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[Serious] Link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism established

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[Serious] Link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism established
Gwaithmir Offline
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RE: Link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism established
April 14, 2019 at 9:43 am
(April 13, 2019 at 8:02 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Very interesting, indeed.  Careful of a false syllogism, though.  Just because brain damage will predispose one toward fundamentalism, it doesn't necessarily follow that fundamentalists are generally brain damaged.

True, but I'm still going to spring this one on the Jehovah's Witnesses next time they visit. Bwahahahaha!!!
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RE: Link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism established - by Gwaithmir - April 14, 2019 at 9:43 am

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