most atheistic ideologies + glossolalia

As most atheistic ideologies are based in the mere denial of God's
existence, I would
like to stress that no philosophy can be justifiably upheld without
possessing some
underlying logic through which to substantiate its basic principles.
Without such a
logic, what is referred to as a philosophy is really nothing more than
just another
groundless belief system, founded in emotion rather than reason. As I see
it, this is
the essential problem faced by today's atheist movement. Rather than
possessing an
inherent wisdom of its own, the atheist movement relies on the logical
shortcomings
of those faiths it seeks to contest. And though it's true that no
religion
has ever been
able to defend its precepts with reason, no legitimate philosophy can
stand on gain-
say alone. The contradicting of one belief system does not validate the
tenets of
another. Establishing that something is not white, for instance, does not
necessitate
its being black. Analogously, finding fault in the convictions of every
world religion
does not constitute proof that there is no God. Consequently, if we are
ever to
advance a viable atheism, it must possess its own rationale, its own
logical founda-
tion, something I believe this new science of "biotheology" finally
provides.

SPEAKING IN
TONGUES

"Glossolalia is a universal religious
phenomenon."


--C. L. MAY


...To confirm the cross-cultural nature of glossolalia, the ethnologist
George Jennings studied this strictly human phenomenon as experi-
enced by a variety of world cultures which include the peyote cult of
the North Arnerican Indians, the Haida Indians of the Pacific
Northwest, shamans in the Sudan, the Shango cults of the west coast
of Africa and Trinidad, the Voodoo cult in Haiti, the Australian
Aborigines, the aboriginal peoples of the subarctic regions of North
America, the shamans in Greenland, the Dyaks of Borneo, the Zor
cult of Ethiopia, the Siberian shamans, the Chaco Indians...

From _THE "GOD" PART OF THE BRAIN: A Scientific Interpretation of
Human Spirituality and God_

by MATTHEW ALPER


2006