Why religion is appealing (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 14:03 (5093 days ago) @ dhw

Dhw,
The clip is properly attributed to Satyansh, and I hope as you do that in the long run things work out.-I would like to explore the idea you proposed about humans being programmed for religion. They have demonstrated that there is a part of the human brain, and for people who suffer a particular form of epilepsy--they are compelled to worship, regardless of their religion. This religious center is hyperactive.-I ponder this often--and for the public that doesn't come here all the time, and happens upon these words: please keep an open mind! Could it be that those of us comfortably without religion have the opposite of this condition and this part of our brains is atrophied in comparison? Most of humanity seems to have no trouble with religion.

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"