Tag Archives: deconversion

From AwayPoint on YouTube: Why The God Hypothesis is Obsolete

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Valerie Tarico

Christianity Through the Lens of Cognitive Science, Part 8.  (Last in Series) Brain science is remarkably close to offering a full naturalistic explanation of individual religious experiences, everything from certain belief to moral indignation to mystical rapture to spiritual transformation. … Continue reading →

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From AwayPoint on Youtube: How Beliefs Change

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Valerie Tarico

With all of the ways that beliefs resist change, one might think that awakening to complicated realities is hopeless. But there is another half of the equation. As much as we tend to be wary of threats against our world … Continue reading →

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Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science, Part 7 of 8

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Valerie Tarico

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Change Happens The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.   –Antisthenes My parents, as I’ve said before, were three for six in terms of producing believing children.  All of us accepted … Continue reading →

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Christian Belief through the Lens of Cognitive Science, Part 6 of 8

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Valerie Tarico

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How Beliefs Resist Change The Jesuits have a saying sometimes attributed to Francis Xavier, “Give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man.”  The Jesuits were a tad optimistic, but ample research on identity … Continue reading →

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Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science, Part 4

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Valerie Tarico

The Born-Again Experience “. . . I prayed harder and just then I felt like everything I was saying was being sucked into a vacuum.  When I stood up, I felt like thin air; I had to brace myself.  I … Continue reading →

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