The God Part of The Brain

A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality and God
George Noory interviews Matthew Alper, author of "The God Part of The Brain"
http://godpart.com/

Neurotheology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurothe...

Neurotheology: This Is Your Brain On Religion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurothe...

"God On The Brain" google video (50 min):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc...

The God Helmet
http://youtu.be/y02UlkYjSi0

God Helmet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helmet

As we became consciously aware of ourselves and are surroundings, life. We also became aware of death, and how fragile life can be. So in order for our brains to develop as consciously aware, it also developed an area in the temporal lobes that gives everyone born (unless they have a brain defect) a sense of a spirit/soul, god, part of whole, an afterlife, a continuation somehow....and so on. This area in the brain responsible for these beliefs is key to our survival as a species. We probably wouldn't have made it this far without it. It helps to remove the fear of death so that we are able to take risk without to much of a fear of dying. This area in the brain also helps us to not be over stricken with grief from the loss of a loved one, to the point of being unable to function. So all people have these beliefs for the very same reason "all cats meow", our brain developed it that way. This is why every culture has words for a soul, god, and so forth. Having the beliefs is perfectly normal, in fact it's abnormal not to have them. A disbelief is something that one must learn. -Tommy