Re: A "God" Part of the Brain?

From: Jay Willingham (jaywillingham@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Fri Aug 15 2003 - 11:30:26 EDT

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    I agree on the first two points.

    I simply wondered if anyone had technically monitored the brain activity of
    a person who was potentially a demoniac.

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    From: "bivalve" <bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com>
    To: <asa@calvin.edu>
    Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 7:11 PM
    Subject: Re: A "God" Part of the Brain?

    > >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.
    >
    > Dr. David Campbell
    > Old Seashells
    > University of Alabama
    > Biodiversity & Systematics
    > Dept. Biological Sciences
    > Box 870345
    > Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
    > bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
    >
    > That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
    Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
    Droitgate Spa
    >

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