Archive for the ‘Quantum Physics Soul Thesis’ Category

Neil deGrasse Tyson and his take on Intelligent Design. I highly suggest taking a look at his site. Lots of info there on Science and Religion.

Great resource to see the time line of events of religion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_religion#2nd_to_1st_century_BCE

This was an interesting forum and presentation. But I personally don’t see how this is any different than monitoring the brain under stress or other conditions.  Monitoring brain activity for belief and conscience is not new.  Hopefully more research will be done on this topic on years to come.

How Our Brains are Wired for Belief

Monday, May 5, 2008
Key West, Florida

Brain scans show subtle differences between the human
brain at rest (top row) and during prayer or meditation
(bottom row).

Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in May 2008 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life.

Recent advances in neuroscience and brain-imaging technology have offered researchers a look into the physiology of religious experiences. In observing Buddhist monks as they meditate, Franciscan nuns as they pray and Pentecostals as they speak in tongues, Dr. Andrew Newberg, a radiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, has found that measurable brain activity matches up with the religious experiences described by worshippers. The social, political and religious implications of these and other findings are just beginning to permeate the broader culture, according to New York Times columnist David Brooks, who has been tracking new developments in the field.

What does brain science add to age-old debates about the existence of God and the value of religion? Can political parties and religious groups use scientific insights to influence the beliefs of others? Are scientists as a group becoming more open to ideas of religion and spirituality? The Pew Forum invited Dr. Newberg and Mr. Brooks to raise these questions and share their insights with the journalists gathered in Key West.

Listen to the audio transcript