Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior

From	Leon S. <ls46@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.atheism
Subject	Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior
Date	2016-09-20 14:08 +0000
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It has been said we all have a God size space within.

All known cultures have religion as a core feagture.

http://www.payvand.com/news/10/nov/1054.html

Interestingly, the forceful attempts to make a population atheist have 
never worked. The most famous historical example of these attempts is 
Stalin's brutal confrontation of religiosity.

Stalin did not look at religion as just "opium of the masses" he looked at 
it as a menace for the society and considered clergymen as parasites.

Stalin's method of dealing with religion was the same method that he used 
in dealing with anything... elimination. His answer was total elimination 
of religion. He ordered all mosques, churches and temples to be burned, as 
well as the killing of all clergy.

It should be noted that upon the collapse of the Soviet Union the first 
changes included reappearance of mosques, churches, temples and clergymen.

In other words you can force people to convert to a different religion, but 
you cannot force them to become an atheist, as if they can not live without 
it.

The Case for the Organic Nature of human religiosity. The idea of 
hereditary causes of human religiosity was originally introduced by Charles 
Darwin. This idea is articulated in his autobiography:

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Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Leon S. <ls46@gmail.com> - 2016-09-20 14:08 +0000
  Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-09-20 20:57 +0000
    Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-09-21 17:51 -0400
    Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-22 17:46 +1000
      Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-09-22 13:38 +0000
        Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-09-22 17:49 -0400
          Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-09-23 16:58 +0000
            Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-09-23 19:04 -0400
              Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-09-24 01:37 +0000
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                Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-09-24 16:49 +0000
                Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2016-09-23 21:37 -0700
              Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 00:06 -0400
            Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-24 09:07 +1000
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      Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 17:09 -0700
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          Re: Neuropsychology of Human Religious Behavior Echo - 2016-09-23 23:56 +0000
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