http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2007/10/12/scichoc112.xml
Actually, a "chocolate craving" bacteria was discovered in the stomach of chocolate-lovers, so it's actually the bacteria that craves chocolate - not you!
But, suppose a religion-craving bacteria were discovered, so it's the bacteria that thrives on the belief in a superior power, not you. Or suppose a religion-gene were discovered that makes some people religious and others atheists.
I think such a discovery would turn all religion on its head. In the case of a religion-bacteria, it would allow scientists to correctly reclassify religion as a disease. And in the case of a religion-gene, it would allow atheists to assert that belief in religion is beyond an individual's control ... and therefore the choice to believe in God was NOT due to free will.
2007-10-20
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