Using the lessons of this chapter, write a brief response to the following passage: There is a small area in the middle of the right-hand side of the brain which produces a curious effect if an...

Using the lessons of this chapter, write a brief response to the following passage: There is a small area in the middle of the right-hand side of the brain which produces a curious effect if an epileptic focus develops there. In such a focus the nerve cells from time to time all fi re together: when they do so, they cause an epileptic seizure. A focus in this particular area can render the person highly religious, and cause him to avoid sex in any form and to give up all addictions such as smoking and alcohol. Remarkably, when the focus is removed and the person goes back to his previous existence, he may become an atheist, and return to cigarettes, alcohol and the pursuit of sex. It may be that the form the Christian religion has taken was in part caused by St Paul suffering an epileptic attack on the road to Damascus. (Sutherland, 1992, pp. 10, 11)