Great question! I hope that you wanted a good answer, because the poor one is "yes". As a tribalizing construct, the ideas packaged as theism mimic biological parasites, with similar characteristics to a virus. The drug aspect of theistic addiction, though complex, is biological not allegorical. FMTLE is a genetic oddity that all primates may carry, to differing degrees of influence.
Its origins as a facet of humanoid evolutionary development, are probably intertwined with our addictions to sensuality and orgasm. The research is young, so some of the findings are still thin on proofs. Rarely diagnosed, familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy is activated as a syndrome, during one or more epileptic seizures that have induced a hallucination.
Similar to the perceptual reactions to a stroke or an externally provided hallucinogenic, the brain reacts to the absence of function from a temporarily "missing" & certainly discordant part of the brain in many different ways. One of which is to perceive the immediate environment as a "spiritual" event.
The "drug" addiction is to the memory recall of the event. As overwhelming feelings of peace, stillness, and awe are common during this not always outwardly apparent brain trauma, there is a strong desire to revisit the experience in memory. The self supplied chemical cocktail resulting in euphoria, becomes an addiction that can be induced by any action that recalls the pleasant memory.
The other side of this coin is called post traumatic stress disorder. In PT-SD, the same medical condition arose during a negative experience, thus the classic shell shock of so many fearful flavors, is what visits the person upon any reminder of the feared event. As there is little to no desire to revisit ones personal hell, addictions to the recall are very rare, and in fact, partitions are created to attempt to forget the memory forever if possible.
The obvious exceptions to this are when the fears of the mythical hell are also ritually induced during a seizure, to be perceived of as real. This completes the meme parasite's hold on a person, as "virally" communicative, with the bribery of a personal heaven, and the extortion of a personal hell.
We have domesticated ourselves into the mind prisons of such commonly held delusions, by our breeding susceptibility to FMTLE activated as a syndrome into our genetic stock, and immunity to its grasp, out.
Here are some audio references to Google, as an initial source for further study if you wish;
wow... maybe i'll take a vacation and start reading all of your comments.
without reading them or knowing what they consist of, or what side you're on, i strongly encourage you take them, organize them, and make them into a video and post it as a response to mine. (just a suggestion)
It is the plan to do exactly that, when I am able. I online file and subject title nearly everything that I write that could be useful for scripting. I also have playlists to deal with subjects when I can.
With the video comments on YT going down the SNAFU toilet, it becomes more urgent to get my faulty OS repaired, and get on with being an authentic youtuber, and not just a youtyper.
i'm only saying this because you have a lot of them and it'd be worth placing them all in one source rather than many comments spread over mutiple comment pages
They come under the "not a REAL Christian" classification.
Whenever a follower of a religion does something bad they are automatically "not a REAL" follower of that religion - this is a very convenient way of disassociating your religion from bad publicity.
I'm surprised it's not written in the Torah, Bible, Quran :-)
Xenophobia is encouraged throughout all of the Abrahamic texts. Most REAL followers of Abrahamic faiths end up getting arrested in the USA, because much of the crazy crap in the scriptures is illegal. That's why the prison industry is the largest per capita in the world. And where can you go to learn more about the way of god, and get out early for such "good behavior"? Prisons.
with this in mind ("not a real christian"), i always remind people that if they are not killing in god's name (as per deuteronomy ch 13, and others), they are not real christians
That is a good question, that cannot be answered easily.
One idea is that all addictions boil down to an absence of satisfaction in the persons sex life. It's way more complicated than that, but the core of the idea may be sound.
It sure may be. I'm a strong proponent of examining the sexual component of almost any animal action. I know a lot of people say the number 1 component in our motives is "fear". But I ask, why is it that we are programmed to be afraid? Is it to save our asses so that we can reproduce? I don't know the answer. I only have the question!
because i don't want anyone on either side of the argument making comments disappear. if youtube allowed comments to stay no matter what the rating, i wouldn't have a problem with it.
