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Book: Atheism in Five Minutes

Chapter: 55. Do Atheists Have Religious Experiences?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43341

Blurb:

If religion is defined as an institution that is organised around transcendent, other-worldly beliefs and phenomena, and a religious experience is a moment when such numinous, other-worldly beings or feelings are sensed then, yes, research clearly shows that atheists have such experiences. The term ‘atheist’ merely signals a disbelief in god, not a disbelief in ghosts or granny’s enduring spirit.

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