Neurology, the next debate frontier in the controversy?

I think you are absolutely correct that neurobiology is destined to become the next big battle ground between science and religion.We've had our notion that we hold a special place in the universe challenged by physics. We've had our specialness as a species challenged by biological evolution.The next frontier will be the challenge of what we mean by the "self" and the intuitive notions we hold about freewill and why it is that we behave the ways we do.I think this will increasingly become an area of conflict between those who adopt a scientific approach and those who rely on various forms of mysticism.

Yes. It may well require a significant change in mindset not only for those of a religious disposition.I don't want to re-hash what has recently been discussed here The Illusion of Free Will but I think we are going to have to take a more compatibilist approach to things like freewill and moral culpability in areas such as law.On the other hand people are quite good at intellectually knowing one thing whilst intuitively behaving as if something completely different were true. So I am not sure how much effect the findings of neurobiology will have on a day to day basis.

Ha! Very clever! Anyway - Likewise. So straight back atya. It might well be the issue that sorts the men from the boys in terms of genuinely accepting scientific conclusions over intuitive notions. I think you are right. It might even be the case that some turn to religion as a direct result of what they see as the nihilistic materialistic deterministic assault on everything they believe themselves to be.The findings of neuroscience could result in a backlash of mysticism.(**Straggler waves his hands around in wild conjecturised gesticulations**)