An article by Brandon Keim from Wired discussing recent brain function investigations that raise tantalizing questions about the neurology of religious belief:
Whether or not God exists, thinking about Him or Her doesn’t require divinely dedicated neurological wiring.
Instead, religious thoughts run on brain systems used to figure out what other people are thinking and feeling.
The story summarizes an article by Dimitrios Kapogiannis and others that appeared in the March 9, 2009, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Religion: Biological Accident, Adaptation — or Both | Wired Science from Wired.com.