Comments on: Oh My God http://hispeaceuponus.com/2009/12/09/oh-my-god/ Because it's the only peace that will last Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: scia http://hispeaceuponus.com/2009/12/09/oh-my-god/#comment-555 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:14:19 +0000 http://hispeaceuponus.com/?p=669#comment-555 Wow. This will be very interesting to watch. I’m a Christian, so I believe in the infinite, perfect Creator God of the Bible, who punishes sin, but who also sent His Son to redeem people to Himself. It’s sad how people don’t have any distinct sense of God, but rather abstract ideas (“God is a space”, “I’ve seen God in people”, etc).

Any ideas who the older Christian man is, who speaks from 1:20-1:22 in the video?

]]> By: matt http://hispeaceuponus.com/2009/12/09/oh-my-god/#comment-524 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:48:16 +0000 http://hispeaceuponus.com/?p=669#comment-524 Hey Dustin. I agree being honest about disagreements is good, but it is frustrating how hard it can be sometimes.

I recently heard about some interesting developments in neuroscience that I thought of after seeing your comments. It seems we are hardwired to be closed minded. Here is what a study found based on brain studies: When people hear arguments/evidence that disagree with their convictions – It is not their reasoning/analytical part of the brain that is active/stimulated. Rather, it is the “fight or flight” part of the brain. So when someone disagrees with me, I don’t think much, I just get angry or run away. Also, when we hear evidence/arguments that agree with us, our pleasure part of the brain is stimulated (again, not the reasoning part of the brain). This study seems to me to be correct for some people, but not very true for others. (Though, I think the study says everyone’s brain has this same natural tendency).

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