Re: The God Spots in the Brain

"Elroy Willis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in alt.atheism
>
> > We evolved memory. The God Spot (Dog Stain) is a mere product of that
> > memory. As is language, intuition, inference, etc. All human beliefs and
> > knowledge rely on memory. Equivocating God w/ grand organizing design
is,
> > well, equivocation. This helps in no other way than confounding the
already
> > bloated garbage pile of dogma and nonsense surrounding theism.
>
> A lot of that memory is planted into young impressionable minds during
> Sunday school or some other religious indoctrination.  Without that
> underlying garbage pile of dogma in the back of the mind of people as
> they get older, I suspect a lot of the god experiences would never
> even happen.  People are taught that there's some god out there who
> loves them and watches over them, then when something goes wrong,
> they have to try to figure out what's going on with regards to that
> god.  If that idea were never planted in the first place, then there
> would be less stress, imo, and less chance of some mental breakdown
> on the part of the religious believers.
>
> > Why don't these researchers spend there time trying to help people with
> > legitimate brain problems. Looking for God in the head. Ha ha ha. They'd
have
> > better luck looking for him up their asses!
>
> I don't see what's so funny.  The research they're doing could indeed
> help people in the future.
>
> --
> Elroy Willis
> EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
> http://web2.airmail.net/~elo/news

I fail to see how "neurotheology" (ROFLOL) will help anyone; except theists
who realize that there dogma is ineffective and who attempt to use
scientific means to justify their beliefs. Neuroscience and brain surgery
help people; neurotheology is proof that religion is scrambling to justify
itself. Why waste time on a dying dog?