Is there a part of the brain that, when stimulated...

[Sqube]

So yeah, I was wandering the wilds of the net and came upon someone making the statement that someone discovered what part of the brain gives you the equivalent of a religious experience.

Does anyone have any more details/information about this? I find it interesting.

 

[DaShen]

LSD? 😉 j/k

 

[upsciLLion]

There was an article on this in Scientific American a number of years ago.

 

[Armitage]

saw something like this on some news show (dateline, 20/20, etc.) a few weeks back. Basically, they found a genetic predisposition toward holding reigious convictions. Wish I remembered the details. The overall theme of the segment was heaven & hell - they had interviews with reigious figures from various beliefs (I remeber the Dali Lama in particular), agnostics, athiests, etc.

 

[Armitage]

The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired Into Our Genes

 

[Baked]

It's called crack.

 

[pontifex]

what exactly is a religious experience.

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: pontifex
what exactly is a religious experience.

Believing in some diety I think. Being a Christian, Jew, Muslim, ect.

 

[Sqube]

Thanks Armitage; that seems to be what I was looking for. I'll give that a read.

 

[lightweight]

Most religious people have been using soap on their brains for years. Try that.

 

[BatmanNate]

Do a search for 'Le petite mort.'

 

[HardcoreRobot]

yes

i read an article, they called it the "god zone". think they found it when doing surgery trying to explain someone's seizures. wish i could find the article again