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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (3185)	11/7/2000 9:42:17 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

<< It is often said that people have a psychological need for God, and there is surely some truth to that, but is it not also true that there is perhaps an even stronger psychological aversion to God as well? >> E the more we learn about the brain the more we find that the brain has receptors that pay us out in brain drugs when we do social sheep things. So for example- some kids learn to be cheerleaders and football stars- and the payoff is that their little neuroreceptors go crazy, they get good feedback for that. People bonding socially in a church, or any other situation, same deal. That helps explain why people on drugs so often go to a cult or church- they aren't really getting OFF drugs- they are just getting on their own naturally produced drugs. I think we may find that some people are wired differently for these natural opiates, and adrenalin and hormone drugs our brains produce. For example- THC does nothing for me. I'm just not wired for it to be pleasurable. Alcohol isn't very pleasurable for me either. Group think social situations bother me, rather than being pleasurable- they induce a fight or flight response in me. (Not that I act on it, or anyhting) Now I THINK when we learn a bit more about humans, we'll find the people who NEED God or Gods are seriously wired for those brain drugs. I'd bet big money on that. It explains why people who believe in Gods are willing to kill each other over them. Real hard core drug abusers will become pretty violent over their stash too. Of course I'm sure the levels the brain puts out are a matter of degree. As always, with everything in nature, I'm sure it's a continuum.