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God Spot Revisited: Is Spirituality Evolved Brain Function? http://mys.tc/2fa

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No ‘God Spot’ In Brain, Spirituality Linked To Right Parietal Lobe

“We have found a neuropsychological basis for spirituality, but it’s not isolated to one specific area of the brain. Spirituality is a much more dynamic concept that uses many parts of the brain. Certain parts of the brain play more predominant roles, but they all work together to facilitate individuals’ spiritual experiences.”

Gary Lachman: Why You Should Know Emanuel Swedenborg

‘The 18th century Swedish scientist, traveller, statesman, and religious philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg is one of the most fascinating and least understood figures in western history.’

Research into brain’s ‘God spot’ reveals areas of brain involved in religious belief

‘Scientists searching for a ‘God spot’ in the brain have found three areas that control religious belief.’

The Top 10 Reasons I Don’t Believe in God

‘If I see any solid evidence to support God, or any supernatural explanation of any phenomenon, I’ll reconsider my disbelief. Until then, I’ll assume that the mind-bogglingly consistent pattern of natural explanations replacing supernatural ones is almost certain to continue.’

Is God dead -or rebooting? Is religion dying -or reinventing?

‘For decades, Americans have been turning toward spirituality as a protest vote against conventional religion. In the last dozen years, American religious institutions have undergone a myriad of crises—abuse scandals, conflicts, schism, and partisan political entanglement, to name a few—resulting in a great religious recession.’

In the Spirit of Activism: When Politics and Religion Intersect

‘Last Tuesday, as clergy members and labor activists lined up at First United Methodist Church in Downtown Madison for a joint march to the Capitol to protest limits on public sector collective bargaining, their sometimes delicate partnership was evident.’