The article is here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/ap_on_sc/psychedelic_research;_ylt=AjawQt.K639WZh0Y4rqEClGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-
Rigorous testing has shown that almost 80% of the people who were in the study found that the use of psilocybin was within one of the top five most spirtitual happenings in their lives. The people in the study were known to pray, attend church, etc. They all reported spriitual/mystical expereinces.
That being known, is it not entirely possible, seeing as our brains obviously have receptors for these narcotics/hallucinogens, is it not possibly that all of these spiritual/religious expereinces that people have are simply a figment of their imaginations?? Some unknown chemical bonding with that particular receptor that cause one to hallucinate seeing God?? Doesnt that seem more "real" of an explanation over some religious explanation??
2006-07-11
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