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"Neurotheology", the scientific study of how the brain processes religious thoughts, suggests that there are neurological differences between the brains of believers and of athiests. The research also suggests that belief in the supernatural may be an evolved part of human nature.
Hardwired For The Mystical? | Evolution of Human Belief in the Supernatural
Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 9:15 PM EST
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Right brain and left brain activity is a very interesting subject: http://www.thinkingmatters.com/
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#1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 10:12 PM ESTIf as the article shows, having a religious center and motivation in a group increased the probablity that group of people would survive, then it could have provided the natural selection of brains wired to accept the supernatural. There is, however, a thought not covered: what is seen as supernatural or spiritual may still be knowledge yet unknown. We cannot even say what 'life' truly is yet. How can we expect to define the supernatural unknown? And religions are not gods. Religions are sets of rules which are supposedly divinely inspired which may have provided some survival advantages in the evolutionary past.
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These advantages may have come from unified beliefs in community settings.
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So that explains the glazed look in their eyes - endorphin addicts.
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#2 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:48 AM ESTThe research also suggests that belief in the supernatural may be an evolved part of human nature.
OH, ...... GOOD GRIEF.
Children were not born with an inherited belief in Santa Claus, ..... or the Easter Bunny.
They were nurtured to believe in both.
Me thinks maybe the researchers are confusing the inherited fear(s) of specific “danger” stimuli (or triggers) as being an inherited belief in the supernatural.
Or is it just "proof positive" that the researcher(s) themselves were nurtured to be avid believers in supernatural entities?
#3 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:56 PM ESTThis isn't about invented things like the Easter Bunny or Santa. It is about the brain's ability to go beyond the physically known, possibly it is imagination or intuition. We all have these abilites unless damaged in some way.
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A Rose is still a Rose, even if called by another name.
And ps: I sure is about "inventing things" because it requires imagination or intuition to invent things, ....... either physical or mythical thingys, makes no difference.
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