Do you believe in a physical nature to your spirituality?
What if part of the brain were responsible for this? Read this: https://qz.com/1292368/columbia-and-yale-scientists-just-found-the-spiritual-part-of-our-brains/
Do you think their methodology for generating the “personally relevant spiritual experience” might have been part of the neural response they were measuring?
BTW, I hope you will remember that I’ve been saying for a long time that spiritual experience doesn’t require religion!
@Jear77
It was poor reporting. The article didn’t link to the study, and didn’t even include enough information to support even an informed opinion.
For example, what was their working definition of “spiritual experience”? Religious people wind themselves up all the time to experiences that are more emotional than spiritual. So were they measuring emotional response or spiritual response?
The study may or may not have been valid. They may or may not have been measuring what they thought they were.
There’s just not enough information provided to come to an intelligent conclusion other than, “They did something; and they found something”
@griz Sometimes for the sake of brevity they omit such things. I remember working at the newspaper and after awhile the editor told me explicitly to either do in-line citations (which are VERY hard to look up afterwards) or leave out completely.
@luftballooneyegouge
One would think a University study in particular would crave peer review and institutional citation more than profit. They would want it to be confirmed as a valid study and not just garbage science.
Even if they didn’t release the whole study there should be far more information than that article provided
A link would also not be advisable if the reporter data-mined to make their story more attractive.
@griz
They seriously don’t want you soylent common folks lookin’.
I think it’s a part of a larger volume of other studies,…. at least I hope so, because they want over a GRaND for their shit!!!
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Don’t over think it. Somewhere in your DNA is the God connection, placed there during the creation of man. Once thought to be “junk DNA”, what little modern science understands about the make up of the human experience, there is buried within mankind an ancient genetic code; the God gene if you will. It is genetic memory that connects all sentient species with the spark of spirituality absent religion.
You are already “plugged in” to the connection to something greater than yourself. It’s not a matter of seeking to connect with God, that connection has existed within you from the very beginning, on a genetic level. “Religion” is a man made construct that attempts to explain the connection to the supreme being. It is necessary for those who are unaware of the pre-existing genetic connection to God, as a means to enlighten them.
We are all sons of God, the creator, whether we realize it or not.
9 responses to “Do you believe in a physical nature to your spirituality?”
Do you think their methodology for generating the “personally relevant spiritual experience” might have been part of the neural response they were measuring?
BTW, I hope you will remember that I’ve been saying for a long time that spiritual experience doesn’t require religion!
@griz i also know their sample size was damn small (27 people). It needs to be 1000x that, but interesting nonetheless.
@Jear77
It was poor reporting. The article didn’t link to the study, and didn’t even include enough information to support even an informed opinion.
For example, what was their working definition of “spiritual experience”? Religious people wind themselves up all the time to experiences that are more emotional than spiritual. So were they measuring emotional response or spiritual response?
The study may or may not have been valid. They may or may not have been measuring what they thought they were.
There’s just not enough information provided to come to an intelligent conclusion other than, “They did something; and they found something”
@griz Sometimes for the sake of brevity they omit such things. I remember working at the newspaper and after awhile the editor told me explicitly to either do in-line citations (which are VERY hard to look up afterwards) or leave out completely.
@griz
It links to the abstract, then YOU HAVE TO PAY for the whole thing.
@luftballooneyegouge
One would think a University study in particular would crave peer review and institutional citation more than profit. They would want it to be confirmed as a valid study and not just garbage science.
Even if they didn’t release the whole study there should be far more information than that article provided
A link would also not be advisable if the reporter data-mined to make their story more attractive.
@griz
They seriously don’t want you soylent common folks lookin’.
I think it’s a part of a larger volume of other studies,…. at least I hope so, because they want over a GRaND for their shit!!!
“About the Journal
Cerebral Cortex publishes papers on the development, organization, plasticity, and function of the cerebral cortex, including the hippocampus. Studies with clear relevance to the cerebral cortex, such as the thalamocortical relationship or cortico-subcortical interactions, are also included.
The journal is multidisciplinary and covers the large variety of modern neurobiological and neuropsychological techniques, including anatomy, biochemistry, molecular neurobiology, electrophysiology, behavior, artificial intelligence, and theoretical modeling. In addition to research articles, special features such as brief reviews, book reviews, and commentaries are included.
Cerebral Cortex is published 12 times yearly.”-https://academic.oup.com/cercor/pages/About
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ye abstract:
https://academic.oup.com/cercor/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cercor/bhy102/5017785?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Another study(with more than an abstract) done by Lisa Miller along similar religious queries:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921896/
WHat about Ghosts? Who y’gonna call?
Don’t over think it. Somewhere in your DNA is the God connection, placed there during the creation of man. Once thought to be “junk DNA”, what little modern science understands about the make up of the human experience, there is buried within mankind an ancient genetic code; the God gene if you will. It is genetic memory that connects all sentient species with the spark of spirituality absent religion.
You are already “plugged in” to the connection to something greater than yourself. It’s not a matter of seeking to connect with God, that connection has existed within you from the very beginning, on a genetic level. “Religion” is a man made construct that attempts to explain the connection to the supreme being. It is necessary for those who are unaware of the pre-existing genetic connection to God, as a means to enlighten them.
We are all sons of God, the creator, whether we realize it or not.
@immortal_pirate you realize junk DNA mostly gives people stuff like cancer, and auto-immune diseases that attack the joints…