Re: The God Spots in the Brain

Immortalist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in alt.atheism

> Elroy Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in alt.atheism

>>> I believe that neurotheology is akin to "creation science". ie. the use
>>> of pseudo-scientific nonsense to justify a pre-excepted belief (God).
>>> Assume God and then use "science" to "prove" it.

>> I don't get that impression from most of the neurotheologists I've
>> read about.  They say some things that are obviously intended to quell
>> the fears of some religious people like "We're not out to disprove
>> God," or something like that, but that doesn't mean that they actually
>> are trying to support the idea of some external god which exists
>> outside the brains of the believers.

> Likewise one wouldn't want to construe good science as supporting the
> materialist assumption either since good science looks for good results.

> Or have you found a way to show reasonably that "if God doesn't exist there
> could not be god spots in the brain?"

I guess you have to draw your own conclusions.  For me, I think
there's enough evidence to show that there's some spot(s) in the brain
which when stimulated via the helmet, or through prayer or meditation,
produce religious experiences.  To me, that proves that such
experiences are just created in the brain, and they don't need an
external cause like some god.  Since I don't have some emotional
attachment to any gods, I don't have a problem with my conclusion,
since at least it has some scientific evidence to support it.

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