Hello Bex, a quick note for you and LindaLou,

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When we talk about actual experiences, the ones that are not artificially produced, by drugs or any other experiment, nor have any evidence of psychological disturbance or history, that's where further serious investigation occurs and can often defy scientific explanations. Particularly if it's occured to many more people throughout history who have a clean bill of physical/psychological health. There are also often other manifestations that can occur surrounding that person and the experiences. I have been such a witness amongst thousands of people to a supernatural miracle and I can assure you it was no mass hallucination (no matter how much you possibly wish it were so). Then it's not a case of people having their mental facalties meddled with artificially, but rather something that may well go beyond what can readily be explained.
Nor is the experience of these kind limited to one religion, but is a common factor in all religions.

No, I don't think finding how it happens will explain why it happens, and science in general is poor at answering the whys.

The key to me is that no religion is special, no group of people is special. This is what convinced me of Deism.

and I would not be surprised to see similar activity in other animals, as I believe the development of life is a path and that we are not alone on it, nor are we near the end.

Enjoy.