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Evolving Beliefs

By The Daily Dish
Feb 8 2009, 1:24 AM ET

A very interesting article about how our brains are wired for God in New Scientist. Money quote:

...if religion is a natural consequence of how our brains work, where does that leave god? All the researchers involved stress that none of this says anything about the existence or otherwise of gods: as Barratt points out, whether or not a belief is true is independent of why people believe it.

It does, however, suggests that god isn't going away, and that atheism will always be a hard sell. Religious belief is the "path of least resistance", says Boyer, while disbelief requires effort.   

Allahpundit sighs.



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