Playing God Depends On Your Religion


	Playing God Depends On Your Religion

debbyski

11-20-2007 4:18 PM

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11-20-2007 4:25 PM

Rashid Malik

God doesn't forbid research or science.

11-21-2007 4:14 AM

abailart

I do not wish to offend anyone, but the claims that the beauty of neuroscience have any bearings on God are riddled with a very primitive cluster of logical errors and superstitious irrationality. Damasio, one of the world's leading neuroscientists, argues this far better than I could in "Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain".

11-21-2007 4:15 AM

abailart

The Dalai Lama is deeply interested in neuroscience.

11-21-2007 8:24 AM

cabanaben

Could not agree more. My God gave us the knowledge to help each other. In the USA our Christian values for mankind can be called into question.

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