(July 8, 2015 at 6:05 pm)Spooky Wrote: Religion is just an interesting mix of Sociology, Psychology, and Groupthink. The serotonin produced by being a part of such groups is not unique, and can readily be experienced elsewhere. (I voted no)
I agree. I don't think brains can magically create different chemicals if a person is religious instead of not religious. And no one has demonstrated that religion is necessary for any particular feeling, or that one cannot achieve the same feelings from other sources. I think the uniqueness of experience that many religious people claim is just another religious lie with no real basis in fact. Indeed, with various "religious" experiences that people have, how they are interpreted is a function of their beliefs rather than something inherent in the experiences themselves.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
