Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?

John W. Rea (matziq@airmail.net)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:01:23 -0500


Are you saying that...ahem...drugs might be BAD FOR THE BODY?
Have MRIs been done on Mormons having personal revelation?
You think before you answer.

-----Original Message-----
From: sodom <Sodom@ma.ultranet.com>
To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?

>I dont take drugs much any more, I am getting older and they can be rough
on
>the body, so to alleviate the discomfort I keep myself down to maybe one
drug
>trip a year, so that does not explain it. AS for knowing the feeling, thats
what
>I was talking about Neurotransmitters for. The same molecules give you the
>religious feeling, are responsible for the feelings of empowerment and
>emlightenment I get. This has been demonstrated in the MMRIs that can
measure
>these responses and localize them in the brain. These tests have been done
on
>religious people around the world, and the chemicals are the same. Are you
>suggesting that God gives you this feeling and it has no bio-chemical
reason at
>all? There is no linkage between the feeling and the chemicals your brain
>produces. Think about it before you answer.
>
>Sodom
>
>Johnny Rea wrote:
>
>> Maybe that feeling you get is caused by drugs that you take.
>> Obviously you've never had personal revelation since you are an atheist.
>> How can you know what I feel and what you feel are the same thing.