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Thread #139650 Message #3204632
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
09-Aug-11 - 11:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: Your Brain, Your Brain on God
Subject: RE: BS: Your Brain, Your Brain on God
Just as a general point: nobody is "hard-wired" for anything.
Everyone has genetic predispositions and potentialities. But unless they're stimulated by the environment, they may or may not kick in.
The relevance to this discussion is that some people claim that "because" religion is "hard-wired" (based on the observation that parts of the brain light up when stimulated by religious states of mind), Someone did the "hard-wiring" to make people notice that Someone.
And there is a second fallacy at work. If Someone did "hard-wire" the brain for religion, everybody would be religious. They'd have no choice and, like eating and breathing, they wouldn't question it (though they might still be able to choose what religion they preferred).