Re: A "God" Part of the Brain?

From: bivalve (bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com)
Date: Thu Aug 14 2003 - 19:11:10 EDT

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    >Are you familiar with any research seeking to correlate brain activity with the demon possession concept?<

    It seems rather inadvisable to try to experiment with demons. However, the available evidence may tie in somewhat with a previous point. Some instances of demon possession in the NT and later accounts (including modern ones) bear a strong resemblance to certain mental disorders (though sometimes atypical details are recorded). Just as God presumably stimulates some part of the brain when interacting with humans, it also seems likely that demonic attack could resemble physically-caused mental disturbance through the common role of the brain in both.

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