When Biblical Neurotheology Matters »

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 [...]

MA Thesis Proposal (Draft) »

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: [...]

“Surrogates” and its Bioethical Implications »

The other night I finally watched Surrogates (2009)  starring Bruce Willis. The story takes place several decades in the future and essentially portrays 21st century society as a giant “grid” of humanoid robots that take the place of natural human bodies. Through the advances of neuroscience, the human mind can control machines, and through more [...]

A Short Bibliographic Introduction on Neurological Studies and Apologetics »

Excerpts from the mailbag: …And because of the naturalistic worldview of the majority in my country (France, be merciful if my english is not fine…) or through the web, debate about the brain/mind relation arrived quite often. So, several times it crossed my mind that I have to know more about science in that domain. [...]

An Introduction to Christian Neurophilosophy: Introduction »

In line with the distinctive principles of RealApologetics.org, I’d like to present to you my original thoughts concerning Neurophilosophy. I understand the subject is not a very common one in theological or apologetic circles. However, I do believe it is and will become a far more important topic (and more threatening one) than Intelligent Design, [...]

Mind-Control Take 2: Christian Apologetics and Ontological Relativism »

(Oct. 16, 2009) — By directly manipulating the activity of individual neurons, scientists have given flies memories of a bad experience they never really had, according to a report in the October 16th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. Before looking at this subject a little more, perhaps I should remind readers [...]

Fundamentalists! Wireless Mind-Control! And BioEthics! O My! »

Neuroscience has recently been causing fundamentalist Christians to go crazy: Many people have wondered about the television switchover from analog to digital and the little converter boxes that the government is helping people to purchase. It is quite a scheme, and the ‘upgrade’ is one that will facilitate high-tech mind control. Our military used such [...]