Comments on: Boulder Students Stand UP For Separation of Church and State http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation A Blog of Atheist Thought Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:11:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 666 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69067 666 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69067 Peter,<br /> Are you just now catching up on the news? Peter,
Are you just now catching up on the news?

]]> By: karen http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69070 karen Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69070 Didn't we post about this already?<br /> <br /> Maybe I remember it from another blog?<br /> <br /> Didn’t we post about this already?

Maybe I remember it from another blog?

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69071 what Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69071 Saw the video. Good for the students! Also, I have to wonder, are atheists better looking than theists in general. From the video one might get that impression. Saw the video. Good for the students! Also, I have to wonder, are atheists better looking than theists in general. From the video one might get that impression.

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69074 what Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69074 OT but I think you will be interested. I think TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) has had similar effects.<br /> <br /> BOSTON (Reuters) - Electrodes implanted into the brain to treat a man with a stubborn case of ringing in the ear instead sparked an out-of-body sensation, doctors in Belgium reported on Wednesday.<br /> <br /> Stimulating the electrodes made the 63-year-old patient feel like he was outside his body twice, for 15 and 21 seconds, and allowed the doctors to use a PET scanner to track which parts of the brain became active during the experience.<br /> <br /> The out-of-body sensation of near-death experiences, sometimes reported by people whose hearts have stopped for a time, are regarded by some people as evidence of an afterlife.<br /> <br /> Most scientists are doubtful, especially when epilepsy, migraine headaches, and brain stimulation can mimic the sensation.<br /> <br /> A team led by Dirk De Ridder of the Antwerp University report in the New England Journal of Medicine that they were trying to cure the man of tinnitus in one ear when they stumbled onto the phenomenon.<br /> <br /> The treatment did not work. Instead, the electrodes made the man feel like he was about 50 centimeters (20 inches) behind his body and off to the left.<br /> <br /> Only a certain pattern of stimulation, involving a portion of the superior temporal gyrus, located on the right side of the brain, produced the sensation.<br /> <br /> Positron emission tomography, or PET scans, showed that other parts of the brain became active as a result, including the supramarginal gyrus, which processes information from the inner ear designed to detect head movement and position.<br /> <br /> "Whether these regions are activated in patients who report disembodiment as part of a near-death experience -- and if so, how -- is a provocative but unresolved issue," they wrote.<br /> <br /> OT but I think you will be interested. I think TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) has had similar effects.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Electrodes implanted into the brain to treat a man with a stubborn case of ringing in the ear instead sparked an out-of-body sensation, doctors in Belgium reported on Wednesday.

Stimulating the electrodes made the 63-year-old patient feel like he was outside his body twice, for 15 and 21 seconds, and allowed the doctors to use a PET scanner to track which parts of the brain became active during the experience.

The out-of-body sensation of near-death experiences, sometimes reported by people whose hearts have stopped for a time, are regarded by some people as evidence of an afterlife.

Most scientists are doubtful, especially when epilepsy, migraine headaches, and brain stimulation can mimic the sensation.

A team led by Dirk De Ridder of the Antwerp University report in the New England Journal of Medicine that they were trying to cure the man of tinnitus in one ear when they stumbled onto the phenomenon.

The treatment did not work. Instead, the electrodes made the man feel like he was about 50 centimeters (20 inches) behind his body and off to the left.

Only a certain pattern of stimulation, involving a portion of the superior temporal gyrus, located on the right side of the brain, produced the sensation.

Positron emission tomography, or PET scans, showed that other parts of the brain became active as a result, including the supramarginal gyrus, which processes information from the inner ear designed to detect head movement and position.

“Whether these regions are activated in patients who report disembodiment as part of a near-death experience — and if so, how — is a provocative but unresolved issue,” they wrote.

]]> By: phreedm http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69078 phreedm Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69078 Haven't taken a look at the link yet...but I'll bet it has to do with Christianity... Haven’t taken a look at the link yet…but I’ll bet it has to do with Christianity…

]]> By: reason http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69082 reason Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69082 peter<br /> you got to admit Dr. strangelove is a classic.<br /> phreedm<br /> kaine has postponed the execution of a killer who beat his victim with a brass lamp.kaine likes to display his faith.?why do you believers like to spare brutal killers.i see our godfearing supreme court is worried killers might feel pain well what about the victims. peter
you got to admit Dr. strangelove is a classic.
phreedm
kaine has postponed the execution of a killer who beat his victim with a brass lamp.kaine likes to display his faith.?why do you believers like to spare brutal killers.i see our godfearing supreme court is worried killers might feel pain well what about the victims.

]]> By: billh http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69084 billh Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69084 What: I think there is a lot here that needs to be explored about 'out of body experiences'.<br /> <br /> OT but did you all here about the church getting sued over funeral protests? Made my day. What: I think there is a lot here that needs to be explored about ‘out of body experiences’.

OT but did you all here about the church getting sued over funeral protests? Made my day.

]]> By: charlie http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69086 charlie Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69086 DeepDiver....I think that church is the "God Hates Fags" church....Fox News calls them extremist.....<br /> <br /> The babble cant be full of extremist ideas....is it? DeepDiver….I think that church is the “God Hates Fags” church….Fox News calls them extremist…..

The babble cant be full of extremist ideas….is it?

]]> By: cry4turtles http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69087 cry4turtles Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69087 I posted this on the classifieds thread, but I'll repost here.<br /> <br /> www.matthewsnyder.org<br /> <br /> It updates on the Westboro fine. I posted this on the classifieds thread, but I’ll repost here.

http://www.matthewsnyder.org

It updates on the Westboro fine.

]]> By: Ren http://atheists.org/blog/2007/10/31/boulder_students_stand_up_for_separation/comment-page-1#comment-69089 Ren Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69089 DeepDiver and Charlie,<br /> Although I have no love for the Westboro Baptist Church, or anything they do (find them rather repugnant, actually) I am always bothered when 1st Amendment cases are decided against free speech.<br /> <br /> Today we shut them up. Tomorrow, who will shut US up? DeepDiver and Charlie,
Although I have no love for the Westboro Baptist Church, or anything they do (find them rather repugnant, actually) I am always bothered when 1st Amendment cases are decided against free speech.

Today we shut them up. Tomorrow, who will shut US up?

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