Beth sent me a New York Times article about The Neural Buddhists.
This article summarizes some of the newest research on the brain and consciousness:
First, the self is not a fixed entity but a dynamic process of relationships. Second, underneath the patina of different religions, people around the world have common moral intuitions. Third, people are equipped to experience the sacred, to have moments of elevated experience when they transcend boundaries and overflow with love. Fourth, God can best be conceived as the nature one experiences at those moments, the unknowable total of all there is.
Their research, while not agreeing with atheists, doesn’t support believers in a personal God either Read the rest of this entry »
05-15-2008 |
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