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  • God on the Brain (BBC Science feature, with Dr. Richard Dawkins)

    01/03/2005 3:57:50 PM PST · by mista science · 20 replies · 703+ views
    ...snip... NARRATOR: Scientists now believe what happens inside the minds of temporal lobe epileptic patients may just be an extreme case of what goes on inside all our brains, for everyone. It now appears that temporal lobes are key in experiencing religious and spiritual belief......explosive research......inspiration for a completely new field of science - neurotheology. In a remote region of Northern Canada a scientist put this controversial new science of neurotheology......Dr Michael Persinger claims that by stimulating the temporal lobes he can artificially induce religious experience in almost anyone. ...snip... NARRATOR: Controversially Dr Persinger argues that most, if not all,...