When it comes to things like religion or faith, there are 2 types of people. Those who believe in what they think due to evidence or revelation and those that believe it just because that's what they've always been taught. Why is this? Well, hopefully this will help you understand.
Before I get started I would like to say that this blog was influenced by a friend of mine. Though we don't see eye-to-eye on the basis of religion, neither of us seem to mind. Actually, I feel it necessary to appologise to her for being harsh and rude when it was absolutely uncalled for. All she has ever done is shown me understanding and kindness. It's because of this that I've changed the way that I talk about matters of faith. Less combative and more factual.
Now, to answer my question.
Ever heard of someone being either left brained or right? Well, this stands true with faith as well. Through studies in neurology we see that some people, like myself, are mentally incapable of the idea of faith. Everything we believe has to be based off of facts derived from the scientific method. Things that can't be tested hold no water to us. On the other side you have people who don't need to see to believe. They can simply look around and know what they feel is real. Does this mean they are incapable of logic? No. Quite the opposite. For them it would be illogical for them NOT to believe. Does this make them wrong? No. It just makes our two groups different.
Lastly are those that value things just based off of tradition. They never question anything because they were taught not to. Kind of reminds me of the Waterboy, "mama said." Are they wrong? I'd have to say, no again. I'm not making any accusations or speculations but, this may be a form of brainwashing. Not in the sense of using a water board or made to look at images over and over but, if you hear the same thing enough times, you will believe it. Just imagine if tomorrow somebody said that the sky was green. Would you believe them? Even if they had proof, would you just pass the person off as a nut-job without even listening to them first? Most of us would say yes because we, "know" that the sky is blue, unless it's cloudy.
Neurology has taught us SO much about ourselves that we didn't know before. What makes us happy, sad, angry, psychopathic, depressed and much more. Most of all it has taught us why we are different from eachother. Why someone is better at math than English or someone can learn a foreign language but not an instrument. And, why some of us can only see black and white and others can see that large grey area. With more time we will be able to tell, when a child is born, exactly what they will be good at. With this knowlege we will be able to put them into accelerator schools that just teach towards their strengths for a better work force for tomorrow. Pretty interesting stuff.
I hope you learned something from this today. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask for, I've only touched the very tip of this world changing topic.
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