FiveGoodMen
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Thu Oct-01-09 05:14 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
| 11. "Belief and lack of belief are both hard wired" -- I don't think so |
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When I was young, I was a Baptist and I believed.
Over decades, logic swayed me to the notion that christianity and religion in general were false.
Now I don't believe.
Same brain.
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| -Wow... Scientists image religious belief inside the brain |
jgraz |
Oct-01-09 03:32 PM |
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Oh I get it, the bigger the spot the smaller the brain? |
thunder rising |
Oct-01-09 03:35 PM |
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Probably, LOL |
ki83760 |
Oct-02-09 11:31 PM |
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This is my best proof of God. It is ingrained. in our DNA. |
Gman2 |
Oct-01-09 03:45 PM |
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Belief in astrology, evil spirits and numerology is also ingrained in our DNA. |
jgraz |
Oct-01-09 03:57 PM |
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Prove it! That numerology and astrology are DNA! |
Gman2 |
Oct-01-09 04:16 PM |
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Let me rephrase: the researchers are measuring the brain's belief in magic |
jgraz |
Oct-01-09 04:50 PM |
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That's why I call it my BEST proof of God. It still deals with faith. |
Gman2 |
Oct-01-09 04:54 PM |
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It's tied for BEST with all other proofs of God. |
jgraz |
Oct-01-09 05:00 PM |
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Not a chance. All the others are easy ot explain otherwise. |
Gman2 |
Oct-01-09 05:29 PM |
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This is easy to explain for science. But it destroys most western doctrines of faith |
jgraz |
Oct-01-09 08:41 PM |
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As in Zen Buddhism, freedomis escape from ego, no matter who says it! |
Gman2 |
Oct-01-09 08:49 PM |
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belief doesn't preclude free will. |
roguevalley |
Oct-02-09 01:31 AM |
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in your opinion. tell me about black matter and such. I hear what |
roguevalley |
Oct-02-09 01:28 AM |
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You have a very poor understanding of science |
jgraz |
Oct-02-09 11:33 AM |
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Maybe in yours |
Warpy |
Oct-01-09 04:17 PM |
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"Belief and lack of belief are both hard wired" -- I don't think so |
FiveGoodMen |
Oct-01-09 05:14 PM |
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You just didn't get the gene either |
Warpy |
Oct-01-09 05:52 PM |
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Well, if you're right, then nothing short of genocide will ever free us from the chains of religion |
FiveGoodMen |
Oct-01-09 06:34 PM |
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I'm not sure I want to free us from the chains of religion |
Warpy |
Oct-01-09 07:04 PM |
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See my response to the OP, Warpy! |
Odin2005 |
Oct-01-09 10:11 PM |
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And this paragraph describes the break between real Christians and KKKristians to a T |
BR_Parkway |
Oct-01-09 04:40 PM |
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I hope those only FEAR GOD types dont mind finding out, they were designated foul vessels. |
Gman2 |
Oct-01-09 04:45 PM |
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You really abuse language by denouncing Francis Collins as a "creationist": |
struggle4progress |
Oct-01-09 05:38 PM |
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The term is accurate |
jgraz |
Oct-01-09 08:53 PM |
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Your description of Collins' views seems extremely careless: I don't think you can |
struggle4progress |
Oct-01-09 09:42 PM |
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Read his comments on altruism |
jgraz |
Oct-01-09 11:07 PM |
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Perhaps your own insistence on ideological purity leads you to misrepresent Collins' views, |
struggle4progress |
Oct-01-09 11:27 PM |
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I'd just prefer people to not be charlatans and/or hypocrites. |
jgraz |
Oct-01-09 11:33 PM |
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Religious belief is a projection of human social reality onto the physical world. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-01-09 10:09 PM |
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People are reading too much into this. |
bananas |
Oct-02-09 10:40 AM |
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what will they think of next? |
ki83760 |
Oct-02-09 11:31 PM |
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