tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post3285458816386004532..comments2024-02-19T12:05:47.873+00:00Comments on Something Surprising: Things Christians Say, part 24: Personal relationship with Jesus!Plasma Engineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891736950166421184noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-71701945239893476632012-07-15T23:42:06.548+01:002012-07-15T23:42:06.548+01:00Schermer's book is here on my desk as holiday ...Schermer's book is here on my desk as holiday reading. Looking forward to it.Plasma Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891736950166421184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-66884499349075871162012-07-15T23:41:18.574+01:002012-07-15T23:41:18.574+01:00I must apologise to Lady Atheist who leaves commen...I must apologise to Lady Atheist who leaves comments quite often. I just found four of her good comments in the spam folder, and unspammed all of them. Since I see them in my e-mail I hadn't realised that they hadn't been published.Plasma Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891736950166421184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-87723278295448822412012-07-14T21:20:42.359+01:002012-07-14T21:20:42.359+01:00I find this personal relationship claim to be tota...I find this personal relationship claim to be totally bogus, as well as the "I love God" rockstar version of religion.<br /><br />I recently read Michael Shermer's The Believing Brain, which goes into some of the neurology of why people believe they're in contact with spirits. I doubt they would ever accept that it's a trick of the mind, though, especially when they are surrounded by others who feel the same way and they have a fairy tale to frame the experience.LadyAtheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132821431322748921noreply@blogger.com