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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re: a God gene: I have seen lifelong devout believers all of a sudden stop believing after a stroke. I have seen individuals lose their faith when they started certain psychoactive drugs-- and not in a "oh no, I'm so lost" way, just in a "what was THAT all about?" way.

To me, this says that religious faith is a question of brain chemistry. Some have it, some don't. And that brings us back to science. Science is increasingly proving that the things we used to ascribe to god actually have other, physical, provable causes.

Faith is a default position, it's the lack of a better idea. [/quote]

I don't see how that makes sense.  Brain damage can cause just about any cognitive or behavioral change.  Losing religion is one of a thousand possible effects.  Losing your ability to speak due to a stroke does not mean that speech is a matter of a certain brain chemistry.  It means that brain damage causes a loss of the ability.  Brain damage can cause you to not recognize your DH.  It doesn't mean that love is a matter of a love gene.[/quote]

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