Blooms, blossoms, there's no real rule. They're one of my favorite trees, if they bear fruit. Bradfords are okay, but I like a nice, sweet, juicy pear from time to time.
they've been disappearing and reappearing. if you look at "you can't prove anything", you'll see a couple of comments have been re entered because they had disappeared and some are doubled just because that's how they came back when they disappeared
Religion seeks to control life with guilt. Religious beliefs are largely based on faith rather than reason.
Dwicker64 2 years ago
yeah, alcohol is a dirty drug.
MYKELLJAKSUN 2 years ago
This is very funny because atheists have the most drunks
ConcernedCaleb 2 years ago
Theism is it a Drug or Virus or both?
DontBendOverForAllah 2 years ago
Great question! I hope that you wanted a good answer, because the poor one is "yes". As a tribalizing construct, the ideas packaged as theism mimic biological parasites, with similar characteristics to a virus. The drug aspect of theistic addiction, though complex, is biological not allegorical. FMTLE is a genetic oddity that all primates may carry, to differing degrees of influence.
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
Its origins as a facet of humanoid evolutionary development, are probably intertwined with our addictions to sensuality and orgasm. The research is young, so some of the findings are still thin on proofs. Rarely diagnosed, familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy is activated as a syndrome, during one or more epileptic seizures that have induced a hallucination.
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
Similar to the perceptual reactions to a stroke or an externally provided hallucinogenic, the brain reacts to the absence of function from a temporarily "missing" & certainly discordant part of the brain in many different ways. One of which is to perceive the immediate environment as a "spiritual" event.
/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU
Rituals are designed to induce this.
/watch?v=NZbQBajYnEc
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
The "drug" addiction is to the memory recall of the event. As overwhelming feelings of peace, stillness, and awe are common during this not always outwardly apparent brain trauma, there is a strong desire to revisit the experience in memory. The self supplied chemical cocktail resulting in euphoria, becomes an addiction that can be induced by any action that recalls the pleasant memory.
/watch?v=LLoOD-m610U
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
The other side of this coin is called post traumatic stress disorder. In PT-SD, the same medical condition arose during a negative experience, thus the classic shell shock of so many fearful flavors, is what visits the person upon any reminder of the feared event. As there is little to no desire to revisit ones personal hell, addictions to the recall are very rare, and in fact, partitions are created to attempt to forget the memory forever if possible.
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
The obvious exceptions to this are when the fears of the mythical hell are also ritually induced during a seizure, to be perceived of as real. This completes the meme parasite's hold on a person, as "virally" communicative, with the bribery of a personal heaven, and the extortion of a personal hell.
/watch?v=yb0l-x76eVU
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
We have domesticated ourselves into the mind prisons of such commonly held delusions, by our breeding susceptibility to FMTLE activated as a syndrome into our genetic stock, and immunity to its grasp, out.
Here are some audio references to Google, as an initial source for further study if you wish;
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
PART ONE: npr 104240746
THE GOD CHEMICAL: BRAIN CHEMISTRY AND MYSTICISM
PART TWO: npr 104291534
ARE SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTERS ALL IN YOUR HEAD?
PART THREE: npr 104310443
PRAYER MAY RESHAPE YOUR BRAIN ... AND YOUR REALITY
PART FOUR: npr 104351710
CAN POSITIVE THOUGHTS HELP HEAL ANOTHER PERSON?
PART FIVE: npr 104397005
DECODING THE MYSTERY OF NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
wow... maybe i'll take a vacation and start reading all of your comments.
without reading them or knowing what they consist of, or what side you're on, i strongly encourage you take them, organize them, and make them into a video and post it as a response to mine. (just a suggestion)
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
High praise indeed. Thank you!
It is the plan to do exactly that, when I am able. I online file and subject title nearly everything that I write that could be useful for scripting. I also have playlists to deal with subjects when I can.
With the video comments on YT going down the SNAFU toilet, it becomes more urgent to get my faulty OS repaired, and get on with being an authentic youtuber, and not just a youtyper.
Alas, money is an issue. I will do though.
