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Posts Tagged: science and religion
August 19, 2009
The Science of Spirituality
Are Our Brains Hard-wired for God?
NPR intelligently asks if human brains are naturally hard-wired for God? A number of reputable scientists believe it is. The science of all of this brain and spirituality talk raises a provoking question: “Is God a delusion created by brain chemistry, or is brain chemistry a necessary conduit for people to reach God?” NPR’s incredible interactive presentation – titled “Is This Your Brain On God” – is as good a place as any to start thinking about this subject. Read more…
June 29, 2009
Possibilities for Over One Hundredfold More Spiritual Info
I spent some time routing around my attic. My attic is where I store all of my books. Sometimes, I just go up there and hang out in its quiet and look through the books until I find one that I forgot I had. It would be an understatement to say that I have a bunch of different kinds of books stored up there. I have everything from Richard Dawkins to a Charismatic Dictionary. I have books by Friedrich Nietzsche and Alvin Plantinga. There are titles up there by Channing, Emerson, and Parker (Early American Unitarians) as well as titles by Spurgeon, Finney, and Edwards. I have books on Chaos Theory and books on Holy Spirit Baptism. My personal library is a broad collection, to say the least. Read more…