[_ Old Earth _] Center searches for the science behind faith

[Lewis]

Center searches for the science behind faith

20 experts from various fields are using brain-imaging and other techniques for answers.

By Joann Loviglio, Associated Press Writer, January 16, 2007

Last updated: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:39 AM EST
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PHILADELPHIA  Religion and science can combine to create some thorny questions: Does God exist outside the human mind, or is God a creation of our brains? Why do we have faith in things that we cannot prove, whether it’s the afterlife or UFOs?

The new Center for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania is using brain imaging technology to examine such questions as well as to investigate how spiritual and secular beliefs affect our health and behavior.

“Very few are looking at spirituality from a neurological side, from the brain-mind side,†said Dr. Andrew Newberg, director of the center. “We have a fairly unique focus.â€Â

Newberg, a doctor of nuclear medicine and an assistant professor at Penn, also has co-authored three books on the science-spirituality relationship.

The center is not a bricks-and-mortar structure but a multidisciplinary team of Penn researchers exploring the relationship between the brain and spirituality from biological, psychological, social and ideological viewpoints. Begun in April 2006, it is bringing together some 20 experts from fields including medicine, pastoral care, religious studies, social work and bioethics.
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[Lewis]

Oh boy' here we go.

 

[Guest]

I love it when Science does that. It makes a lot of sense, if you ask me. God created Science, and I hope you Christians know that.

 

[Lewis]

I love it when Science does that. It makes a lot of sense, if you ask me. God created Science, and I hope you Christians know that.

Well' I can just read and look at your signature' and I can tell' what's up with you. You remind me of the 5th Dimension's song.

 

[MrVersatile48]

I love it when Science does that. It makes a lot of sense, if you ask me. God created Science, and I hope you Christians know that.

Kinda like what this feature means:-

http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/r ... 07#1464566

There is such a thing as absolute certainty

& God's Word is 'a sure & certain hope'

We Christians invite any non-believers out there to stop bulding your lives on the sinking sands of human 'wisdom' & develop rock-solid faith in the Solid Rock of Christ

God bless!

Ian