[geocentrism] Re: Fw: The Intellect Resides in the Spiritual Soul, not the Material Brain.
- From: Dan <danchap9@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:29:43 -0700 (PDT)
The fear of the Lord is the begining of wisdom.
Dan.
Philip <joyphil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: Jim McCrea
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Subject: The Intellect Resides in the Spiritual Soul, not the Material Brain.
The Intellect Resides in the Spiritual Soul, not the Material Brain.
by Jim J. McCrea
Intellection does not take place in the brain but in that part of man which is
spirit, which is his soul. Although Intellection does not take place in the
brain, the brain is needed for intellection. How does this work?
First of all, the philosophers have concluded that the human intellect is
two-fold. There exists the *agent* intellect and the *possible* intellect. The
agent intellect utilizes forms given by the senses to abstract concepts. For
example, a number of forms of individual horses, as given by the senses, are
presented to the agent intellect. From these individual forms of horses, the
agent intellect abstracts the concept of a horse, which is "horseness." This
concept of a horse is then presented to the possible intellect. The possible
intellect is that which consciously grasps or apprehends that concept of a
horse in conscious understanding. The possible intellect, then, is that which
consciously understands concepts in general.
Now the brain is the organ that interfaces with the soul, that feeds the agent
intellect (which is within the soul) with the sense impressions that it needs
for abstraction. These sense impression either come from the senses directly,
or from the imagination. A damaged or chemically imbalanced brain would present
erroneous sense impressions to the agent intellect, thus impairing
intellection. In brain damage or mental illness, the intellect itself has not
malfunctioned, but it is being fed with erroneous information leading the
intellect to come to erroneous conclusions.
Upon death, when the soul separates from the body, the brain is no longer
operative in feeding the intellect with the sense impressions with which it
uses to think. God, takes over that function and feeds the intellect directly.
As a result, the intellect at death, for the first time, comes to its full
potential. At that time, we will see reality immediately and directly, rather
than through the murky and inefficient medium of the brain. We will see the
inner essence of reality - that inner essence that we have never seen in this
life.
Upon death, we will see our whole lives and each of our willed acts at once. We
will see them in the light of God's truth as good or evil as God sees them. For
some acts that we have deemed to be good in our lives, God may show them to us
as evil. Other acts that we have deemed as no importance, God may show them as
very good. Upon death, we will see ourselves completely and comprehensively,
and we will see our exact nature as actor within the world that we have lived.
The nature of our role in the world will be seen precisely.
There will be no shadow of error in our knowledge after death, for an
infallible God will be feeding the possible intellect directly without
distortion. Intellection will not take place through the process of
abstraction. With no sense images being given to the soul, the agent intellect
will be inoperative, since it is the agent intellect that abstracts from sense
images.
This situation will last until the resurrection of the body, where then our
intellection will consist of both abstraction (at a much higher level than
which occurred in our mortal life) and knowledge directly infused by God.
After death and at the general resurrection, we will have knowledge infinitely
beyond what we had in this earthly life.
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