The Brain Creates Religion

Believing in God generates soothing "juices" in the brain that make us feel good.

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[Heathensrule]

I get my "brain soothed" by learning stuff like this.

[skyelander00]

It helps me understand how "true believers" seem so righteous when they have no evidence whatsoever. It's a mass hallucination of our own mind. Makes sense...

"God created Man so that Man could create God."

[DracoAquarian1]

I love this guy ! I don't want to steal his thunder but I was thinking along these lines just a few months ago ! Astounding !

[savcmsiscool]

@bornagain001 Look up Jesus and the Sun God, your faith will probably deteriorate like mine did.

[23Tev]

So its all in your head, got it.

[franscitroen]

Love it when he said a "certified moron" hahahaha @ 4:20

[BailiffQuimby]

@bornagain001 ...So while I appreciate that you don't stick all sins into the same category as do so many of your ilk, you still see skepticism (which breaks commandment #1) as a bigger sin than all the major crimes that didn't make God's top ten list. And that, my friend, is immoral.

[BailiffQuimby]

@bornagain001

"Hitlers eternity will not be the same as the atheist who is consumed by pornography."

I thank you for making a distinction between porno-junkie atheists and mass murderers. But according to you, a *christian* who is consumed by pornography or owns slaves or rapes his wife will still go to heaven if they follow the ten commandments... TBC

[BailiffQuimby]

@bornagain001 ".No. All those things you mentioned will be used to determine your ETERNAL PUNISHMENT. Only your innocense or guilt is determined by the 10 Commandments"

Right. So if you obey the 10 commandments, god will say you're innocent and send you to heaven (eliminating the need to calculate a punishment), ignoring the many times you've raped your slaves, etc. Precisely what I said, thank you for agreeing.