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Neurologically Wired For Religion Essay

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Religion is part of the human history and it will always be a part of it. Even though many know that religion is part of history a lot of person avoid religion like if it was a sickness and they want nothing to do with it. The fear of religion or a deity is what has made religion a center of investigation. One of the most controversial investigations are the ones that said that religion is not something that we as humans choose to believe in, but rather that we are already born with a predisposition to believe in a deity, in other words that humans are neurologically wired for religion. This claim has been hardly controversial because many said that religion, like Christianity, did not exist before Christ or that if humans we are predispose …show more content…

The limbic system is the part of the brain that many neuroscientist accredit as the part of the brain that allow God to exist in our minds. Since, God is in our mind one could said that god is similar to an imaginary friend. Imaginary friend are one of the first signs that show how humans are already wired to believe in thing we do not see, touch, smell or hear. Believing in a deity is a human behavior that has been in this world science the moment human existed because humans have the need to have a superior being. Having a superior being is a necessity to human existence because to some extent it was the believed of being punish by a superior power that allow humans in the past to have the rules and moral that exist in the present. Without a deity one could say humans will be totally different as how they are now. With God being part of the brain is also not a surprise that more than one deity or superior being because all humans are raise in different places and ways and this affect the type of superior being they will worship. In other words, everyone is born with a predisposition to believe in a God, but the God that one chooses to believe in can be affected by the environment one is raise in. The proof that humans being are neurologically wired for religion can be seen through the brain, imaginary friends and human

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