religious fundamentalism is literal brain lesions. According to science!

I read it and the big take aways I got out of it is that the fundamentalists studied were statistically less intelligent. The P score was like .003 so only 0.3% chance that they were the same! Then the big one was in terms on inflexibility and openness to new ideas. Fundamentalists were very much less flexible in their thinking wrt religion, politics, and a host of other things. Apparently it's a skill that has to be suspended in order to hang onto fundamentalism. If you've listened to any of the speeches of Alan Watts; a former episcopal minister, it was his view (as I understand it) that clinging to God as in the song Rock of Ages is really showing a lack of faith. What these lesions seem to do is create deep fear that needs a cure so they self medicate with fundamentalism.

OK.. Its long been known that is some cases, religious belief can be brought on by a brain injury or tumour. But thats doesnt mean all belief is caused by that. At the heart of religious belief is the psychological need to believe that there is a greater power than us. This is thought to be a residual from our relience on our parents as having control, providing and protecting us.
So one could postulate the faith is just a failure to grow up..😷

Holy shit!