Spirituality Spot Found in Brain - Yahoo! News

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The area in question - the right parietal lobe - is responsible for defining "Me," said researcher Brick Johnstone of Missouri University. It generates self-criticism, he said, and guides us through physical and social terrains by constantly updating our self-knowledge: my hand, my cocktail, my witty conversation skills, my new love interest ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Mark Steele - Dec 24, 2008 - 2:37 PM PST
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Dec. 25, 2008

Did you ever think God may have manipulated the results.

Hasn't this God vs. Spirituality thing been studied enough? Live your live as a decent, caring, giving and treating people like you want to be treated. If you want to find out if there is a God, walk in front of a train.

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