His argument destroys itself – the fact that he can’t see a reason why the brain is the way it is, is no more a reason to believe in God than any other thing, or concept. Given that as far as we can perceive, the Universe is infinite, why could it not happen that rational thought evolves as a function of some brains, in some portion of this vast situation? That outcome is perhaps more unlikely than many others, but certainly it can’t be argued, convincingly, that it is impossible. I don’t believe in God, but I do believe in thought, so his argument is a simple case of “You sez, I sez”. Once, when walking in Ireland, I saw a cloud in the sky that looked exactly like a map of that self-same country, so his allegory of the spilt milk producing a map of London is tenuous at best.
John Locksays
This argument of Lewis’s, is simply another example of “The God of the Gaps” syndrome. He can’t think of a scientific answer to the question of thought or consciousness, so he posits that it must have a “Supernatural” cause or origin – this doesn’t qualify as thinking, in any meaningful sense of the term.
Mike Douglassays
Mankind is the most unique of all of God’s creation as he is both spiritual and physical (flesh and blood). The brain is part of the physical side and as such does not comprehend the spiritual side clearly! Mankind must tap into its spiritual roots in order to fully understand the destiny we’ve all been created to walk in. The Scriptures state that we were created in the image of God. What part of you and I was created in the image of Spirit since God is Spirit? I believe that Paul revealed to us who we really are in the book of Ephesians, chapter 1, verses 4&5. Verse 4 states that “God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him”. Vs. 5 states In love “He, God, predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.” Paul also wrote in Romans 8:29 that Jesus might be the FIRST-BORN Son among many sons, bretheren. Romans 8:19 states, “for the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.”
WHY? Because it is the sons of God who will be the ones who remove the futility that God subjected this world to IN HOPE that one day, today, futility would be removed once and for all! When man taps into his spiritual side, he then finds the key to transcending death and comes into resurrection life just as Jesus Christ did as our example! Once we experience all that He experienced apart from dying, we will be enabled to fulfill the destiny that we all were sent here to accomplish! Then we can cast out the Evil One and all his minions down to the pit to await the judgment and help initiate the transfer of God’s kingdom from heaven down to earth, the fulfillment of the Lord’s Prayer! “That which is Spirit is spirit and that which is flesh is flesh” UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATION, TRANSFIGURATION, OR METAMORPHOSIS just as our Lord Jesus Christ did on the Mt. of Transfiguration 6 months before He went to the cross which was His destiny! The world as we see it today will not be the same much longer! Change is a comin! Blessings to all who read this and see the truth that will set you free from your earthly flesh and blood existence and tap into your destiny which is only available through the spiritual side of who we are! Thank you Lord.
His argument destroys itself – the fact that he can’t see a reason why the brain is the way it is, is no more a reason to believe in God than any other thing, or concept. Given that as far as we can perceive, the Universe is infinite, why could it not happen that rational thought evolves as a function of some brains, in some portion of this vast situation? That outcome is perhaps more unlikely than many others, but certainly it can’t be argued, convincingly, that it is impossible. I don’t believe in God, but I do believe in thought, so his argument is a simple case of “You sez, I sez”. Once, when walking in Ireland, I saw a cloud in the sky that looked exactly like a map of that self-same country, so his allegory of the spilt milk producing a map of London is tenuous at best.
This argument of Lewis’s, is simply another example of “The God of the Gaps” syndrome. He can’t think of a scientific answer to the question of thought or consciousness, so he posits that it must have a “Supernatural” cause or origin – this doesn’t qualify as thinking, in any meaningful sense of the term.
Mankind is the most unique of all of God’s creation as he is both spiritual and physical (flesh and blood). The brain is part of the physical side and as such does not comprehend the spiritual side clearly! Mankind must tap into its spiritual roots in order to fully understand the destiny we’ve all been created to walk in. The Scriptures state that we were created in the image of God. What part of you and I was created in the image of Spirit since God is Spirit? I believe that Paul revealed to us who we really are in the book of Ephesians, chapter 1, verses 4&5. Verse 4 states that “God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him”. Vs. 5 states In love “He, God, predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.” Paul also wrote in Romans 8:29 that Jesus might be the FIRST-BORN Son among many sons, bretheren. Romans 8:19 states, “for the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.”
WHY? Because it is the sons of God who will be the ones who remove the futility that God subjected this world to IN HOPE that one day, today, futility would be removed once and for all! When man taps into his spiritual side, he then finds the key to transcending death and comes into resurrection life just as Jesus Christ did as our example! Once we experience all that He experienced apart from dying, we will be enabled to fulfill the destiny that we all were sent here to accomplish! Then we can cast out the Evil One and all his minions down to the pit to await the judgment and help initiate the transfer of God’s kingdom from heaven down to earth, the fulfillment of the Lord’s Prayer! “That which is Spirit is spirit and that which is flesh is flesh” UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATION, TRANSFIGURATION, OR METAMORPHOSIS just as our Lord Jesus Christ did on the Mt. of Transfiguration 6 months before He went to the cross which was His destiny! The world as we see it today will not be the same much longer! Change is a comin! Blessings to all who read this and see the truth that will set you free from your earthly flesh and blood existence and tap into your destiny which is only available through the spiritual side of who we are! Thank you Lord.