Are autistic people 'unable' to believe in God? Ability to think 'inside' other people's heads is key to religious feelings By ROB WAUGH PUBLISHED: 09:49, 31 May 2012 | UPDATED: 09:49, 31 May 2012 Belief in God - or other higher powers - might be linked to a person's ability to imagine what others think and feel. The discovery could mean that people who find it difficult to 'mentalise' - think 'inside' other people's heads, are unable to believe. 'Mentalising' is the capacity to understand what another person is thinking - a crucial aspect in how people handle the social world. People with autistic spectrum disorders have difficulty mentalising. 'Autistic adolescents expressed less belief in God,' say the researchers. The study was based on samples of Canadian studies, and two nationwide samples of the American population. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ide-peoples-heads-key-religious-feelings.html
Even dogs believe in God. <img src="http://dailypicksandflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/praying-dog10.jpg" height="350" width="300">
It would be interesting to learn the amount of God belief among the psychopathic, who also cannot "mentalize" (if I'm understanding that word correctly).