http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101617951
Below is the published findings of these experiments by Kapogiannis, et al:
http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/03/10/um/estudiofereligiosa.pdf
These are just some examples of the God Experiments (this is some background material for my paper, so you do not have to read this):
http://discovermagazine.com/2006/dec/god-experiments/?searchterm=god%20experiments
I would be interested to see the study that this came from. From the article, it seems like the majority of the language used to talk about God was anthropomorphic. If this is the case, then it may simply mean that people tend to cognize God personally when God is presented in personal terms, and not that all thoughts about God are just like thoughts about people. That is to say, we follow the language and personify God in our mental representation.
ReplyDeleteI'm still confused about how exactly theory of mind plays into this. Is it only to confirm that empathy and belief in God use the same part of the brain?
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