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."

Comments

Re:Enough of the faith bashing

[Montezumaa]

It is not a theory; it is a fact. A majority of humans believe in a stronger, outside force. Essentially, they believe in God or something similar to God. This is not difficult to understand, as you can search online to find such information.

While I respect someone's decision to not believe in God, I do not respect people's decision to falsify information to demean another person's or group's beliefs. I expect people to respect my right to believe that God is real and for them to do so without trying to claim I suffer from retardation.

Re:This is my favourite

[kaizokuace]

so crazy religious extreme conservatives probably were dropped on their head as a baby?

Brain Damage

[Andypcguy]

I always thought religion was a result of brain damage. ;)