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Religion, A Curable Illness
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RE: Leading neuroscientist: Fundamentalism may be a ‘mental illness’ that can be ‘cured’
(May 30, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote:
Quote:A leading neurologist at the University of Oxford said this week that recent developments meant that science may one day be able to identify religious fundamentalism as a “mental illness” and a cure it.

During a talk at the Hay Literary Festival in Wales on Wednesday, Kathleen Taylor was asked what positive developments she anticipated in neuroscience in the next 60 years.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/30/leading-neuroscientist-religious-fundamentalism-may-be-a-mental-illness-that-can-be-cured

lmao, I said that since 87. and it is independent of belief.
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RE: Religion, A Curable Illness - by Angrboda - June 1, 2013 at 6:36 pm
RE: Religion, A Curable Illness - by Polaris - June 1, 2013 at 10:15 pm
RE: Religion, A Curable Illness - by Ryantology - June 1, 2013 at 11:01 pm
RE: Religion, A Curable Illness - by CriticalBen - June 2, 2013 at 6:29 am
RE: Leading neuroscientist: Fundamentalism may be a ‘mental illness’ that can be ‘cured’ - by archangle - May 30, 2013 at 6:15 pm
re: fundamentalism - by Zarith - May 31, 2013 at 9:03 pm
Religion, A Curable Illness - by Cinjin - May 31, 2013 at 10:47 pm
RE: Religion, A Curable Illness - by catfish - May 31, 2013 at 10:55 pm
RE: Religion, A Curable Illness - by Cinjin - May 31, 2013 at 11:07 pm
RE: Religion, A Curable Illness - by Angrboda - June 1, 2013 at 12:06 am
RE: Leading neuroscientist: Fundamentalism - by Zarith - May 31, 2013 at 11:25 pm

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