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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4851090" data-attributes="member: 63706">That&#039;s the problem, the gap isn&#039;t being closed. The more we learn, the more we realize that we don&#039;t know. I hypothesize that there is a neural pathway, which I call the authority circuit, in the brain that is associated with the fight or flight circuit, and probably closely associated with consciousness. Being aware that the unknown presents a danger, and being aware that there is a lot we don&#039;t know, either puts us in a state of constant fear, generating all sorts of neuroses in order to deal with the fear (OCD for example). Or we develop a sense of authority, that someone or something is handling all the stuff we don&#039;t understand, so we can live a full, meaningful life. No person deserves that sort of trust, so God is likely the best solution. That says nothing about whether we created God, or vice versa. But we certainly have a arguable need for the existence of God, even if He is a figment of our imagination. Our alternative is mental disorder, or Hitler.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4851090, member: 63706"] That's the problem, the gap isn't being closed. The more we learn, the more we realize that we don't know. I hypothesize that there is a neural pathway, which I call the authority circuit, in the brain that is associated with the fight or flight circuit, and probably closely associated with consciousness. Being aware that the unknown presents a danger, and being aware that there is a lot we don't know, either puts us in a state of constant fear, generating all sorts of neuroses in order to deal with the fear (OCD for example). Or we develop a sense of authority, that someone or something is handling all the stuff we don't understand, so we can live a full, meaningful life. No person deserves that sort of trust, so God is likely the best solution. That says nothing about whether we created God, or vice versa. But we certainly have a arguable need for the existence of God, even if He is a figment of our imagination. Our alternative is mental disorder, or Hitler. [/QUOTE]

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