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i'd say the choice of sin after God created humans is what wired us for sinThe Neuroscience of the Seven Deadly Sins -
Brain researchers are finding the sources of our nastiest temptations.Why does being bad feel so good?The most enjoyable sins engage the brain’s reward circuitry, including evolutionarily ancient regions such as the nucleus accumbens and hypothalamus; located deep in the brain, they provide us such fundamental feelings as pain, pleasure, reward, and punishment. More disagreeable forms of sin such as wrath and envy enlist the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex. This area, buried in the front of the brain, is often called the brain’s conflict detector, coming online when you are confronted with contradictory information or even simply when you feel pain. The more social sins (pride, envy, lust, wrath) recruit the medial prefrontal cortex. Found just behind the forehead, this region helps shape the awareness of self.It might be too strong to claim that evolution has wired us for sin, but excessive indulgence in lust or greed could certainly put you ahead of your competitors. “Many of these sins you could think of as virtues taken to the extreme,” says Adam Safron, a research consultant at Northwestern University whose neuroimaging studies focus on sexual behavior. “From the perspective of natural selection, you want the organism to eat, to procreate, so you make them rewarding. But there’s a potential for that process to go beyond the bounds.”
Science relys on evidence, religion not so much.Only if ones preconcieved ideas means evolution is more valid than the bible.
The Neuroscience of the Seven Deadly Sins -
Brain researchers are finding the sources of our nastiest temptations.Why does being bad feel so good?The most enjoyable sins engage the brain’s reward circuitry, including evolutionarily ancient regions such as the nucleus accumbens and hypothalamus; located deep in the brain, they provide us such fundamental feelings as pain, pleasure, reward, and punishment. More disagreeable forms of sin such as wrath and envy enlist the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex. This area, buried in the front of the brain, is often called the brain’s conflict detector, coming online when you are confronted with contradictory information or even simply when you feel pain. The more social sins (pride, envy, lust, wrath) recruit the medial prefrontal cortex. Found just behind the forehead, this region helps shape the awareness of self.It might be too strong to claim that evolution has wired us for sin, but excessive indulgence in lust or greed could certainly put you ahead of your competitors. “Many of these sins you could think of as virtues taken to the extreme,” says Adam Safron, a research consultant at Northwestern University whose neuroimaging studies focus on sexual behavior. “From the perspective of natural selection, you want the organism to eat, to procreate, so you make them rewarding. But there’s a potential for that process to go beyond the bounds.”
Science relys on evidence, religion not so much.
I get your point that sin is the concept of an offense against God but I was viewing the 7 sins as irrational thoughts that can influence our emotions.Science has evidence that "sin", as
conceived by Christians, actually exists?
Correction, science relies on interpreting evidence through the bias of the scientist.Science relys on evidence, religion not so much.
Of course, scientists have many years of study in a discipline with strict rules and definitions of with constitutes evidence which some would consider a bias. I think that the often used statement of "same evidence different interpretations" affirms that.Correction, science relies on interpreting evidence through the bias of the scientist.
The " 7 sins" are all about going to excessI get your point that sin is the concept of an offense against God but I was viewing the 7 sins as irrational thoughts that can influence our emotions.
The article does not make a strong case that the proclivity for sin evolved but it is suggestive. Others have suggested that our desires and needs as in Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" likely evolved.
I came across the article while researching cognitive distortions and had a thought that such distortions could underlie the "deadly sins" I found some associations but again not enough to make a strong case.
Science has to recognize what "sin, as conceived by Christians" actually is first.Science has evidence that "sin", as conceived by Christians, actually exists?
Science has to recognize what "sin, as conceived by Christians" actually is first.
But science has a problem with that:
Science can't see beyond their five senses, even when enhanced with instruments.
Even when science knows where to look and what to look for, they can't find what they assume they should find.
In short, science is myopic.
In Christianity, a highest virtue is Faith.Of course, scientists have many years of study in a discipline with strict rules and definitions of with constitutes evidence which some would consider a bias. I think that the often used statement of "same evidence different interpretations" affirms that.
Yup -- they set the standards they will use for their "fox hunts."Of course, scientists have many years of study in a discipline with strict rules and definitions of with constitutes evidence ...
No argument there.Scientific praxis also isn't constructed to handle spiritual matters. So, it kind of goes without saying, AV.
Whodathunkit?In Christianity, a highest virtue is Faith.
Belief in that which cannot be " seen" nor detected in any other way.
Belief despite no evidence. Belief in spite of all evidence.
In research such bias is recognized as intellectual dishonesty, a disgrace. It is anti science.
What you say is true, but the article is not about OCD or hypertrophy it is about a hypothesis about evolution and what Christians label sin. I am interested in how cognitive distortions (distorted thinking) which are, more often than not, the culprit in both physical and mental illnesses relate to the deadly sins.The " 7 sins" are all about going to excess
in thing that are innate to existence.
OCD is about going to a harmful excess.
" Hypertrophy of valencies" as your psychologists
would put it.
The topic seems to me obvious and, withal
rather trivial.