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Religious and Secular Belief: All The Same To The Brain

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First Posted: 5/10/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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scientificamerican.com:

"Believing the sun is a star is rather the same as believing Jesus was born of a virgin," says Sam Harris, co-author of a study that suggests that the brain uses the same areas to think about religious and secular ideas­.

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"Believing the sun is a star is rather the same as believing Jesus was born of a virgin," says Sam Harris, co-author of a study that suggests that the brain uses the same areas to think about religiou...
"Believing the sun is a star is rather the same as believing Jesus was born of a virgin," says Sam Harris, co-author of a study that suggests that the brain uses the same areas to think about religiou...
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