Chris McKitterick (mckitterick) wrote,
Chris McKitterick
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fundamentalism perished = ?

scarlettina's recent post got me thinking again about a story I intend to write.

What would happen if the world were suddenly infected with a virus, say, that destroyed the part of our brains which provided the religous impulse? That is, suddenly all fundamentalists became simple freaks, because the drive to believe in God were no longer something our biology responded to?

Chris
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