RE: A "God" Part of the Brain?

From: Alexanian, Moorad (alexanian@uncw.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 30 2003 - 09:03:59 EST

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    I mean an ACTUAL film. What is the difference between an actual film to
    an eye witness? Read my original message "...Purely physical devices
    could also detect Christ, i.e., God." My point is that God acts in the
    physical realm as well as the spiritual and miraculous events are also
    depicted in a film of the actual event.

     

    Moorad

     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Don Winterstein [mailto:dfwinterstein@msn.com]
    Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 4:59 AM
    To: Alexanian, Moorad
    Cc: asa
    Subject: Re: A "God" Part of the Brain?

     

    Moorad asks:

     

    What would you do if there were an actual film of Christ resurrecting
    Lazarus or a film of Christ going through the resurrection process?

     

     

    Not sure what you're aiming at here, but anyone who's seen a recent
    movie or two would almost certainly conclude that the film used "special
    effects" and did not show an actual resurrection. Film probably
    constitutes one of the least reliable forms of testimony for modern man:
    with a little effort you can make it show any imaginable thing
    convincingly. So this raises the perennial question as to what kind of
    testimony is convincing. Ultimately it's got to be spiritual testimony,
    not physical.

     

    Don

     

     

            ----- Original Message -----

            From: Alexanian, Moorad <mailto:alexanian@uncw.edu>

            To: Don Winterstein <mailto:dfwinterstein@msn.com> ; Dr. Blake
    Nelson <mailto:bnelson301@yahoo.com>

            Cc: asa <mailto:asa@calvin.edu>

            Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:35 AM

            Subject: RE: A "God" Part of the Brain?

             

            What would you do if there were an actual film of Christ
    resurrecting Lazarus or a film of Christ going through the resurrection
    process?

             

            Moorad

             

            -----Original Message-----
            From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
    [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of Don Winterstein
            Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 3:26 AM
            To: Dr. Blake Nelson; Alexanian, Moorad
            Cc: asa
            Subject: Re: A "God" Part of the Brain?

             

            Alexanian Moorad wrote in part:

             

            "...Purely physical devices could also detect Christ, i.e.,
    God."

             

             

            To know Jesus from purely physical data is not to know him as
    God. Only if one sees him with spiritually enlightened eyes does one
    detect God. "The spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing."
    John 6:63.

             

            So the fact that one of the persons of the Trinity has a
    physical body does not significantly change the rules for knowing God.

             

            Don

             

            
             

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