Are We Hard - Wired For Faith?

April 12th, 2007 · Posted in Current Affairs, Religion ·

Are we hard-wired for faith?

That’s the question that scientists studying the field of Neurotheology are asking.

There’s an interesting article
on CNN.com that describes how scientists are studying the workings of the brain during religious activities such as prayer and meditation. It seems that, regardless of your religion, such activities involve the same areas of the brain working together in ways they do not work together otherwise.

Read the article here.

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