMachine - December 17, 2014 at 6:53 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by KevinM1 - December 17, 2014 at 7:35 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Jenny A - December 17, 2014 at 10:13 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by bennyboy - December 17, 2014 at 11:28 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Jenny A - December 17, 2014 at 11:43 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Alex K - December 17, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Silver - December 17, 2014 at 7:55 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Minimalist - December 17, 2014 at 8:41 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by bennyboy - December 17, 2014 at 8:43 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by vorlon13 - December 17, 2014 at 8:50 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by bennyboy - December 17, 2014 at 11:52 pm
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Jenny A - December 18, 2014 at 12:26 am
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by bennyboy - December 18, 2014 at 12:32 am
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Elskidor - December 18, 2014 at 12:09 am
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Alex K - December 18, 2014 at 2:10 am
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by robvalue - December 18, 2014 at 4:11 am
RE: Are you open to religious experiences? - by Alex K - December 18, 2014 at 5:19 am

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