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Brain Surgery Linked To Sensation of Spirituality
the3stars writes "'Removing part of the brain can induce inner peace, according to researchers from Italy. Their study provides the strongest evidence to date that spiritual thinking arises in, or is limited by, specific brain areas. This raises a number of interesting issues about spirituality, among them whether or not people can be born with a strong propensity towards spirituality and also whether it can be acquired through head trauma."
One critic's quoted response: "It's important to recognize that the whole study is based on changes in one self-report measure, which is a coarse measure that includes some strange items."
It's subjective.
No, it is not. Not any more than any other forms of mental disease.
"You can't allow somebody to commit the crime before you detain them." [Condoleezza Rice]
This isn't even the plural of anecdote. It's definitely not data. I can't think of any reason we're reading this other than atheists with doctorates who enjoy trolling the normals.
You can't see out of a lighted room at night because the glass reflects the light from inside, not because the information from inside is more "effective."
When someone can't even get their metaphor right it makes one wonder if what they say about the actual subject is any more likely to be meaningful.
It's like with a car - if you just put diesel in your tank instead of unleaded your car will go further so your argument can be made better just by adding a metaphor based on something you made up.
Right?
You not only didn't get it, you're really proud of how you didn't get it.
Spirituality isn't about feelings at all, just like whether you're actually competent at something isn't about whether you feel competent. You wouldn't argue that intelligence isn't real just because some people think they are highly intelligent but are actually average at best, but you're apparently comfortable with claiming just that when it comes to spirit.
Accepting that there may not be any correlation between people's claims and their actual spiritual level means also accepting that there may be an objective dimension to spirit to cause that lack of correlation. If spirituality is an 'invisible unicorn', then Charles Manson is more spiritual than Mother Teresa - just read how each person rated themselves.
Who is John Cabal?
Do you even know the first thing about Catholicism? This will explain everything to you.
Well, a majority of humans is stupid. There is a strong correlation between low IQ and strong religious feelings. But surely shit must taste good because millions of flies just cannot be wrong.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
After I talked to the genetic engineer (for Monsanto) in Saint Louis that told me he didn't believe in evolution, I've kind of thought religious fundamentalists of any kind are brain damaged. After that I would usually ask most people I met if they believed in evolution. It was a good way to filter out the retards. Don't believe in evolution eh? Later.
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Are there ANY defined psychological terms? :) Not exactly a "hard" science...
"Give a woman two glasses of wine and some pad thai, and they'll agree to just about anything." the Sports Guy