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I agree with you...

posted by dark_mistress on June 14, 2007 at 4:52 AM | link to this | reply

oh iam  so sorry sanhet ,my feeling always that both of you look like each other just now opened his page,forgive me please

posted by drohan254 on June 12, 2007 at 11:08 PM | link to this | reply

very true they are more healthier and many more things ,beautiful post munih

posted by drohan254 on June 12, 2007 at 11:05 PM | link to this | reply

sannhet

It is much more consoling to believe than not to believe. I have done both, and I prefer the former.

posted by avant-garde on June 12, 2007 at 1:20 PM | link to this | reply

Sannhet

It is so very true that people who have a spiritual bent (be it a traditional religion or a belief in a higher power) are healthier people. One must feed the body, the mind, and the soul.

posted by Troosha on June 12, 2007 at 9:59 AM | link to this | reply

Gome -

After writing this post, I shared some of those Sunday school stories with some friends. I'd forgotten most of them, but they soon came flooding back. Boy, did I get in trouble a lot!

It's certainly possible that this "hardwiring" is a mechanism to help us cope or survive, but I see the "hardwiring" as the discovery of the "spark" of divinity within each of us.

posted by sannhet on June 12, 2007 at 8:43 AM | link to this | reply

Tony -

I completely agree. I know very little, but I believe that spirituality evolves like everything else.

posted by sannhet on June 12, 2007 at 8:25 AM | link to this | reply

OTA -

Thanks for the visit!

posted by sannhet on June 12, 2007 at 8:24 AM | link to this | reply

sannhet - "Being asked to stand in the corner, or asked to leave . . "

ahh, the memories.

There is no doubt that a belief in God is for most people the best way of either attaining or maintaining psychological health. The hard wiring aspect though could be looked at in a number of ways with two basic questions put forth: do humans readily accept a belief in a higher power through social conditioning because of our physiological makeup? Or do humans accept a belief in a higher power because we are predisposed by our physiological make up to do so with social conditioning merely facilitating these beliefs? I tend to think the former.  

posted by gomedome on June 11, 2007 at 2:47 PM | link to this | reply

The hardwiring is certainly there!

But it may have evolved. (But I don't claim to know!)

posted by Antonionioni on June 11, 2007 at 12:24 PM | link to this | reply

Yes.. the wiring is surely there! Great post!

~Peace

posted by OTA. on June 11, 2007 at 10:26 AM | link to this | reply