Religious Differences

[J.R. Braden]

I believe in gods. Every god ever postulated has existed within the minds of its followers. Christian apologists like to say, "Do you believe in happiness/love/beauty," and then try to equate those things with their god by saying you can't prove their god's existence just like you can't prove that happiness, love, and beauty exist.

You can measure the effects of all of those things though. You can do a scan on the brain and see various regions light up when subjected to happy, loving, or beautiful stimuli. This also works with religious stimuli.

So, I believe that all gods are just as real as love, beauty, and joy, but I believe that the word god simply means a very specific type of brain damage.

Brain damage definitely exists.