Qualia of God refers to the private subjective experience or conception of God in people.
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You can reach the roof of your house by stone stairs, by wooden stairs, by bamboo steps or by a rope. Likewise, there are diverse ways of experiencing the Absolute Divinity _ the Ultimate Oneness. In fact, in that blissful state of oneness, you and God are one and the same thing.
Whatever may be the position of science, whatever may be the position of philosophy, as long as there is such a thing as death in the world, as long as there is such a thing as weakness in the human heart, as long as the human heart sheds a drop of tear in weakness, there shall be a faith in God and divinity.
Regardless of the perpetual battle between believers and atheists, for me, religion is a tool of making friends, rather than making enemies.
God is created by the brain and can also be destroyed by the brain. But this way __ove_ doesn__ exist either, because it also is the result of molecular interaction within the brain. Love is a result of complex and mind-blowing interactions between neurotransmitters like Oxytocin, Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphins and the reward center of the brain. Does this mean we should downright stop loving our family or friends? Since there is no existence of actual __ove_, should we just deny what our heart feels for our beloved ones? Whatever the answer is, the same goes for the faith upon divine existence. Only one thing to remember _ Love gives life, so should faith.
Religion is not a book, it is a neurological sentiment.
Once the lotus of your inner divinity gets full-blown and you reach the mental state where all the religious giants of human history experienced the all-encompassing sense of godliness, the exuberance of the human mind turns infinite.
As the neo-cortex of the brain keeps getting more complex through further evolution, eventually our far away progeny will born in a world where there will be no more religion to be endowed upon them.
Lastly I__ say this _ true religion, as a part of Neuroscience _ a study of the mind _ is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind has. In some form or other, it is an evolutionary necessity of the human mind, not a luxury.
It's been long since thinking humanity has learnt that love is a majestic creation of the brain, yet that knowledge hasn't made love be deemed any less glorious. Then why should it threaten the religious believer to learn that divinity as well is a natural creation of the brain?
There is no such thing as 'God given scripture', 'the messenger of God' or 'the Last Prophet'.
Morality exists in the neurons as a natural sensation. Religion only tries to codify it.