http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5296728.stm
2006-08-30 06:56:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
god is about as genuine as a 3 pound note
2006-08-30 07:31:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"This does not diminish the meaning and value of such an experience and neither does it confirm or disconfirm the existence of God." I pulled this quote from the article. An increase of brain activity doesn't necessarily mean that it is a creation of the brain. I am more neutral on the subject. I don't put my entire faith in the accuracy of the Bible. Nor do I believe there is no God, but I think this study proves nothing.
2006-08-30 14:05:42 · answer #2 · answered by Missouri LitWit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a figment of the imagination. The truth that the concept of God points to is all there is.
The BBC story suggests that mystical experience is a function of the brain. Maybe the scientists are actually merely describing how the pysical body manifests divine experience. Which comes first?
2006-08-31 06:53:31 · answer #3 · answered by joju 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that the Bible is what one should refer to when dealing with these kinds of questions.
For an example, the scripture states "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:22-24)
So, considering your question using the Holy Bible, God is not a figment of our imagination. Sad to say, sometimes people (scientists, etc.) who don't have an intimate relationship with God are actually stumbling blocks to those who want to establish a relationship. My recommendation is to read the Bible for yourself and most of your questions about life will be answered.
Godspeed!
2006-08-30 14:12:16 · answer #4 · answered by mrbeabee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quote from the researchers themselves;
" This does not diminish the meaning and value of such an experience and neither does it confirm or dis confirm the existence of God."
From my reading the study concludes that a large portion of the brain is involved in mystical thought........doesn't surprise me....God is a bit larger evidently than you suggest
How much of the brain is involved in atheist thoguht...any studies relating to that ?
2006-08-30 14:21:36 · answer #5 · answered by steve f 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, if anything it argues against G-d being just an artifact of the way the brain is constructed since many different regions of the brain are involved.
2006-08-30 14:04:04 · answer #6 · answered by mesun1408 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's just a creator of the universe.
everything else is open to conjecture.
jesus buddha vishnu and allah/mohammed are not god
they are demgogues.
if we closed their temples dedicated to our subservience, we would find our true selves as private intelligent beings. our wars would largely end and we could own our future. until we remove the shackles of religion and these demogogues from our planet we are as nothing but sheep (just like the 'bible' makes clear)
we will not advance or improve.
2006-08-30 14:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by Thetruth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay so people found out what it biologically looks like when someone's thinking about a spiritual experience, but does that make the spiritual experience any less real. They can also show what happens in my brain when I consider how my mom loves me, but that doesn't make my mom any less real.
2006-08-30 14:09:31 · answer #8 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see PROOF of anything there. If it's anything it might come up to limited evidence for the God haters to point to as something. I never heard of a God spot anyway...Jim
2006-08-30 14:11:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't prove anything about God.
2006-08-30 14:01:55 · answer #10 · answered by IT Pro 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