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Sarah Lane Ritchie: Can Psychedelics Make You Believe in God?

A People's Theology

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Is There Any Research Around Psychedelic Experiences?

Has there been any study around people who are taking psychedelics during religious experiences and then articulating the experiences that they have? And I'm curious, is there any research around that or do you have any thoughts around what those theological conclusions typically are? Yeah, yeah. So to put a finer point on the perhaps problem here is that, well, two two problems actually. If people are repeatedly having psychedelic experiences that give them experiences of a God that we have reason to reject for other reasons, that's a problem,. And a related issue is if people are having experiences on psychedelics that could not all possibly be even remotely true.

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