Searching for God in the brain

The doughnut-shaped machine swallows the nun, who is outfitted in a plain T-shirt and loose hospital pants rather than her usual brown habit and long veil. She wears earplugs and rests her head on foam cushions to dampen the device's roar, as loud as a jet engine.

Supercooled giant magnets generate intense fields around the nun's head in a high-tech attempt to read her mind as she communes with her deity.

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The question: Is there a God spot in the brain?

If there is a God spot, I can't see Him hanging around mine. Haha. I don't think he wants to know what I have in my mind.

Because of the positive effect of such experiences on those who have them, some researchers speculate that the ability to induce them artificially could transform people's lives by making them happier, healthier and better able to concentrate.

They want to sell religious experiences like medicine to make you happier?????

And I thought this article was going to be positive in the way or supporting claims of life after death. Oh well

all this makes me wonder of prayer and self hypnosis.

Ahh yes... we are merely machines... no choice, no freedom, just machines.

I suppose, if it makes one feel better to believe it....