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Ain't Science Cool?
22 November 2004Scientists dispute the liklihood of the so-called "God gene," a reaction in the brain that would account for spirituality, and many religious people dismiss the idea that their faith is just a chemical quirk. But show the press a nifty, gee-whiz "scientific" explanation for anything, and they'll bite. Bill Broadway writes in The Washington Post (here in The Chicago Trib; free reg. req.) that Dean Hamer, author of a book called The God Gene (recently puffed in Time), "stands by" his research. With critics duly noted, Broadway goes on to spin that research into yet another neat-o story about "brain science." One sentence reduces the objections of religious folk to buffoonery: "Evangelicals reject the idea that faith might be reduced to chemical reactions in the brain." That's code: "Evangelicals" = kooky, unscientific Bible belters. Apparently, the rest of the worlds faiths are ready to accept the notion that everything they hold sacred is just a chemical reaction.
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