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...findings on the brain and its relation to the human mind may be scientifically sound but philosophically defective [Feb. 12]. Scientists like to break a rose, say, down to its atomic and subatomic particles. Likewise, they view consciousness as merely impulses within the brain. While this is sound science, it dismisses other routes to truth and meaning, like philosophy, history and theology. The whole is greater than, or at least different from, the sum of its parts. Richard W. Metz Sanibel, Florida...
...Putting aside whether or not steven Pinker is correct that conscious and unconscious thoughts must be in the brain, the most difficult question remains: Where is a thought, an idea, an inspiration, an intention before it appears in the brain? It is in the collective consciousness, which our world calls by many names: God, Yahweh, Allah, Source, universe. And that is where the soul resides. (The Rev.) Tim O'Connor Cumming, Georgia...
...Putting aside whether Steven Pinker is correct that conscious and unconscious thoughts must be in the brain, the most difficult question remains: Where is a thought, an idea, an inspiration, an intention before it appears in the brain? It is in the collective consciousness, which our world calls by many names: God, Yahweh, Allah, Source, Universe. And that is where the soul resides. (The Rev.) Tim O'Connor Cumming, Georgia...
...Trying to understand consciousness by probing the workings of the brain is analogous to trying to find the source of pictures on your TV by analyzing the workings of the TV set. Until scientists recognize the transcendental nature of human existence, they will continue to wander blindly in a fog of ignorance. Ranko Pinter Cambridge, England...
...cover diagram suggested that the brain is astonishingly complex, while the story inside as much as said God is dead. But how can consciousness be the gift of evolution? If there is no giver, there is no gift. The brain would be just one more piece of meat in a material world. The Word became flesh only because something more than flesh is needed to produce words. (the Rev.) Joe Babendreier Nairobi, Kenya...