ATHEISTS: What has science theorized or discovered regarding the naturalistic causes of religious belie?

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Since "supernatural" is synonymous with "non-existent."

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I hate my typos as much as I love those from Tragic Typos.

Not "belie," but instead "belief"

Answer 1

Epilepsy:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro01/web2/Eguae.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/godonbrain.shtml
http://www.meta-religion.com/Psychiatry/The_Paranormal/trascendent_experiences.htm

Answer 2

Why are you so ignorant of what an atheist is?! More to the point if you do not know what an atheist is why are you so intolerant, hate filled, bigoted and persecuting towards them?! ATHEIST - someone who does not believe in a God – any God – not just the Christian one. But that does not mean they do not hold strong moral or religious beliefs! They can follow any religion that does not have a god and there are a lot of those! Like BUDDHISM – Religious teaching from Buddha and his followers that by destroying greed, hatred and delusion (the cause of all suffering) man can attain perfect enlightenment! Where do you think christianity got it's ideas of a soul and afterlife from for goodness sake? They stole it from the pagan tribes and peoples which existed hundreds and thousands of years before christianity! From the stone age through vikings, Egyptians, Maoris, Aborigines, American Indians and especially the chinese, they all had elaborate funerals and grave goods to speed the soul into the next life with comfort! Add christians and muslims together and they amount to just under a third of the world population the majority of the rest is made up of atheists and religions without gods!! So they are in the majority here!

Answer 3

I would recommend that you read "Why God Won't Go Away," and "Why We Believe What We Believe," both under the principal authorship of Andrew Newberg. These works explore the neuro-biology of belief in a very thorough way.

Answer 4

Religious belief is forcing religious people to think there is something controlling everything. Some believe in faith like Bush is actually speaking to god.

Answer 5

Damage to the cerebral cortex.

Answer 6

Your question is overly wordy. You could of just said "Discovered" instead of "theorized or discovered" you also could of dropped the word "naturalistic" and substituted "instinctual".

Answer 7

Google "the god gene"

Answer 8

I'll pray for you...Ha ha ha... Just kidding!!! :)