I hate failing tests
did you get some of your morals in line with the bible? unlucky....
I got 0%. I never got 0% in a test before *sigh*
A belief in God is deeply embedded in the human brain, which is programmed for religious experiences, according to a United States study.Scientists searching for the neural "God spot", which is supposed to control religious belief, believe several areas of the brain form the biological foundations of religious belief.The researchers said their findings supported the idea that the brain had evolved to be sensitive to any form of belief that improved the chances of survival, which could explain why a belief in God and the supernatural became so widespread in human evolutionary history.
Ahh! The throngs of biological reductionism! Seriously though, in a population where danger is in no short supply, and whose members might become easily emotionally subject to the prospect of failure, being able to put faith into a deliberate lie might have put members at a fitness-reproductive advantage over the rest of the population, whereby they would act courageously in the face of seemingly unavoidable calamities. In modern times, this experience is being exploited as a social phenomenon in order to mobilize individuals for purposes of moral uniformity, which depending on the rigid structure of said society, is necessary for its stable replication. Why the society came to a scenario that favors rigid social institutions is beyond me, but it might have something to do with the allocation of resources in times of stress. Obviously, if we lived in Utopia there would be no quarrels over what type of food we eat (Hinduism and their bovine gods), with whom we socialize and ultimately procreate (segregation in southern U.S. in the 1950's, etc.) and what else. Resource scarcity is one thing, but there might be other, more deeply layered forms of social selective pressures, which while unique end up invariably being tied to limits of food production. Where religion might prevent young adults from having sex, and forcing them to a commit to a life-long marriage before hand, it might be because resources are scarce and caring for additional children would be too burdensome on their families. Spirituality, in turn, is the physiological manifestation in the brain of such a willingness to submit to popular rhetoric, or a suppression of the parietal lobe, which entails a decline in the value of self-identity and selfishness, the purpose of which is to approach an equilibrium stable strategy when considering the outcomes of all possible social actions. In this case, while it might not seem good for the individual, it's often beneficial for the population as a whole. What we might be observing with rebellious youth today could in fact be a discrepancy between a need to uphold redundant religious institutions and an actual lack of consequence for failing to adhere to them, especially in a modern society, which has all the resources and more to care for, for example, children fathered by a a young boy.
Another nail in the coffin for the Church.
The order for excommunication came from a Cardinal at the Vatican.
As has been the case all through this thread, hatred towards God is really hatred towards what man has allowed God to represent. This is one of those times, I guess.
The key bit for me:Really, God - without the negative input, and associated rules/dogma, of man - is all about love and compassion, and clearly this instance displays neither. Thus, the problem is that men have put their rules and judgments above what God is really about.
sorry but i believe that it is your human input that has created a god that is about love and compassion....you are human and you are flawed, you cant be trusted to say what god is and is not
Really, God - without the negative input, and associated rules/dogma, of man - is all about love and compassion
then why does he continue to do nothing despite all the terrible things that happen in our world on a daily basis.
Free will.Humans always got a choice... 'he' can't do shit about that.
that fact that he chooses to do nothing must make you question his so called "love and compassion"?
....nor, conversely, lack of a belief in god.
