*discussing an article in the Independent about the biological underpinnings of religious faith and how the "god spot" evolved in the brain*
The existence of that spot is more proof of an intelligent creator
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1. Rocks aren't alive, genius.
2. Humans don't receive an "antennae" to receive any "signal," either.
3. You are a moron.
That is all.
*Googles articles about the "God Spot"*
And yet, I have zero belief in god(s), nor do I experience or require any sort of "religious experiences."
You would think, if the "God Spot" was some sort of "antennae" designed by God to speak with/control us, we'd ALL have it hardwired in, wouldn't we?
Rather than simply being a collection of parts of the brain that are stimulated when one believes they are having some sort of religious and/or "god" experience.
It's called the imagination.
Goesto11 conveniently ignores the word 'evolved', which lends a bit of sweetness to the irony.
It is proof of unnatural selection, that is all. The various shamans and clergy over the millennia have removed the non-superstitious from the gene pool by means of ostracism, stoning, fire, etc. We who are born without an overdeveloped god spot are the throwbacks.
A.Why the fuck is this on DU?
B.i knew the moment i saw this some christard would try to claim having your brain repond to religion *like it does to every single possible stimulus*. Another claimed that the shape of the spot matches the red thing behind god in the sistine chapel.
"try to claim having your brain repond to religion "
Means their religion is true. How'd I forget that? and of course if you told them Muslims and Hindus have the exact same brain response they'd go apeshit and deny it.
Nadezhda:
Find it? Heck! That is only the beginning, finding it will not do you much good....
I guess I must be above gods since I can do a lot more than just finding it!
So how come people across the world believe in incredibly different gods, as opposed to the same god, as would be expected if there was one god and he was sending these messages down to us directly into our brains?
So, my industrial-strength sex-drive, which also has a provable physiological basis, is proof that God wants me to have wild circus sex all beautiful women?
> The existence of that spot is more proof of an intelligent creator
Ooh, so the designer is like the some of the members of the electronics/computer industry these days. You know, products that *scream* their maker's name at every opportunity (so that you can't forget whose crud has been foisted upon you this time), products that "call home" and spy on the users, products that always raise anger and bile toward the companies that built them among the users by reminding them of their existence in the most painful way imaginable ("Damn you, Microsoft!") and run out of warranty at the most inconvenient time, which doesn't matter anyway, because the warranty terms are incomprehensible and there's always some buried clause that's going to get you.
Glad that there are manufacturers that don't get so greedy and pushy and egoistic - they just make good stuff and hope we enjoy their products. And we do.
> It's like a remote control car with an antenna to receive the signal. A rock doesn't have an antenna to receive no signal.
A what?
There have been occasional comments that just blind me with their sheer lack of power in the analogies. This is one of them. I have nothing else to say.
Actually, if it were valid as a proof it would be the only proof of an intelligent creator. As it is, however, it just sort of floats around like a turd in a punch bowl.
"A rock doesn't have an antenna to receive no signal."
Classic, a first-grader mistake.
a rock has what's called an intrinsic impedance, (intrinsic... i think that's the right word...). this means that given the right frequency, the rock can receive a signal.
The existence of that spot is more proof of an intelligent creator - He is not intelligent if he keeps sending mixed/confusing signals.
It's like a remote control car with an antenna to receive the signal. - That would mean he is controlling all our lives.
So you DOUBLE FAIL.
You make a moderately good point. That's one plausible hypothesis. However, if we can both see on cat-scans irrefutable evidence that the 'God Spot' lights up more for Buddhists than for any other group, you must either accept them as the one true faith, or consider your remote control hypothesis disproven. I can't give you a link for that, it was a TV show.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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