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Oh dear - when attacking science please leave religion out of it; they incompatible: one is based on logic and rigorous investigation, the other on ancient imaginings, including an imagined supreme being.

The translation is poor quality too.

We seem to be attracting more than our fair share of this sort of post - perhaps the best approach could be to ignore them and let them wither on the vine.

True - I should have ignored it because I know it is a sort of spam - but I just can't resist having a go at daft religiosity!!

Well, at least our members are unlikely to fall for such rubbish - we are all far too sensible.

How depressing........sounds like the same person again.....

I think it is very clever the way they can "look" at how the brain responds to different stimulii, but, as you say, they will never know the persons reasoning behind how he or she reacts.

Interesting though.

Yes. As a Christian, I believe that only God knows us quite that thoroughly.

Professor Blakemore definitely knows more than I do

Sounds like the same person to me too

We're off again, methinks!

Reported.

So did I.

Why don't you read the post?! If Bags or someone else with scientific leanings had posted it, you wouldn't have batted an eyelid.

If you happen to be muslim, it's quite ok to quote from the quran.

You wouldn't expect the Bible would you?

j04 Maybe, but then Bags wouldn't post such "scientific" tosh, nor would it be a prelude to a comment about her personal religious belief (if she had one). However, this is on the Religion and Spirituality forum so a lack of logic, bad science and personal assertion are hardly surprising.

You are right, absent Of course we are free to express and discuss our beliefs and opinions, but not, I think, to proselytise.

And of course I have read it. I am not in the habit of judging that which I have not examined.

Amazingly, there is some truth in what the poster says. I went to a lecture by a very emmminently researcher last year on these active MRI scans. The research was into the perception of pain.
I haven't time at the moment to say more as I'm in a tribunal but if anyone is interested, nudge me this pm when I'm home and I'll post more. The studies were I thought fascinating

Nevertheless, I think I'll leave this one. I object to proselytisation, and to implied insults.

Ariadne May I join you, please?

Before I join Ariadne and soop, it's perfectly okay to quote from the Qur'an if you're not a Muslim and that even the Devil can quote scripture.

Whoever he is, he doesn't want a conversation with us, though, does he?

Don't blame him/her. How do you know it's a 'he'?

Don't see where the proselytisation comes into it.

Actually, neither do I. The final paragraph expresses a belief common to many religions.

What is the point or purpose of the OP?

I would have entitled it: Remarkable advances in brain reading using MRI imaging.

and would prob have said something like:

"According to an article in the Times yesterday, they can see, through MRI imaging specific reactions in the brain to questions such as, 'do you love this person', or, do you like treacle pudding'. Prof Colin Blakemore says it will be many years before anything really comes of this, but, all the same, it is very interesting. I, being a Christian, think they will never actually be able to read our inner thoughts as well as God can. Do any other Christians out there agree with me?

and apparently all hell would let loose.