My mind wandered a bit yesterday while substitute teaching, and I wrote down the following. Maybe you’ll find it helpful… The essence and nature of man determines what man can do (ability), should do (responsibility), and ultimately will do (reality). Some may want to add “desire” – that which man wants to do. But we [...]

As we move to the 5th point of the 2010 Consensus Statement on morality, we once again realize how important a biblical neurotheology really is: 5) Moral judgments and values are often at odds with actual behavior People often fail to live up to their consciously-endorsed values. One of the many reasons for the disconnect [...]

The Eight Commandments of Atheistic Ethics (better known as the 8 points of the 2010 Consensus Statement on morality) begins with the following: 1) Morality is a natural phenomenon and a cultural phenomenon Like language, sexuality, or music, morality emerges from the interaction of multiple psychological building blocks within each person, and from the interactions [...]

Sam Harris, author of The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values (forthcoming) continues describing “the New Science of Morality” in Edge 325: And yet, on the subject of morality, we seem to think that the possibility of differing opinions, the fact that someone can come forward and say that his morality has nothing [...]

As I prepare to embark on, perhaps, a lifetime intellectual and spiritual journey of developing a Reformed philosophy of mind/a robust biblical neurotheology, I received one of my regular Edge updates (July 2010, #323) in my email inbox, and it almost had me floored. Why? Because it so vividly demonstrates how important it is for [...]

What’s cool: Dan Collet’s essay in John Frame’s Festschrift, Speaking the Truth in Love. For those who think that the transcendental argument for God’s existence is really nothing more than a spiffed up version of some formal, logical argument (i.e. reductio ad absurdum, modus ponens, etc,), you will be thoroughly challenged. What’s wise: “He must [...]

Figured I should just post it up… Thesis Title (Draft): “Reformed Neurotheology: A Concise Biblical Theology of Cognition, Compared and Contrasted with Contemporary Neuroscience.” The Current State of Affairs: Neurotech The human brain is the most complex material structure in the known universe. For that reason, neuroscience is advancing and developing at a remarkable speed: [...]