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Originally Posted by zen_tom
fuzyfuzer, I'm not convinced about this neural region for religion, would you mind posting more information about it?
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The supposed "God-centre" region of the brain is the temporal lobes.
More information here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon...donbrain.shtml
I don't think it has the ability to account for religion in its entirity, it only provides an neuro-biological explaination for experinces of "feeling God's presence".
Identifying this feeling with "God" only happens with people who are religious in the first place. Other's treat it just as "someone is in the room with me", "I feel a mystical sensation" or some other interpretation along those lines...