The honest truth of it?

[The_Flying_Skeptic]

when I think of 'signs of god' or when Christians say they are experiencing god, I think of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFs1Qf5m8Qg

I compare their experiencing their deity to seeing recognizable shapes in clouds or pareidolia. I wonder if the same parts of the brain 'light up' during MRI.

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There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious. We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds; and by a natural propensity, if not corrected by experience and reflection, ascribe malice or good- will to every thing, that hurts or pleases us. --David Hume* http://www.skepdic.com/pareidol.html

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