Roughly a year ago, over a period of a few months, I had a serious of "spiritual experiences" that utterly, utterly changed my life.
Only one problem: I don't believe in the supernatural, so the "I found God" explanation obviously doesn't cut it for me. That left me with a deep need to learn what the hell happened in my brain.
It appears that we have only recently begun to consider such questions as topics of legitimate scientific inquiry. The field still seems to attract whack job "scientists" who think people's brains can be connected by quantum entanglement (see part 4 of the article). There is a long way to go before I can have my answers. That's ok, I can wait :-)
Can you elaborate your "spiritual experiences". I would love to read about them. It's not often that you hear an atheist having an experience like that.
Who cares about the experiences, let us just hope it isn't some dangerous physical disease.
If you want to see your god, use the classical way -- eat too little, suggestion ("prayer") and get some infected wounds from self flagellation. :-)
Edit: I don't think atheists generally puts an experience like that in a religious context, but assumes it has something to do with brain functions (or that some strange mushroom got into lunch). Point is, you won't hear about these becaues atheists don't think they are religious.
Edit 2: To the downvoters, if you RTFA it mentions a classical problem that gives religious experiences: epilepsy.
I had a serious of "spiritual experiences" that utterly, utterly changed my life ... I don't believe in the supernatural
I'm curious, why were the experiences–while life-changing–not able to change your stance on the supernatural? Did they at least cause you to question that belief?
Only one problem: I don't believe in the supernatural, so the "I found God" explanation obviously doesn't cut it for me. That left me with a deep need to learn what the hell happened in my brain.
It appears that we have only recently begun to consider such questions as topics of legitimate scientific inquiry. The field still seems to attract whack job "scientists" who think people's brains can be connected by quantum entanglement (see part 4 of the article). There is a long way to go before I can have my answers. That's ok, I can wait :-)