| Dr. Cunningham "peels the onion" by exposing, | | | | believes that without the parietal lobe, the concept of |
| revealing layer by layer, the intricacies of human belief | | | | god or God would not exist. No scientist or rational |
| in the existence of God, from the perspective of a | | | | person would deny that while god or God might exist |
| scientist subscribing to scientific reasoning. Dr. | | | | elsewhere, god or God also has to exist as a mental |
| Cunningham's platform stems as a rebuttal, a | | | | state in the brain." |
| clarification of inaccuracies of the renowned work of | | | | "Decoding the Language of God: Can a Scientist |
| Dr. Francis S. Collins, The Language of God. Dr. | | | | Really Be a Believer?" discusses very personal and |
| Cunningham goes further by "Decoding" his colleague's | | | | sensitive issues of belief in God, with the utmost |
| truisms using critical logic, analytical reasoning, citing | | | | politeness and highest regard for the personal opinions |
| historical and contemporary sociological influences and | | | | of the reader. The innate quality in the writing of Dr. |
| conforming to explanations based on scientific | | | | George C. Cunningham makes this book as enjoyable |
| reasoning. | | | | as if one was to spend an evening in conversation, or |
| This forms the basis of a systematic, logical, and | | | | perhaps attend one of his lectures. His written "voice" |
| expertly written series of, what are essentially "White | | | | rings true to his belief and his personal opinions, while |
| Papers" of expert analysis; each taking incremental | | | | carefully respecting the intelligence of the reader. He |
| steps towards his conclusions. Dr. Cunningham writes, | | | | makes it clear his research on the topics is based on |
| "The universal application of scientific theories to | | | | logical plateaus others have already proven or |
| explain nature has been one of the most productive | | | | disproved. |
| uses of the human mind." He uses this powerful | | | | This is very delicately done, revealing the "gentleman" |
| methodology to answer, to the best of his ability, the | | | | within the scientist. He professes the humble teachings |
| questions of theology. | | | | of a man that has performed immeasurable research, |
| As an example, Dr. Cunningham, in his retort to the | | | | has devoted much of his life's work toward achieving |
| question; Can science explain the need for religion, | | | | his skillful articulation of his reasoning. He carefully and |
| explains the following medical research conducted by | | | | successfully postures his work not to offend any of |
| Dr. Andrew Newberg using a PET Scan of Buddhist | | | | his intellectual readers. As a literary piece, his use of |
| monks while praying. "He found decreased brain | | | | footnotes and indexing are impeccable. With the |
| activity in the posterior superior parietal lobe, an area | | | | respect he gives, I certainly reciprocate, as I believe all |
| that helps us locate ourselves in three dimensions and | | | | that read his work would agree in his soundness in his |
| separate ourselves from the world outside. Newberg | | | | determinations, even if contradicting their own belief. |