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Atheists: have you ever had a religious experience and what did you make of it?
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RE: Atheists: have you ever had a religious experience and what did you make of it?
Naturalism, the idea that 'nature is best', is just another superstition. There's no reason to assume that normal brain functioning can't be improved, by training or drugs. PsychToday article. There was also an article in Nature or Science (I can't tell them apart). Personally, I made great use of Modafinil - in practicing for and taking the GRE. My lousy SAT score, pre-smart drugs, was a 1350. My GRE, which should be similar, was a nice 1540 (both out of 1600), which netted me a two year full ride in grad school, with a stipend, even. So, yeah, don't knock it til you try it.

Psychedelics enhance creativity - there's anecdotal evidence that the structure of DNA was first conceived under the influence of LSD, not to mention loads of great art. It's also a fundamental part of the human religious/spiritual experience, not that that'll matter much here.
My book, a setting for fantasy role playing games based on Bantu mythology: Ubantu
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RE: Atheists: have you ever had a religious experience and what did you make of it? - by tantric - January 22, 2015 at 2:55 am

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