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Originally Posted by GobbHayte
There are far too many people who have had spiritual or supernatural experiences to discount them purely because there is no scientific proof, to discount that much anecdotal evidence an alternative explanation for those experiences would have to be provided.
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(1) A single piece of experimental evidence always trumps mountains of anecdotal evidence. The ancient Mesopotamians could have given you loads of anecdotal evidence as to why the Earth was shaped like a flat disc, but Aristotle's observations that some stars are only visible from some parts of the world blew that theory out of the water.
(2) Alternative explanation for religious feelings?
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The term God Helmet refers to a controversial experimental apparatus in neurotheology. The apparatus, placed on the head of an experimental subject, stimulates the brain with magnetic fields. Some subjects reported experiences similar to spiritual experiences.[1] The leading researcher in this area is Michael Persinger. Persinger uses a modified snowmobile helmet or a head-circlet device nicknamed the Octopus that contain solenoids which create a weak but complex magnetic field over the brain's right-hemisphere parietal and temporal lobes. Persinger reports that at least 80 per cent of his participants experience a presence beside them in the room, which they variously say feels like God or someone they knew who had died.
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