Neuroscientist Explains WHY He Believes In GOD (How Prayer Works)

I believe in God I do I think there are many things that science can explain there are certain things science can't explain but I'll even go a step further which is that the clip that we're about to watch is something that I'm really excited about it's Andrew huberman who you probably know he's all over the Internet he's a super famous neuroscientist he's been on Joe Rogan and he gets into talking about his faith in God as far as I'm aware for the first time or at least one of the first times or for whatever reason

this one is getting more attention than others it's a really amazing clip I love how he articulates what prayer and what belief in God means to him and the effect that it has in his life I'm going to go ahead and play the clip now and then I'll give you guys some of my thoughts on the back end and something in particular that I really have felt stirring in my heart over the past 24 hours so with all that being said let's do it let's dive in when you're talking about the brain and all the

I mean you you mentioned it last night and this this had me thinking it's like when you think how all that works I have to take an side and say how could that happen in nature is without a Creator yeah so well here's the thing I mean we know that the programs meaning genes so genes DNA and there's DNA then there's RNA and then there's proteins and proteins are the action end of the game where they say hey like grow over here don't grow over there you know um become this kind of cell dopamine cell

or a serotonin cell we know that those mechanisms are incredibly well conserved from mice to humans now certain things happen in the human brain that you don't see in other species like the elaboration of the parts of the brain that are involved in context and planning especially but the memory systems the ones that control hormones breathing heart rate they're very similar not exactly the same but very similar okay when you start to study and understand brain development as I did or neuroplasticity or dopamine you have to meaning I don't care if you're an atheist agnostic

or believer in Creator you have to step back and just go wow wow now then of course there's this difference among scientists as to who believes in God who doesn't I'll just go on record I'm very comfortable saying I believe in God I do I think there are many things that science can explain there are certain things science can't explain but I'll even go a step further which is that all the elements of science are entirely compatible with the idea of there being a God and I'm not the first scientist to say this I mean

Einstein believed in God um Carl Yung one of the greatest psychologists ever clearly believed in God there are many atheist scientists there are agnostic scientists who are just kind of like unsure right and you know for me me I'm in absolute awe absolute awe of biology mhm it's just incredible they we sitting here having this conversation is just it's language that there little sound waves that are you're perceiving and understanding I mean it's just and I think the brain represents the Apex of incredible in terms of biology like the heart is interesting the immune system

is interesting the liver is interesting but the brain is unbelievable I mean think about the number of different ways you can move your body compared to another species mhm think about what you did today think about what I was attempting to do today right yeah spectacular think about technology these lights the you know Tesla cars spaceships I mean yeah the internet I mean unbelievable and yet oh so real yeah so you know I mean we could talk a bit about how I you know well I'll just say this secretly I've always prayed I grew up

in a split religion home my family is like the UN we've got people from Guatemala uh Denmark Argentina New York like all the different political battles are in my family super left super right Libertarians lefties to the you know it's crazy thanksgivings can be difficult yeah but I'll say this you know I absolutely pray I absolutely love that the idea but also what for me is really a deep belief which is that we can't control everything we're not in as much control as we think we are and that the magnificence of biology and the magnificence

of of nature is um it's it's impossible to for me to conceive how that could be come about any other way it just is now yeah I mean I think that you know full stop who do you pray to uh that's an interesting one because I think uh God yeah so I I absolutely do I've actually started reading the Bible recently start to finish I feel like it's my duty to like learn and in some sense compare Old and New Testament mhm I I'm like really I'm really interested in the stories but I'm also I'm

fascinated by The Story of Us right and and the story of everything and so but yeah I pray out loud in the morning um sometimes again in the middle of the night if I wake up and um and it's only recently that I've been doing this more often it's giving you peace or my goodness it's given me so much it's given me peace and you know this is going to sound weird and probably people are going to be like what are you talking about if you're this it it works mhm it works there's a there's

a way in which certain things I was grappling with you know um I just couldn't resolve I couldn't do it and it was all internal and I just couldn't do it what how were you trying to resolve these things like have an answer yeah discipline myself I mean it wasn't like I was super uh you know undisciplined I mean obviously I have a lot of self-discipline but you know like I I always pray you know I want to remove my defects of character I always wanted to have a deeper relationship to to God I always

wanted that and I kind of was like why don't I have that well duh that's like saying I want to be fit why I'm not I'm not fit because you're not running you're not lifting you're not doing the things it was like and it was um a couple of different people that kept showing up in my life and and and they were doing it and it was like we pray mhm and you know I've learned and I certainly try and do this a lot of prayer is about listening M and a lot of prayer is

about you you ask for things or listen for things and then an hour later two days later you go wait M like it doesn't happen in the moment necessarily just like Fitness I don't want to compare Fitness I don't want to trivialize Prayer by by comparing to but there's some parallels that are relevant yeah it's consistent work yeah it's consistent work and then all of a sudden like things come up and you're like oh my goodness I can't believe it that makes so much sense really what he's talking about is an idea of cause and

effect but in a spiritual sense and this does really align with scripture because God does in many many places in scripture actually make an Ask of us he says he tells us to do certain things and he tells us that if we do them there will be a certain result or effect seek and you will find knock and the door will be opened draw near to God and He will draw near to you cast your cares upon Him because he cares for you if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us

our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness and I could go on and on scripture is filled with this type of cause and effect and I love what Andrew is saying here try it put it to the test see if you can put God's word into your life and see if it has a benefit like it says that it will many people I don't think have tried that because they have negative connotations they have religious trauma they have bad experiences harmed done to them by people I love the Simplicity though of what he is prescribing

here pray to God read the Bible and see what results you see in your life very much like go to the gym and see if you begin to be shaped physically and improved physically go to taking God at his word and see if you begin to grow in your inner man see if you begin to become spiritually enlightened to see yourself more accurately to see God more rightly every person who's tired of committing the same sin again who's tired of being caught in the same rut in the same pattern who's tired of being tired tired

of being apathetic and who Longs for a life that is connected with eternity I'm feeling this in my heart for 2024 let it be a year of renewal let it be a year of Revival I think I'm thinking about this because I see Andrew huberman here and I'm like this is a popular neuroscientist a widely influ influential cultural character talking about reading the Bible and talking about prayer and it it gives me a sense of hope and excitement as I think about the impact that he has on so many people on so many young men

and I just I I yearn for I long for and I pray for a rising up of of godly people a Godly generation that the world would see God in a new light that people would actually begin to put the things of God to the test and that we would collectively taste and see that the Lord is good because I'm telling you guys it's not mythology it's as real as it gets and Jesus is coming again life is extremely short the stakes are extremely high choose this day whom you will serve do like what Andrew

huberman did and actually begin to pray begin to read the Bible begin to seek God with your whole heart and be surprised let me know WR in the comments a week from now a month from now let me know how it goes seek God give him your heart and do the bravest and most noble thing that you can do as a human which is to repent which is to be like the person on the side of the road that called out and said Son of David have mercy on me a sinner that's the beginning of

spiritual life it's actually recognition that we are dead in our sin without him that we need him call upon the Lord and be saved really kind of heavy really kind of preachy but that is what is in my heart today and I hope you guys are here for it with that being said I'll see you guys in the next video Grace and peace bye [Music]