Atheist Doctor Witnesses Telepathy, Now Aims to Merge Science and Spirituality

Two outstanding experiences created cracks in his armor of atheistic certainty and disrupted what he calls his “web of belief” based on modern science.

Rick Sheff, MD. Courtesy of Dr. Rick Sheff

Rick Sheff, MD, was raised culturally Jewish, but essentially atheist. On Passover, his family would sit around discussing possible scientific explanations for the crossing of the Red Sea during the Exodus.

“I’m sure Moses knew the tide charts,” his father would joke. For them, it was an occasion to remember a political victory led by the historical figure Moses. It wasn’t about God. He learned at an early age that science held the answers to how the world works.