https://freerepublic.com/tag/ratfartszot/ en-us Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:27:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1319646/posts January 12, 2005 Believers go on rack to prove God relieves painBy Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent PEOPLE are to be tortured in laboratories at Oxford University in a United States-funded experiment to determine whether belief in God is effective in relieving pain. Top neurologists, pharmacologists, anatomists, ethicists and theologians are to examine the scientific basis of religious belief and whether it is anything more than a placebo. Headed by Baroness Greenfield, the leading neurologist, the new Centre for the Science of the Mind is to use imaging systems to find out how religious, spiritual and other belief systems, such... timesonline.co.uk https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1319646/posts#comment Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:27:41 GMT