Man Claims He Has Lived Without Food and Water for 70 Years

Indian doctors are studying an 83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent the last seven decades without food and water.Military doctors hope the experiments on Prahlad Jani can help soldiers develop their survival strategies.

Link Between Brain Activity and Spirituality Discovered

By studying patients before and after surgery to remove a brain tumor, a team of Italian researchers has identified anatomical changes in the brain that may be linked to shifts in spiritual and religious attitudes.

Belief in God on the Decline

This is the season for traditions: chestnuts roasting on an open fire, carolers on the doorstep, and the endless argument about the secularization of Christmas. This isn’t the usual complaining about the toy and greeting card companies commercializing the holidays, but a much broader trend involving the secularization of religion around the country.

We are still a nation whose coins say “In God We Trust,” where most witnesses in U.S. courts swear “so help me God,” and where our school kids pledge allegiance to “one nation, under God, indivisible.”
But God, as we have traditionally known Him, is evolving for more and more worshippers. Belief in the God revered by most mainstream religions — a highly specific, paternalistic deity with an agreed-upon history and behaviors — is on the decline.