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
i'm only saying this because you have a lot of them and it'd be worth placing them all in one source rather than many comments spread over mutiple comment pages
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
it can be compared to both for different reasons
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
Addiction swap, yep, you've got it.
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
But what about the born-again fundamentalist Christian who is also addicted to booze?
AncientAtheist 2 years ago
They come under the "not a REAL Christian" classification.
Whenever a follower of a religion does something bad they are automatically "not a REAL" follower of that religion - this is a very convenient way of disassociating your religion from bad publicity.
I'm surprised it's not written in the Torah, Bible, Quran :-)
AlRasuwl 2 years ago
Xenophobia is encouraged throughout all of the Abrahamic texts. Most REAL followers of Abrahamic faiths end up getting arrested in the USA, because much of the crazy crap in the scriptures is illegal. That's why the prison industry is the largest per capita in the world. And where can you go to learn more about the way of god, and get out early for such "good behavior"? Prisons.
/watch?v=7jlaXnlOlIY
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
with this in mind ("not a real christian"), i always remind people that if they are not killing in god's name (as per deuteronomy ch 13, and others), they are not real christians
(not that i want them to start killing)
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
You might like this:
/watch?v=ld_u-2Zfc3g
AlRasuwl 2 years ago
That is a good question, that cannot be answered easily.
One idea is that all addictions boil down to an absence of satisfaction in the persons sex life. It's way more complicated than that, but the core of the idea may be sound.
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
It sure may be. I'm a strong proponent of examining the sexual component of almost any animal action. I know a lot of people say the number 1 component in our motives is "fear". But I ask, why is it that we are programmed to be afraid? Is it to save our asses so that we can reproduce? I don't know the answer. I only have the question!
AncientAtheist 2 years ago
AA, Please come see the reply I wrote below, before it vanishes. If you're too late, I have it filed and can send you a copy.
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
why dont you have thumbs up and down, i love thumbing comments
1GOD1JESUS 2 years ago
because i don't want anyone on either side of the argument making comments disappear. if youtube allowed comments to stay no matter what the rating, i wouldn't have a problem with it.
(i am truly very sorry)
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
lol, thats cool man, dont apologise to me, you can still read the comments you just have to click on it,
1GOD1JESUS 2 years ago
Very well said, deserves to be mirrored by FFreethinker.
anglicantian 2 years ago
I'd take the Alcohol any day.
lucidatheist 2 years ago
dammit!
i left out a witty remark to the effect of: "at least alcohol has flavor we can feel and enjoy"... didn't think of it
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
well said
NubianTribesman 2 years ago
Right on.
aartvegan 2 years ago
Nice pear blooms. Reminds me of the main drag in my town in spring.
RadarKat73080 2 years ago
i took them last spring while we were fishing.
is that what they're called, pear blooms?
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
Blooms, blossoms, there's no real rule. They're one of my favorite trees, if they bear fruit. Bradfords are okay, but I like a nice, sweet, juicy pear from time to time.
RadarKat73080 2 years ago
You know, I think faith isn't bad if it's applied responsibly and reason is used when dealing with practical applications.
JonathanClement140 2 years ago
this seems to be a good statement, but faith is completely useless. reason is the only thing that works. you can't have faith and reason together
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
That statement is somewhat vague and ambiguous. Can you give examples of what you mean?
ChuckyJesus666 2 years ago
me, or JonClem?
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
JonClem..ok, this is weird...what happened to all the other comments?
ChuckyJesus666 2 years ago
they've been disappearing and reappearing. if you look at "you can't prove anything", you'll see a couple of comments have been re entered because they had disappeared and some are doubled just because that's how they came back when they disappeared
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
very nicely put.....I need a drink now.:()
rednecktrucker1969 2 years ago
i don't believe in god but i do believe i'll have another beer ;D
hellshade2 2 years ago
solve problems responsibly
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
i agree, was trying to be funny ;)
hellshade2 2 years ago
so was i
THEREIZNOGOD 2 years ago
faith=alcohol interesting title ;)
hellshade2 2 years ago