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Study finds link between brain damage and fundamentalism
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RE: Study finds link between brain damage and fundamentalism
May 15, 2017 at 11:45 am
I bet it's Little Rik.
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RE: Study finds link between brain damage and fundamentalism
May 15, 2017 at 2:04 pm
(May 14, 2017 at 2:25 pm)JoshuaBE516 Wrote: A group of Christian fundamentalists talk about this study; it can be found at the Creation Liberty forums: http://creationliberty.com/forum/index.p...sg3366#new

They had interesting things to say, and presented some points I had never considered. I learned some things, and I would recommend watching it when you have the time.  (And yes, I have a bias.)

Went to the link posted.  It might be contagious.  Reading that gobbledygook is harder than making sense of Trump's speeches.  It's probably forming lesions in my brain right now.  ow, it hurts.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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RE: Study finds link between brain damage and fundamentalism
May 15, 2017 at 10:25 pm
I can imagine some religious folks not feeling the lesions are a problem if they occur after an individual is ensconced in God's One True Faith.
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RE: Study finds link between brain damage and fundamentalism
May 16, 2017 at 3:46 am
I think they've found the area of the brain that is linked to belief. In anything.
I think the religiousness suddenly found after damage to that area of the brain could also be attributed to whether they were already religious, religious upbringing, religious fears (going to hell), things that were happening in the world at that time, and other possible variables I haven't thought of.
Personally, I think it's a bit flimsy.
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