Re: The God Helmet

On Oct 9, 2:37 am, "rupert.morr...@xxxxxxxxx"
<rupert.morr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Using electromagnetic fields to stimulate the temporal lobe creates "a
feeling that someone (or a spirit) is in the room" or of "a profound
state of cosmic bliss that reveals a universal truth".

http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=434D7C62-E7F2-99DF-3...

It's this sort of research the fundies should be worrying about, not
evolution.

If you found the part of the brain responsible for mathematical
reasoning you would not conclude that mathematics was incorrect. That
you can stimulate part of the brain an induce the feeling of a
pinprick on the skin does not mean that there are not real pins in the
world. There are good arguments against theism, but I do not think
that this is one of them.

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