This is Your Brain on Religion

THEISM, AGNOSTICISM, ATHEISM

THEISM Research among African cultures who remain in a Bronze Age mode of oral-based tribal traditions reveals that some 4% of the population become shamans, i,e, seers, healers, herbalists, rainmakers Their vocation is never voluntary psychic

Is there a 'gut-brain-skin axis'?

Exp Dermatol. 2010 Jan 25. Is there a 'gut-brain-skin axis'? Arck P, Handjiski B, Hagen E, Pincus M, Bruenahl C, Bienenstock J, Paus R. Center of Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Emerging

Role of religion in history.

Everyone sees a religion really different. Today and ages ago religion was a huge influence on a lot of history events. Religion suppose to be something good, it suppose to make people realize that there is another people they should care about, that the

Do vampires have any religion or path?

I was wondering if there is anything like an "official" religion that real vampires follow. Like a spiritual path, group of tenets or established dogmas, as in the pagan community where witches follow Wicca and other witchcrafting traditions, mostly drawn

Was Spiritualism ever meant to be a Religion?

If you think back to the early days of Spiritualism, when communcation started in home circles, I often wonder did Spiritualism ever meant to be a religion, because there is a difference between spirituality and Spiritualism. Was Spiritualism just meant

Why Religion Ruins HumanLife

In class we have been focusing a lot on not only imperialism but also with religion. Not different types of religions, more like ideas that questioned it and the proof that supported these ideas. Personally, I find it hard to believe that a big man in the

Dr. Jack Kruse's on the BRAIN GUT AXIS (brain gut bog #1)

http://jackkruse.com/could-it-be-the-gut/ Complete, unedited copy of Dr. Kruse's blog followed by site comments. ************************************************************************************************ COULD IT BE THE GUT? Brain Gut Axis1

Earthquake brain - much like nappy brain, only it's you whpo wakes up screaming.

Hi everyone. Long time no see :-) Like most Cantabrians, I haven't had a good night's sleep since the earthquakes began last September, and (unlike others) my computer keyboard is iffy, so excuse the mistakes. Despite repeated, massive earthquakes I a

Ancient Chinese Religion

In the Shang Dynasty (about 2000 BC), the earliest period we know much about, people in China worshipped a lot of different gods - weather gods and sky gods - and also a higher god who ruled over the other gods, called Shang-Ti. People who lived during th

The Deception of Religion ~ Source: Good News

The Deception of Religion Statistics say that one-third of the entire world considers themselves Christians and that over half of the world believe in God, currently there is over 6.8 billion people in the world, that means that 2.27 billion people call

The mind is a dream of the outside world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7p5xHD0Bhk Not new stuff, but well explained i think!

"the fat you eat is the fat you wear"

I would like to take specific scrutiny at this claim http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_13351733 most of modern research is showing that soda is making Americans fat. Yet, soda has 0 fat. So, maybe it should be, "the sugar you eat, is the fat

Coming off Dutasteride

Hi guys, I posted about this a few days ago - basically, I am hoping to have kids next year so am keen to stop taking dutasteride. I've also experienced some mild side effects such as lower libido and mild depression, and am just not comfortable takin