Epelepcy patient has only half a brain....
NOSPAM
who had half of her brain removed. According to the show, the brain has the
ability to "re-wire" itself, and the patient would then be able to live a
"normal" life. They went on to say that the procedure has been done on at
least a dozen or so other people.
In other news, there is a doctor who is claiming to soon be able to do brain
transplants (or "whole body" transplants as he puts it).
Where am I leading to?
Consider this: What if half of your brain were transplanted into another
body? (A clone perhaps? A twin? Maybe a total stranger...) Which would be
you? Both halves would contain your "identity", your memories.... How would
this affect your salvation? Would you suddenly have two souls? Could one
half be saved, and the other not?
Mike Lehr
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In article <37b5...@cardoon.stlcc.cc.mo.us>, "NOSPAM"
<NOSPAM...@HERE.COM> wrote:
I have often considered all sorts of bizarre scenarios of this nature. For
example, Alzheimers patients: If they forget everything, (including who
Jesus is) do they 'lose' their salvation? The answer is obviously no,
because that person will be judged based on their ability to respond to the
salvation message. (compare Luke 12:48)
Similarly, in this instance, I think the answer lies in the fact that a
person's eternal soul is not identified by its brain. The brain is (usually)
standard equipment on the human body. It has specific functions: it
assimilates information, stores memories, interprets sensory information
etc.
The Gospel message is heard by your ears, and understood & interpreted by
your brain, but the brain is not going to be redeemed by responding to the
message (1Cor15:50). Nor can your mind, through its own fleshly merit,
comprehend it. (1Cor2:14)
It is the inner man, or spirit, that identifies the individual. In fact, if
you die before the Lord returns, the Bible tells us that your body (brain
included) will return to dust, but the spirit will return to the Lord.
(Ecc12:7)
The Bible also explains that it is the belief of our heart that saves us,
not intellectual assent. (Rom 10:9)
The real question lies in the relationship of the spirit to the body. When
we believe in Jesus Christ, our formerly dead spirits are made alive,
(1Co 15:22, John 3:3) which has a direct impact on our earthly life. Our
minds are actually renewed by the *spiritual* birth (Ro 12:2), and our lives
reflect the life-giving faith that we have. (Jas 2:18)
So, no matter how many parts you dissect my brain into, I, being identified
by my living spirit, will always be a single eternally-existent individual.
As for those who are not born again, they are identified by their dead,
separate-from-God spirit, which will always be a single eternally-damned
individual.
-Mike
Mike Lehr
> I saw a news special the other day about a young girl with severe epelepsy
> who had half of her brain removed. According to the show, the brain has the
> ability to "re-wire" itself, and the patient would then be able to live a
> "normal" life. They went on to say that the procedure has been done on at
> least a dozen or so other people.
>
> In other news, there is a doctor who is claiming to soon be able to do brain
> transplants (or "whole body" transplants as he puts it).
BTW: Who is this Doctor? What news? How 'soon'?
> Where am I leading to?
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