Re: Treatment of addiction, prayer
- From: Walter Bushell <proto@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:10:11 -0500
In article <mdKdnTw18d8VJhrenZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"odin" <odin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I read that Crick suggested that it might be possible to find chemical
> changes in the brain that were molecular correlates of the act of prayer. I
> wonder if all the data coming in from DNA analysis etc. might show a gene
> that comes in two allele - one for religiosity and one for skepticality. The
> resulting protien from that gene may be medically counteracted. Maybe a
> treatment will be found for the religiously aflicted! Ditti for all the
> other burdens of addiction.
If it comes, it will be used on the skeptical.
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