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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (56794)	9/3/2002 10:17:31 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I won't get into your argument on belief in God here, but if the discussion is still going on let me know what thread. There's a book I have but haven't fully read, but have skimmed. It's at the other house, so I don't have the title here, but it concerns research into brain functions and their relationship with religion. Turns out that there is an area of the brain which is hard wired (to use very lay terms) for belief in God. As with such areas as music, art, etc., some have it a lot, some a little, but it appears that belief in God is not a free choice, but is part of our body chemistry. I'm not sure what all the implications of that are, but it's an interesting finding. Back to my example, perhaps the law of gravity was an extreme example. Perhaps a better example would be if we were infected with a biological agent that killed our belief in love. Or in honesty, or fairness, or equality. But if your agent were created, frankly I don't think it would make that much difference. We would find other things to fight about. Other reasons to hate, other reasons to separate tribally and contest with other tribes. I keep bringing it up, because it's a fine example, but look at the way in which some soccer fans go beserk over their games. Every bit as rabid as religious contestants. You would have to kill a lot more than belief in God to get a peaceful world.