RE: Christian Gene
September 11, 2011 at 12:11 pm
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2011 at 12:14 pm by Ace Otana.)
(September 10, 2011 at 11:47 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: The 'god genes' as they call them, contain nothing more than the code for monoamine transmitters which regulate the levels of neurotransmitters in our brain. These neurotransmitters, such as dopamine, have been linked to our beliefs, such as people with more dopamine are more likely to believe in god.
And as it turns out, these neurotransmitters are the strongest influence you have on whether you believe in god or not. Even stronger than your family environment.
There may indeed be some truth to it. Maybe we can cure people from religious madness.
I reckon it will remove those "feelings" that you get or the high need to jump to imagination through ritualistic thinking and behaviour. I wonder if we deployed some kind of vaccine to remove all religious belief from every country. We'd turn the world secular. Imagine that. No fanatics flying planes into buildings. No discrimination from religious nut jobs. No more bullshit. No more religion.
Dream come true.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
