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gungadin09 -> Another take on religion and the brain... (8/5/2012 6:36:56 PM)
This article describes several studies linking religious belief and a person's preference for intuitive rather than analytical thinking: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-critical-thinkers-lose-faith-god What say you? Pam ETA: Would you say "intuitive thinking" and "narrow-mindedness" are the same, or different?

Marini -> RE: Another take on religion and the brain... (8/5/2012 8:00:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: gungadin09 This article describes several studies linking religious belief and a person's preference for intuitive rather than analytical thinking: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-critical-thinkers-lose-faith-god What say you? Pam ETA: Would you say "intuitive thinking" and "narrow-mindedness" are the same, or different? I agree that belief/or non-belief is often related to our thinking styles. I also believe that you have a fair amount of people that think analytically, that ARE Believers. [;)] I tend to be very intuitive, and as a Believer, I agree that faith and intuition TEND to be related. It takes a lot of faith to even be a Believer. I totally agree with the premise, that many analytical thinkers are less religious and are often atheists. It makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Very interesting and well written article.

Tumblweed -> RE: Another take on religion and the brain... (8/6/2012 3:12:19 PM)
No need to read. Believe something that is not logical, that only means one thing. Weed

dcnovice -> RE: Another take on religion and the brain... (8/6/2012 5:29:14 PM)
quote: Believe something that is not logical, that only means one thing. That you're not a Vulcan?

dcnovice -> RE: Another take on religion and the brain... (8/6/2012 6:47:34 PM)
FR Fascinating, as Mr. Spock would say. It doesn't surprise me that analytical folks would be less prone to belief than intuitive ones. That said, a psychological or social science study always sounds interesting to me at first, but the description of the methodology often erodes my confidence in the conclusions. I have a hard time believing that just looking at a picture of "The Thinker" really has a serious effect on one's beliefs in either direction. Rather than messing with pictures of artwork or fonts, it would be interesting to take a group of clearly identified believers and nonbelievers and give them Myers-Briggs (or the equivalent) tests to determine their thinking styles.

Tumblweed -> RE: Another take on religion and the brain... (8/6/2012 7:12:34 PM)
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