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Thread #79077   Message #2175918
Posted By: Bill D
21-Oct-07 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: BS: What scientists think about
Subject: RE: BS: What scientists think about
"Searching for God in the Brain                

Researchers are unearthing the roots of religious feeling in the neural commotion that accompanies the spiritual epiphanies of nuns, Buddhists and other people of faith"


God in the brain

It's a long article, but it seems pretty balanced in its treatment of the research. The implications of the study are many, but they vary a lot according to what presuppositions one brings to the discussion.
I, of course, see more evidence (not necessarily proof) for the brain as source, (or at least mediator), of various experiences. Others..(hi, Amos), may draw different conclusion.

   Now we need a double-blind project with Baptists, Episcopalians, Atheists, Humanists, etc., on the table and a careful choice of what to comtemplate while the machine buzzes & whirrs.