Why don't you believe in a god?

[sapphi_snake]

Smidlee said:

sapphi_snake said:

Smidlee said:

sapphi_snake said:

Smidlee said:

sapphi_snake said:

 

Fascinating... I always thought this "spiritual" experiences were nothing more than hallucinations caused by chemicals in the brain. Thanks for the info, will read the sources you listed.

You haven't heard of the God gene?    :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvijJTjZ8Rg

 The  idea that "spiritual experiences are nothing more than a hallucinations  caused by chemicals in the brain" is also a hallucination caused by chemicals in the brain

What does DMT have to do with genetics? IF you want to worship some desert dweller's hallucinations be my guest.

Just because drugs can make you see an  pink elephant that not really there does not mean that elephants are not real.  An inbalance in the body can make someone who is normally happy to have suicide thoughts which it why we say "That person is not themselves.

Well, for starters pink elephants are not real.
Google DMT and search it's effects and also read testimonials from people who have taken it. Also read the sorces that Armad stated in his posts.

When I first met my wife I did nice things for her because I was in love... in another words I have this warm fuzzy feeling as well sexual impulses. These feeling can be easily be explain by some chemicals in the brain. After being married for years this warm fuzzy feeling fades away.  I learned that unlike when we first met , the feelings comes after the action instead of the action after the feeling. It requires hard work to keep a marriage together but afterward the fuzzy feeling does come back from time to time.  I love my wife more now than I did when we first met.  I wonder if the only love some people ever know of is this fuzzy feeling so they will follow one woman( or man)  after another chasing after the feeling like a junkie on drugs.

There is a huge difference in some drug giving someone some kind of "spiritual" feeling and someone being a spiritual person. Drugs can give someone a false peace, joy, love while in reality their life is falling apart , they will steal from even their mother , and are very unhappy. Anyone who had a loved one hooked on drugs will know the difference. Someone who has real peace and love in their heart will have an effect on their bodies (brain) as well

What's love got to do with it? Seriously, I don't get the point of your first paragraph.

Spirituality doesn't exist. DMT is a substance produced by a gland in the brain. It causes hallucinations. It's normally kept in small quantities, and if the brain accidentally produces too much a person will experience hallucinations which people in the past considered to be spiritual/religions/prophetic visions. Also this substance is released abundantly in the brain when someone dies, hence the visions of people who have near-death experiences.

Spirituality doesn't exist. It's nothin more that hallucinations.

Also you can't get hooked on DMT and it's used in religions practices, even by some christians.