How God Changes Your Brain Quotes

“To see God as primarily loving, a person must embrace a liberal interpretation of the Bible, ignoring or rejecting the vindictive passages.”
― Andrew B. Newberg, How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist

“The problem isn't religion. The problem is authoritarianism,”
― Andrew B. Newberg, How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist

“The personality you assign to God has distinct neural patterns that correlate with your own emotional styles of behavior.”
― Andrew B. Newberg, How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist

“changes in the spiritual beliefs of young adults will dramatically alter the spiritual landscape of America.”
― Andrew B. Newberg, How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist

“religious and spiritual contemplation changes your brain in a profoundly different way because it strengthens a unique neural circuit that specifically enhances social awareness and empathy while subduing destructive feelings and emotions.”
― Andrew B. Newberg, How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist

“What does God feel like? When I ask people this question, their reaction is often the same. They pause for a very long time. This means something special to a neuroscientist, namely that a great deal of neurological activity is taking place as different parts of the brain attempt to put into words a concept that defies the parameters of language for many people. Indeed, for most believers, God is much more than an idea. God is a deeply valued experience that goes far beyond any theological definition of the word, which is why most people responded with a version of, “Wow! What a question … it's really hard to say.”
― Andrew B. Newberg, How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist