Atheism R.I.P.

[contractor79]

Why we are born to believe in God: It's wired into the brain, says psychologist

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0QRSJN1tS

"His work is supported by other researchers who have found evidence linking religious feelings and experience to particular regions of the brain.

They suggest people are programmed to receive a feeling of spirituality from electrical activity in these areas.

The findings challenge atheists such as Richard Dawkins, the author of The God Delusion, who has long argued that religious beliefs result from poor education and childhood 'indoctrination'.

Conclusion: no one is born an atheist. One needs to be indoctrinated into atheism. We are born believers. Praise God. Bible taught us this 2000 years ago:-

St Paul, 2000 years ago:
For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. (Romans 12:3 NKJV)

Psychologists, today:
Humans are programmed to believe in God because it gives them a better chance of survival, researchers claim.

[Bunk]

cobblers

[HairyArsedBloke]

Some days it is such a pleasure to not be human.

[contractor79]

cobblers

denying science, are we

[xoggoth]

What bunk said. What primitive man needed and what civilised society needs are two different things.

[RSoles]

....and last time I checked Psychology wasn't a science.

[PM-Junkie]

Ah the age old search for the "god spot" in the brain.

I could equally point to research proving the opposite - for example the study done by Professor Jordan Grafman (from the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders) showing that several areas of the brain are involved in religious belief....one within the frontal lobes of the cortex – which are unique to humans – and another in the more evolutionary-ancient regions deeper inside the brain, which humans share with apes and other primates.

To quote him directly..."There is nothing unique about religious belief in these brain structures. Religion doesn't have a 'God spot' as such, instead it's embedded in a whole range of other belief systems in the brain that we use everyday."

And in any case, if we are prewired to believe in this god thing, why do remote tribes in Africa, or more recently Eskimos who have not been indoctrinated by the religious brigade, not believe in a god? Surely if we were prewired they would be busily building churches before the god-botherers got to them??

No, it is not that people are indoctrinated by atheism. Far more accurate is to say that people are indoctrinated by the religious brigade....thankfully there are signs that the human race is beginning to wisen up though (example the majority desire to get the influence of the church out of US politics).

[TimberWolf]

I agree, atheism is learnt - as is religion. All of you damned atheists started out in life believing in ghosts and other supernatural entities hiding in dark corners and bogeymen under the bed. Some people learn to accept more rational explanations for these primitive fears and emotions, while others continue to believe in ghosts or learn about more sophisticated supernatural entities.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Having witnessed God over the weekend - you ought to know - there are Two Gods .

Both are female.

One is Blonde and the other Brunette.

And both have the most incredible eyes.

Sorry - theres no bloke with a Beard waiting to beat you up for your sins.

[The Lone Gunman]

Why we are born to believe in God: It's wired into the brain, says psychologist

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0QRSJN1tS



Conclusion: no one is born an atheist. One needs to be indoctrinated into atheism. We are born believers. Praise God. Bible taught us this 2000 years ago:-

St Paul, 2000 years ago:
For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. (Romans 12:3 NKJV)

Psychologists, today:
Humans are programmed to believe in God because it gives them a better chance of survival, researchers claim.

Lovely misinterpretation there, well done.
What it actualy says is that humans are predisposed to be superstitious which means they will be easily indoctrinated in some cult or another. What it says is that humans are predisposed to believe in the supernatural and wary of anything scary. Good survival instinct that: If it is dark and scary sta away from it.